Customer reviews from HRBlock
H&R Block - Tax Software Deluxe 2024 - Windows, Mac OS
Average customer rating
3.6
(905 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 905 reviews
5 Stars
371
4 Stars
184
3 Stars
107
2 Stars
109
1 Star
134
69%of customers recommend this product.
(
595 out of
864)
Customer Reviews for H&R Block - Tax Software Deluxe 2024 - Windows, Mac OS
Customer Rating
1
No more XP
on January 13, 2017
Posted by: Gbwghid
from Beltsville, MD, United States
Have been using H&R products for decades, but have to consider new options. Current product not compatible with Windows XP.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting HRBlock
Customer Rating
1
No Support for Windows XP
on January 13, 2017
Posted by: MarkGardenValley
from Callifornia
No longer supports Windows XP - not an option for me any longer after decades of use. Block just wrote of a large segment of users....
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting HRBlock
Customer Rating
1
NOT Snow Leopard compatible
on January 12, 2017
Posted by: BoBo1
from Gales Ferry, CT
Marital status:Married
Wish HR Block would give more consideration to iMac Snow Leopard users
Cons: Hard to install
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting HRBlock
Customer Rating
5
Easy to us and always accurate
on January 12, 2017
Posted by: pattyann39
from Yuba City, CA, United States
Marital status:Single
I have used H&R Block for over 5 years and would buy no other. It is easy to use - Just follow directions and you will have no problems. It's quick and accurate.
Pros: Easy to install, Easy to fix issues, Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import, Fast
I would recommend this to a friend!
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting HRBlock
Customer Rating
5
Learn how to do taxes
on January 11, 2017
Posted by: Kitty82
from California, United States
Marital status:Single
I have been doing taxes for 17 years now and haven't had no problems. The software is very different than the software we have at work but it is simple. Most people just don't have the patience to figure it out. It is not something that u can do in 30 min or less, it takes someone about 3-5 hours minimum to learn how to input information on the online software. Where as being a professional tax accountant for H&R Block, it only takes me 30 min to whip a whole return up and ensuring my clients are always happy with their results.
Pros: Easy to install, Easy to fix issues, Easy to prepare, Maximizes refund, Easy to import, Fast
I would recommend this to a friend!
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting HRBlock
Customer Rating
1
Far too difficult and complicated to enter data
on April 14, 2016
Posted by: RetiredUser
from California, United States
Marital status:Married
I have used this SW for 7 years now. It started out to be very time consuming and confusing to use, usually taking about 4 to 5 days to complete the awkward H&R Block "Interview" process to enter our all our income data from our various retirement income sources (social security and our six or so retirement saving investment accounts).
Over the 7 years, the basic HRB data entry Interview process has not been improved or changed, and has stubbornly remained extremely inefficient because of the endlessly redundant interview questions. So even with my years of experience the SW data entry still takes many days to complete.
Moreover, every year I also find the SW very confusing to use, because it doesn't let you know what income sections are yet to come and in what order. As I recall, it starts out asking for state tax payments, then asks for 1099-INT, and then the complicated K-1 forms, and1099-DIV, and our 1099-R retirement forms, before finally asking about our social security income. All this requires the SW user to wade through hundreds of pages of redundant questions about what are in the common boxes 1a, 1b, 2,3 etc.
Why don't you substitute a simpler spreadsheet-table form for much more efficient data entry of the information in our standard1099-XXX boxes?
The recent adoption by HRB of a data "import" process from Financial Institutions is an unacceptably risky alternative for the customer. This is because of the massive vulnerabilities of today's internet to criminals and hackers of all stripes who are likely to eventually compromise the security of our accounts. It certainly shouldn't ask for our customer IDs and passwords to our accounts!
A spreadsheet data-entry table is also much more useful tool for the customer to use to review and double-check the accuracy of all his year-end income data. The SW should also him to print a copy of that Income Summary Table for his own records.
Over the 7 years, the basic HRB data entry Interview process has not been improved or changed, and has stubbornly remained extremely inefficient because of the endlessly redundant interview questions. So even with my years of experience the SW data entry still takes many days to complete.
Moreover, every year I also find the SW very confusing to use, because it doesn't let you know what income sections are yet to come and in what order. As I recall, it starts out asking for state tax payments, then asks for 1099-INT, and then the complicated K-1 forms, and1099-DIV, and our 1099-R retirement forms, before finally asking about our social security income. All this requires the SW user to wade through hundreds of pages of redundant questions about what are in the common boxes 1a, 1b, 2,3 etc.
Why don't you substitute a simpler spreadsheet-table form for much more efficient data entry of the information in our standard1099-XXX boxes?
The recent adoption by HRB of a data "import" process from Financial Institutions is an unacceptably risky alternative for the customer. This is because of the massive vulnerabilities of today's internet to criminals and hackers of all stripes who are likely to eventually compromise the security of our accounts. It certainly shouldn't ask for our customer IDs and passwords to our accounts!
A spreadsheet data-entry table is also much more useful tool for the customer to use to review and double-check the accuracy of all his year-end income data. The SW should also him to print a copy of that Income Summary Table for his own records.
Cons: Hard to import, Hard to prepare, Time consuming, Hard to fix issues
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting HRBlock
Customer Rating
2
DON'T DOWNLOAD!!!
on January 11, 2015
Posted by: Chuck47
from Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Marital status:Single
The software itself is fine. I have used it for over 10 years, since it was TaxCut. But don't download the software!!! It is loaded with bundled malicious software by Crawler and others. I had to the Geek Squad to remove it all, as Control Panel could not remove it.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Fast
Cons: malicious bundled software
I would recommend this to a friend!
Value
4
Response from HRBlockBy Social Media, January 27, 2015
Thank you for taking the time to give us feedback! We apologize that your experience did not meet your expectations. Here at H&R Block, we strive to provide 100% customer satisfaction with every customer, every time.
We’d like the opportunity to work with you to address your concerns. Please contact our support team at Social Media Response Team, hrblockanswers@hrblock.com, at your earliest convenience for assistance.
We’d like the opportunity to work with you to address your concerns. Please contact our support team at Social Media Response Team, hrblockanswers@hrblock.com, at your earliest convenience for assistance.
Written by a customer while visiting HRBlock
Customer Rating
1
Fails to import correct AGI & PIN from previous year(s) - IRS REJECTED E-Filing
on October 16, 2014
Posted by: FXSTB99
from Clarksville, TN, USA - Fort Campbell Area
Marital status:Married
Please allow me to start off by stating I have a Bachelors of Science in Business Management and Organizational Development. With that said, I have used H&R Block Premium at Home Software since 2010. My wife and I filed with H&R Block Software in 2011 without issue. However, our 2012 taxes were never filed due to being rejected by the IRS for an "Incorrect AGI or Pin Number" which the H&R Block Software imported from it's own software from our 2011 taxes. The status upon E-Filing our 2012 taxes 1st showed the status; "Sent to IRS". I was unaware of the failure of the H&R Block software in part, because I am a wounded warrior from the 1st phase of the ground war in Iraq; and have spent the better part of the last three year's in & out of VA Hospitals, and due to real surgery have had long recovery periods. As a result, the software status never changed from sent to rejected until a year later; the only way I found out was when I called the IRS to request tax transcripts to send to our lawyer for a product liability suit that caused me another physical injury. Additionally, we could not E-file our 2013 taxes, because 1. 2012 was never filed, 2. we could not request a new pin because of reason 1. So, now we are going to be facing enormous late and interest penalties because H&R Block's Software failed to handshake from one year to the next. So, I cannot recommend their products in good faith. It has cost us too much, by putting our faith in H&R Block's at Home software, so please be very careful if you choose to utilize their tax preparation software. I wish we had any positive information to report, however in making every attempt and effort in discussing this with them, has not facilitate any type of desired result or end state.
Pros: Easy to install, Easy to prepare
Cons: Hard to import, Hard to fix issues, untimely status report(s)
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Value
1
Response from HRBlockBy Social Media, January 2, 2015
Thank you for taking the time to give us feedback! We apologize that your experience did not meet your expectations. Here at H&R Block, we strive to provide 100% customer satisfaction with every customer, every time.
We’d like the opportunity to work with you to address your concerns. Please contact our support team at Social Media Response Team, hrblockanswers@hrblock.com, at your earliest convenience for assistance.
We’d like the opportunity to work with you to address your concerns. Please contact our support team at Social Media Response Team, hrblockanswers@hrblock.com, at your earliest convenience for assistance.
Written by a customer while visiting HRBlock