Been using HRBlock for years. always pretty straight forward, but this year it didn't allow me to file state electronically and wouldnt let me into the return to fix the error.
I had an issue with the home office and property tax portion of the program. Had to file an extension and was advised to change one of the forms from my mortgage company to make it work. My taxes are still under review, should get a refund since your accuracy review said all correct when it was not.
Confusing. Navigation is terrible. It seems everytime I go back to change anything it makes me walk through all the previous steps. Finally figured out how to avoid that. The GUI looks like it's from the late 90's. I'm pretty sure it did not calculate the tax right. For testing I put in a high number as income and it still said I didn't owe any tax. I ended up printing it out and doing my taxes manually comparing the results from this software. I'll prob get a letter from the IRS soon. Nice thing is that I get +5% refund card to Amazon. A lot of the core functionality seems to be there but the software needs some serious help from a users perspective.
Pros: Easy to install
Cons: Time consuming, Hard to fix issues, Hard to prepare
Overall I like the program which I have been using for many years. However, the IRS rejected my 2017 e-filed return because of the incorrect 2016 gross adjusted income that it pulled from last year's return. The number is correct on my 2016 return, but the 2017 program used a different unknown number.
Wound up paying twice to file my state taxes because the instructions are fague and now I have to deal with getting reimbursed. Does not give reasons why something needs to be entered one way or the other.