I've used H&R Block Basic for several years and have always been happy with it. I takes you through all the most common (and many uncommon) subjects and is easy to use. Basic downloads all my stock trades, dividends and interest payments from my brokerage saving me a lot of time. It also imports all the previous years information so you don't have to repeat a lot of information that remains the same year to year; and information that's no longer applicable is easy to delete.
Pros: Easy to prepare, Easy to import documents, Fast
Very precise for those of us with limited tax filing knowledge. Just go thru, research and answer each question. They do the rest and even double check their own work. Easy and Simple process to compute and file.
Great software as designed for the targeted users. However, what happened to the 65 or or older tax filers? Does this software took this into consideration and/or calculation?
Pros: Easy to prepare, Easy to import documents, Fast
Been using this since it was Tax Cut. I use the basic version since I really only want to upload my income tax, but it's nice to be able to follow the steps filling it out. I know that I would miss some deductions without this because I don't consider following tax law a very interesting hobby. It says it's for "Simple Tax Situations" but it's always fill my needs.