Once i learned the program it was much eaier. The print is a bit small for senior eyes. All in all it worked well and comparable to taxes done by a professional. The option for paying via H&R Block percentage-wise as "convenience fee" was much too high for what we owed, so I ended up e-filing but sent in my payment via check.
I have used H&R Block premium tax software for the last 15 years. It is easy to install and very user friendly. I have/had a small business and the software walked me through filing both my federal and state taxes for the business and our personal taxes. I would recommend this software to anyone needing to do personal and small business tax preparation.
Paid for a software program to calculate everything and then I get to a section where you tell me I have to recalculate your calculations myself by hand and you reference publication 936 which is complicated and then I’m not told where to put my new calculation after I spend hours figuring it out. Now I have to go pay someone to do my taxes.
Generally HRBlock does an adequate job. I use the Premium version because I have a fairly complex tax circumstance. Much of the information required to satisfy the IRS and my residence state is gathered by HRBLOCK, but not all. I am a non-practicing CPA and do taxes for my adult children and their families. For this purpose, it's fine, but their taxes are easy! The more complicated and multi-state situations I must figure out for myself are not, and often I must fill out IRS and state forms not available in this version, or any other that I know of. The real down side of HRBLOCK is its help screens. They are way to terse. Online help essentially does not exist. When I get the information I need from a Turbotax help site, I know there is a problem with HRBLOCK. So, if your taxes are straight forward, fine. If not, use something else or get a tax CPA to do them for you, and pay the price.