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H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State + eFile
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- Ideal for homeowners and investors, H&R Block At Home Deluxe includes everything you need to easily complete your federal and state taxes, plus five free federal e-files
- Customized interview process helps you easily complete your federal and state taxes
- Easily import W-2, 1099, and data from last year’s return; quickly import data from TaxCut, TurboTax, Quicken, and Microsoft Money software
- Automatically double-checks returns for errors; built-in expertise and audit support with guidance
- Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income; H&R Block DeductionPro software to maximize tax savings from donations
Product DescriptionGuidance for all your personal tax situations. Federal forms and State forms. Step-by-step interviews guide you through a customized experience relevant to your tax situation. Everything you need to prepare your federal and state taxes in one complete program. Amazon. com Product DescriptionH&R Block At Home Deluxe includes everything you need to easily complete your federal and state taxes, plus five free federal e-files. With a new, easy-to-use interface,. . . More >>
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February 18, 2010 -
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If you bought a new home and plan on files for the $8000 tax credit, you will not be able to efile the federal tax form. You must print the entire thing and mail it in.
Rating: 2 / 5
Taxcut is Ok but after reading reviews I’ll download it somewhere else. I never buy much from Amazon and after reading the reviews I see why!!!
Rating: 3 / 5
I bought this product thinking it’s a decent price why not try it. i bought it for $23. 75 it has since dropped to $18. 99 (36 hours), I am contacting amazon about that despite their lack of a post order price guarantee.
On top of that I knew I would need to download an additional state, my wife worked briefly in CT last year. Amazons description does not list the price of an additional state anywhere; the cost is $29. 95+tax. Here’s the funny part though, H&R Block’s TAX software couldn’t calculate the tax on $29. 95 in MA, it just said tax may apply and calculated it later resulting in an actual cost of 31. 83.
Now I also find out that the cost efiling my states will be over $40, I guess I’ll be printing and mailing them. I was misled by this products description of free-efile, that is my fault, but the absurd cost for efiling each state and buying the second state can only be blamed on the manufacturer of this product – H & R Block. I will never use this product or company again.
Also of note: the user interface is horrible compared to TurboTax, it looks like a program that would have run in Windows 3. 1. It’s clunky and slow and does not explain things well, if at all. Sometimes (no idea why) it lowers the visual theme settings on Windows 7 to basic.
I’m going back to TurboTax next year, it has a much nicer interface and at least warns you in advance of additional costs.
Rating: 1 / 5
The software was a bit awkward to use, especially when updating and importing returns. Most notably though, the title suggests state efile is included, but it is not. Amazon customer service was a wonderful experience though, so I am impressed with them.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought downloaded version of TaxCut. It turned out that I had to install Amazon downloader I try to keep my computer clean and avoid unnecessary software installation. Amazon should have offered to their customers a way to purchase files without forcing them to install any additional programs. Any installed program contaminates system with registry entries, libraries and files. It makes computers slow and more vulnerable to hackers. Beside this Amazon’s downloader tends to stay in RAM, consuming computer resources. Amazon should reconsider way they sell files from their store.
Rating: 1 / 5