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H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile
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- H&R Block At Home Premium & Business includes everything you need to complete your personal and business federal and state taxes, plus five free personal federal e-files
- Ideal for corporations, S corporations, partnerships, LLCs, non-profits, estates and trusts
- Easily import W-2, 1099, and data from last year’s return; quickly import data from TaxCut, TurboTax, Quicken, and Microsoft Money software
- Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income; H&R Block DeductionPro software to maximize tax savings from donations
- Personalized tax guidance for popular occupations and specific deductions; Advice, tips, and planning tools for the upcoming year
Product DescriptionGuidance for corporate, partnership, and payroll business returns. The complete personal and business tax return solution from America’s #1 tax preparer. Step-by-step interviews guide you through your personal and business tax situation. Amazon. com Product DescriptionH&R Block At Home Premium & Business is two complete, easy-to-use programs in one and includes everything you need to complete your personal and business federal and state taxes, plus 5 free p. . . More >>
H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile
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September 28, 2010 -
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This software is supposed to be more improved and easier to use. . . NOT!. It locks up constantly. I don’t recommend it.
Rating: 1 / 5
While other two programs are working fine, I had problem installing the Business part on both win7 32 and 64 bit, so I called HRB and they said this problem is cause by regional setting on other then “English, united states” so all I done is change the regional setting and was able to install the business tax part correctly. hope this help anyone with same problem. 5 star on troubleshooting.
Rating: 4 / 5
I installed this on Vista 64 – Ultimate. Installed the first time and works perfectly.
The software is straightforward and easy to use. Just read the question and answer it! That simple.
I would suggest that if you have a font size issue, that is coming from your computer’s set resolution. Change your PCs settings and it will fix that issue.
As with any software, ensure it will actually run on your computer. Check the minimum requirements against what you have. If you don’t have the minimums. . . . don’t waste your money. Also, remember that “minimums” are just that. If you only have the minimums for any software requirements you risk your PC running slow. . . it will run though. Also, you may want to consider not having other programs open while running it–that is a rule-of-thumb, if you find your PC running slow while using any program. If you don’t have enough RAM (memory) in your machine, any program will appear sluggish or worse.
Final thoughts on this product: great software. I will buy next year’s.
Edited to add notation:
My hard drive crashed and upon re-installation this software acted strange. The personal taxes worked perfectly but the business did not, it would not print anything. I called the tech-support number and let me tell you. . . they were the NICEST and most HELPFUL people I have talked to in a while! They got me fixed. . . it was settings on my Visa platform that was causing the issue.
I will most definitely buy this again because now I know the customer support is excellent.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 2: This is our 5th year using TaxCut products. . . always get better results in our favor than with TurboTax (we bought both programs for a couple of years). The Premium Business version comes with two separately installed programs: one for personal taxes and one for business. It is true that the Amazon system requires you to download and install a childish “installer” program, just like last year. This took less than 20 seconds to complete on broadband. The TaxCut programs downloaded in less than 60 seconds. You must manually click each of the two program’s installer icons. Total installation time less than 2 minutes. The installation of the busines program requires a PC restart. The personal tax program is excellent, easy to use, and thorough. The business tax program is accurate, but gives you the “feeling” that H&R Block doesn’t really care about businesses. It is semi-clumsy, not very intuitive, and definitely short on internal “Help” details. If you shlock your way through it will provide happy results. See me attached comments for a note about the child tax credit feature.
March 7: Done working with personal tax portion. Opened Business program today and on a broadband connection where I can download a movie in 20 seconds, H&R Block took 15 minutes to download the complete update. Wow.
Rating: 3 / 5
The chat log should speak for itself (btw after an additional 10 minutes, I was not contacted by any manager). The only reason I had stuck with this program over the years was its ability to import previously depreciated items from earlier versions of itself. If tech support is so quick to write off such a customer base, their business plan has to be questioned.
Welcome to H&R Block At Home technical support. Please wait while we find a technical support agent to assist you.
You have been connected to Tamaryl A. .
Tamaryl A. : Hello David, welcome to H&R Block’s At Home Live Chat Support! Please hold a moment while I review the information you’ve submitted to us.
Tamaryl A. : Hi David I do apologize however Importing is not a guarantee
David S: Funny, it has worked the previous five years
David S: The program is unable to find the data from the . T08 file that is installed on another drive
David S: Even though I have the location of the data file, and can open that data file through the 2008 version of tax cut
David S: and btw, opening your chat with a statement that tries to limit your liability rather than offer assistance is enough to make anyone combative. If “Importing is not a guarantee” is the best you have to offer, could you please connect me with someone that has more technical knowledge of the import process.
[4 minutes pass]
David S: Tamaryl A, I do not feel that you are being helpful in the least. I plan to wait just a few minutes more and then post a log of this chat to the User Review section of Amazon. com where I purchased this product.
Tamaryl A. : I apologize but there is nothing I can do I can get you a manager but they will tell you the same thing your importing failed and now you have to manually enter your information in.
Tamaryl A. : would you like me to get my manager Mr. David?
David S: What do you think? Yes please.
Tamaryl A. : Can you hold please?
David S: Yep
Tamaryl A. : Thank you very much Mr. David.
Rating: 2 / 5