Which one is better??

[Needofsaving]

Which one to many of you prefer and why, HR Block or Turbo Tax. I plan to order it on line when I do my taxes but just wondering what other thought. Last two years I have used HR Block but someone told me Turbo Tax is quite easy.

[ncbrunet]

I have always used Turbo Tax. We have tons of deductions and it makes sure I don't miss any. A friend used the HR Block one last year and I saw what it was and I didn't care for it. We redid her taxes on Turbo Tax and she got a larger refund that way so HR must not have asked about something that Turbo did.

Also, once you use TT, every year when you install it, it will automatically import last years stuff and run from that info.

JMO

Marsha

[Needofsaving]

That is what I was told, they ask more quetions. HR I am not sure where everything goes and so I know I miss a lot. Thank you.

[loladooder99]

Originally Posted by Needofsaving Which one to many of you prefer and why, HR Block or Turbo Tax. I plan to order it on line when I do my taxes but just wondering what other thought. Last two years I have used HR Block but someone told me Turbo Tax is quite easy.

My husband used hr block(went into the service) and they screwed up we had to pay back the goverment not much but just a few hundred. I love turbo tax. I have been using it since I started doing my taxes 4 years ago yes yes im young. I never get confused using it. Also keep in mind that if you make under 55,000 you can do part of your taxes for free but not state as far as i know.

[secros]

I'm a CPA who hasn't practiced officially for ten years, but still do several tax returns for friends and family. I used Turbo Tax for years, until about five years ago when they had a licensing feature on the software that only allowed installation on one computer. Normally that wouldn't be a problem but my desktop crashed that year and I had to reinstall the software on my laptop and Turbo Tax made me pay for the software a second time. There was absolutely no way around it. The licensing issue made quite a stir and Turbo Tax dropped it the following year. I had already sworn to never use TT again and switched to Tax Cut. It took a little getting used to, but I've been very happy with Tax Cut and will continue to use it. I think it's a bit more user-friendly. I don't use the interview feature but go straight to inputting to the forms so I can't speak to which program's interview feature is more thorough.

One other pet peeve with Turbo Tax. For years, when dh and I were still in the CPA business, we would find great new tax prep software programs every few years that were really good yet inexpensive. Guess who bought them up each time? Intuit, owners of Turbo Tax. They bought out the smaller guys and jacked up the price for the professional version of TT which allowed users to prepare more than 10 returns.

HR Block Tax Cut has a premier edition which includes one state and five free efiles for $44.48 at Walmart. I think that may be cheaper than my renewal directly from Tax Cut so I will buy a new version.

BTW, I worked for H&R Block one year when I was in college. It's kinda scary how little a person can know about taxes and get a job there. My endorsement of the software in no way is an endorsement of the tax preparation service. My advice is, if your tax return is complicated enough that you cannot do it yourself with tax prep software, find a small CPA firm which probably has rates that are competitive with Block's.

[Sthrnmissgal]

I did not have a complicated return. I have filed my taxes online with HR Block Tax Cut for 2 years now. I paid $14.95 to efile my taxes and received my return back in 7 days. I love how my info was imported from last year and how the first time I used it, I was able to import my information from the year before from the HR Block office in only a matter of a few minutes. To anyone not having a complicated return, I highly recommend it. It was quick, easy, cheap and accurate. I had them checked somewhere else but did not file, just so I could compare.