H&R Block

This applies to all H&R Block tax offices. save your money and buy a copy of Intuit Turbo Tax. H&R block employees are typically poorly trained and their ability is basically limited to entering the data you give them into a software program, nothing different than you would do using turbo tax. If you have a complex question, call IRS, they have people who are trained and will give you free advise, they won’t do your return for you, but if all you need is clarification on one issue, it’s better to go to the folks who could ultimately audit you rather than some tax preparer who may, or may not know the answer; if your return is very complex, go to a CPA

This is the office that you hire when your tax return is more complex, for instance if you own your own business or are self-​employed.
Doing Our taxes is more difficult than it ought to be because our expenditures and income are not computerized. This means we will pay more money than others must to get the same taxes prepared. This certainly is not H & R’s fault. What can I say, my husband is strangely anti-​computer.
The problem I’ve run into here is with our tax preparer becoming difficult regarding what they consider to be a good expense deduction or not. I don’t mind them sharing their take on tax law, but I dislike having to fight the tax preparer to use the expenses we provide because they don’t agree with one or two of them.
On the other hand, perhaps they have saved us from an audit by persuading my husband to alter or delete some of our deductions.
Since the jury remains out on this, I am rating the business tax preparation arm of H & R Block 3 stars.