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Originally Posted by Haggar
All reputable preparers stand behind their work. So I'm a CPA so I'm somewhat biased. But I've fixed a lot of HR Block returns. They tend to be people who fill in the boxes from your paperwork. Some have but a three week training course. They don't have the breadth of knowledge to be creative, explain missed tax saving opportunities and do tax planning for the next year. I've have clients come to me and tell me that the reason HR Block didn't prepare a form was because it wasn't out yet. It was out - they just didn't know to prepare it.
Plus why anyone would take their audit protection is beyond me. Like a extended warranty on a blender. A tremendous money maker for them!
A side note - years ago the Wall Street Journal took a rather complicated return to a variety of tax preparers - mom & pop shops, EA;s, small CPA's. large International CPA firms, tax attorneys. Not one got the maximum savings. Talks to the complexity of our tax laws and that was years ago!
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I have always done my own with a tax software (like a TurboTax). One year I was living in multiple states and was having issues with questions from the tax software. I thought I would treat myself to a H&R to get it done easy peasy. Needless to say, they made it worse (were as confused as I was). I ended up doing it myself.
If your federal is straight forward you can try below. You would just copy completed info manually to State and local if applicable.
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