Amazon.com Product Review
H&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, H&R Block At Home Deluxe searches for hundreds of deductions to get customers the biggest refund.
Everything you need to easily complete your federal and state taxes, plus five free federal e-files. Click to enlarge. |
Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income. Click to enlarge. |
Ideal for homeowners and investors, the program includes personalized tax guidance and features available only from H&R Block, such as built-in expertise and audit support with guidance, plus an H&R Block enrolled agent to represent customers in the event of an audit.
At Home Deluxe
Investors / Homeowners The right choice for customers with more complex tax situations to easily complete their federal and state returns. Includes five free federal e-files and built-in expertise available only from H&R Block!
Includes these features:
- Customized interview process to help customers easily complete their federal and state taxes.
- Five free federal e-files.
- Personalized tax guidance for popular occupations and specific deductions, plus answers to FAQs.
- Audit support with guidance, plus an H&R Block enrolled agent to represent you in the event of an audit. Included when you file a federal return.
- Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income.
- Advice, tips, and planning tools for the upcoming year.
- Easily import W-2, 1099, and data from last year's return.
- Quickly import data from TaxCut, TurboTax, Quicken, Microsoft Money, and H&R Block DeductionPro software.
- H&R Block DeductionPro software to maximize tax savings from donations.
Compare At Home Editions
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(320 customer reviews) 121 of 123 people found the following review helpful
good product at a good price (updated),
December 15, 2009 CS (Acton, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State + eFile [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)
(Note: This review also shows up in the reviews for the download version. Don't ask me why Amazon doesn't show the reviews in both places for what's really the same product, with just different delivery mechanisms. I bought the box version, if you want to know.)
This part written Dec 9, 2009 (see updated comments below)
This is of course a preliminary review (written Dec 9 based on use in the last few days). At this time one can't do more than a rough cut estimate of the tax return -- the IRS forms aren't finalized, the state forms aren't available, and of course the various income reports (W2, 1099, etc.) aren't out yet.
I don't have a super complicated tax situation this year: it just requires some things that a good tax program should handle easily. So far this program seems to do just fine. I found it easy to use, and found that imports from Quicken and from TXF files worked without any problems. Schedules A, B, and D worked just fine, and the...Read more
93 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Problem with State download, inefficient customer service,
January 29, 2010 D. Yip (Brooklyn, New York United States) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State + eFile [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)
I've used H&R Block's tax software for the last four years and haven't had a problem until the 2009's version. In general, the software is comparable to others in its simplicity and user-friendliness. This year, I bought the Deluxe Home Edition which comes with a state; however, when I tried downloading my free state program, it was indicated that I had to pay $29.95. To make a long story short, I spent 45 minutes speaking with a customer representative before she finally sent me the state link. I was very disappointed as the person initially told me she could not help me because I did not purchase the software directly from H&R Block. When I asked to speak to the manager, I was put on hold for long periods of time. For an issue that has occurred on multiple occasions (as indicated from these reviews), I was highly disappointed with the length of time it took the representative to come up with a solution. Also, had I not insisted on speaking with a superior (who apparently didn't...Read more
143 of 149 people found the following review helpful
The Best Value,
December 23, 2009 Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + State + eFile [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)
I have used H&R Block's tax software every year since 2004. It's always adequate and slightly annoying. There are always a few poorly worded parts, even though most of it is excellent.
The amazon price bounces around between 19 and 39 buckss between late January and April. I do 3 tax returns with it. Good value!
** Update 2-10-2010; I find the 2009 version clearer and cleaner than prior years. Very few annoyances on my moderately complex return. Their privacy policy is hard to view and hard to understand. You can't copy...paste or print the interview screens, which sometimes would be handy. Judging from reviews of the competition (TurboTax), I think H&R Block is the better product, and I don't feel ripped off.
![H&R Block At Home [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51aHkeWLTaL.jpg)
