H&R Block At Home 2010 Deluxe Federal + eFile Review

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(More customer reviews)This program refused to install on my window 7 units; 32 or 64 verison. This is after I exchanged the program twice - same result; Called the tech support and it still doesn't work.
However, It does works on my old xp machine; I haven't test it on my mac yet - but I think it should work okay.
But seeing how their software had been plague by tech issues - (last year, I also exchanged the disk twice due to disks failure, one had no program on it.) I am guessing I will start using other tax program next year - too bad too because they were great programs.

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The right choice for customers with more complex tax situations to easily complete their federal returns. Includes the H&R Block tax expertise your customers trust--plus our Maximum Refund Guarantee.

H&R Block At Home Deluxe includes everything your customers need to easily complete their federal taxes--with the tax expertise they trust. With an easy-to-use interface, H&R Block At Home Deluxe searches for hundreds of deductions to get customers the biggest refund. 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, expert advice from our community of tax specialists, an H&R Block enrolled agent to represent customers in the event of an audit, and, best of all, our Maximum Refund Guarantee.

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H&R Block At Home 2009 Premium Federal + State + eFile Review

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(More customer reviews)I have both the Windows and the Mac platform. H&R has been producing an excellent Tax product that work smoothly on both platforms. I use my H&R on my Windows at my business and then bring it home and load on my Mac and continue without a problem. Mac users know that Intuit, the producer of Turbo Tax, has brought us many years of the disfunctional Quicken products and false promises of new products for years. And Window users know Intuit (producers of Turbo Tax) users are forced to pay and update to products that don't perform as well because Intiut discontinues the ability of the programs to fully function after a few years. This company has a lot of cash but prefers to spend its time figuring how to ring an extra buck out of the user rather than fulfilling the users needs.
I use my H&R Tax product to assist family and friends in the preparing their taxes. If you want to use Turbo Tax on more than a couple of computers. The Turbo Tax program won't by design load on another computer without purchasing another copy. Too bad for you if you have a computer crash. You still have to pay them when you file based on how many files you pay for in the package. Turbo Tax costs more than the H&R.
H&R is user friendly. You can load your last year tax information from other tax preparations programs without a problem. If you a first time user just take your last years file and fill in the information using your new data. It's not that hard. If you have a question give them a call. There is a lot of support on line as well.
The H&R program is performing smoothly again this year. I file personally a tax return of at least 27 pages. I had a high end tax accountant do my taxes years ago. It was expensive. They made mistakes. That meant not only was my federal return messed up but then the state started sending me letters for years. The last straw was when they called me up on Easter and said they said they couldn't finish my taxes on time to file tomorrow even though they had my well organized data 8 weeks ago.
My sister was blind and a tax service prepared her taxes with a written guarantee that they would pay if they made a mistake.When I went over her return they had given the IRS an extra $100 (in case they made a mistake) in such a way that the IRS would not be returning the $100 as an error. H&R tax program picked it up and we filed again.
When you fill out your Taxes with the H&R you have an audit program which can pick up errors and as you go through the questions so you might see ideas on how you can qualify for deduction for this or next years. It sure has helped me.
I don't work or am not related to anyone that works for or own company stock. I have never gone to a H&R Block preparer.
H&R block tax programs are reasonable priced and well written with the customer needs their first concern.


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H&R Block At Home Premium 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 Premium searches for hundreds of deductions to get customers the biggest refund. Ideal for homeowners, investors, rental property owners, and self-employed Schedule C filers, the program includes features available only from H&R Block, such as built-in expertise, live tax advice from an H&R Block tax professional and audit support with guidance, plus an H&R Block enrolled agent to represent customers in the event of an audit.


At Home Premium Self-Employed / Rental Property Owners 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.

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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.
Live tax advice from an H&R Block tax professional.
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 or state return.
Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income.
Money-saving tools for self-employed Schedule C filers.
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.
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LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm trying to divide my review into two parts: 1) The game. 2) The bugs.
1) The game. The game is an innovative take on the standard Lego game engine (which I have been used to from the Star Wars versions), with a much more fluid game interface and transition giving it a stronger feel of a cohesive world. I'm not that familiar with the Harry Potter story, but my son (the game player) finds that it fits right in with the story line. I did notice that the Lego tradition of no dialog (only grunting) in the video transitions completely breaks down. If you don't know the movies (or at least the book) they make no sense. It took my son over 8 hours to play the game through to the end (just to get to the levels, not to do the free play). Overall it is a fun game for those who like Harry Potter and the general Lego take on these things in its games. Just on that basis I would give it a 4 star rating.
2) The bugs. Their technical support tells me that Windows 7 is not supported. I have a laptop with Windows 7 and better graphics which would crash. There were two types of crashes. Random crashes that just didn't repeat if you replayed the level, and then there were two specific points in the game which crashed 100% of the time. I was able to get around those crashes by lowering the graphics setting in one place, and raising it back up in the other. I moved it to an older Vista machine, and it works (it crashes on exit, but who cares?). That older Vista machine has a lousy graphics card and to the credit of the game makers, they adjust the graphics down to compensate, so the game works fine. I have to say that first of all Amazon is incorrectly listing this game as compatible with Windows 7, so beware, and second of all it is not acceptable to release a game incompatible with Windows 7 8 months after it is released to the general public. Who do they think are buying these games with sophisticated graphics? Exclusively people with year-old machines? Unacceptable.
I have asked Amazon for what their resolution to this matter will be. I expect them to refund customers even with open boxes. Although I got the game to work because I happen to have an older Vista machine, most won't, and the game simply doesn't work as advertised.
EDIT: Just heard back from Amazon customer service - they are indeed refunding it even if the product was opened. Since I found a way to get the game to work, I probably will not be returning it, but good for Amazon for making it right.

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