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H&R Block has a rating of 1.2 stars from 287 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about H&R Block most frequently mention customer service, last year, and tax return problems. H&R Block ranks 74th among Tax Preparation sites.

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 7.1%
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Top Positive Review

“Managing taxes all year”

Vakhid G.
3/9/24

That is a truly impressive solution for managing taxes! I am myself quite a cautious person, trying to comply with all the rules the government imposes, so paying taxes is quite mandatory. With their mobile application, it's very easy to manage taxes, pay them and be an obedient citizen :) It doesn't take a lot of time to sign up, to understand how to interact with the mobile application because the interface is intuitively clear and navigation is very straightofrward. Thanks developers for this service!

Top Critical Review

“Horrible, but better than the competition when you can log in”

Chelsea W.
3/23/24

I filed my taxes with them last year and the experience was much better than with a certain competitor, but this year I couldn't file at all thanks to their two-step verification and lack of customer service. I changed phones (and numbers) since last year and now they won't let me into my account. The "customer service" number sent me an email which led me into the same horrible loop. Despite me having access to the email, entering the verification number, and entering the password, I could not file because I didn't have access to the phone number. This is sooooooooo ridiculous. They've permanently lost a customer because of this idiocy!

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Thumbnail of user lm315
Arizona
1 review
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April 10th, 2021

I have used the free version of H&R Block online for many years with no problem. This year (for tax year 2020) I needed a form that wasn't in their free edition so I had to "upgrade" to a paid version that cost around $50.00. Little did I know then that this $50 upgrade did NOT include state filing. For that I would have to pay an additional ~$50.

My state filing is very simple. So instead of paying $50 to H&R Block, I downloaded the state forms and filled them out manually. It took all of maybe 10 minutes at most.

In my opinion all the tax software programs should include at least one state filing for free.

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New Jersey
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May 15th, 2021

They scammed us out of money! They are rude, belligerent and absolutely awful! Be warned of Elaine Shore at the 725 River Road Edgewater NJ office. The office manager Glenn Bloom is also rude. Please take your business elsewhere

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New York
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February 24th, 2022

I have been with H&R block since 2006. I have never really had an issue until this year. The lady that did my taxes did not know what she was doing. She took my 25-year-old son off of my dependents she said I could not claim Earned Income Credit. I knew that but he still lived in my house for the entire year with no income. I didn't realize what she did until after we were done. We had sat there for almost 2 hours, and they were closing. She did not ask to remove him, and she had no right to remove him I could have got some extra refund. They should have to pay me the difference. I will not go back there next year.

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Georgia
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January 12th, 2023

50 Carrige Oaks Dr., Tyrone GA ******* is a horrible place to go for your tax, avoid at all cost. 2019 they made me lose every bit of my returns. The mistake they made on my forms they would not fix it. When I call the office they would not respond.They gave
Me the run around. When I go to there office they treated me unprofessionally even though the mistake that was made by them and could easily be corrected but they refused to let me talk to they staff member that file it for me. Every time IRS reach out to me I reached back to them they refused to correct the mistakes. At the end they made IRS took all my refund the next year. That office the staff there don't care about you. I lost $7000 because they filed incorrectly. I would not even send an enemy there let alone a friend.

Tip for consumers:
To avoid this location at all cost

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Pennsylvania
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January 14th, 2023

You cannot reason with them. Instead you will be the transferred from person to person- explaining the same complaint without resolution. They should be reported to the FTC. It is the most unprofessional- unethical sham of a company.
They need to be sued for their practices.
I think I will take this up with a federal agency.

Tip for consumers:
If you have international income, and you have already started the tax prep process, make sure you tell these unskilled workers to take money out for SSI.
I worked in Saudi Arabia- three years of my highest earnings and I was not told I could pay into SSI. This has affected my SSI earnings.
The consequences are life-long.
It would be better to stop the process- forfeit the fee- ( they will not consent to refunding) than to have your SSI reduced because of their practices.

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Missouri
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March 31st, 2022

Hr block does not stand behind $#*!! When you have a problem with your taxes and you call them, they will give you attitude and act like the mistake is all your doing and they didn't have $#*! to do with it! I went and did my taxes at the south Broadway location and the $#*! in there messed up and when I called cause I had a question she had an attitude from jump so now I have to go back in and I won't be going back to south Broadway location! I'm going to the one on gravies cause the woman was willing to explain things to me and told me they would take care of me but the downfall of that is I have to pay out of pocket but that's ok. Somebody needs to check the hr block in St. Louis on south Broadway cause they rude as hell and the one lady at the front desk always wanna talk about someone with her ugly $#*!

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Canada
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March 30th, 2022

I have used this program last year and it seemed to be decent and easy to use. So, I thought I would use the program again and I selected the "free do it yourself" option. I must say that this year (2021) was the worst ever. They did not even give me this years available tax credits, "work from home and the energy tax rebate"
I started in early March and I wanted to submit them early and soon after I filed, I realized that this credits were not even an option. So needless to say, if you want an extra $500 to $900 on your 2021 tax return, maybe look for another program to use. I will be out the $900 and can only hope I will have an opportunity to claim it for next years taxes... who will be with another company.

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Virginia
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May 18th, 2021

PSR Failure
That level of error message is what you get from this awful software. Then you get to call an automated support line, get directed to the wrong department, wait on hold for 2 hours before you find that out, then get transferred to a different department to wait on hold for another couple of hours.

PSR Failure means "your email has characters that are in the email standard, but that we do not accept because we're not good at writing validation code".

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TaxCut, I'm not paying for two tax prep applications.

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Michigan
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July 17th, 2020

I choose to do the Free online return after spending $340 last year for a simple 1040 return. (FYI you are charged for the state return as disclosed up front) I didn't upgrade to Deluxe $49.99, I spent hours trying to talk/chat with someone. Finally got an automated Chat, It stated I can downgrade my return BUT, I would loose all of my information and have to go through the whole process again. I'm disgusted with Block, don't you get caught in this lie!

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New Hampshire
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April 8th, 2022

Been in finance all my professional life and have never experienced such horribly designed software and absolutely the worst service. Won't go into all of the nightmare of this POS. Do not use this product or use this company.

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Illinois
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February 8th, 2021

My husband went in to their office and had to school the tax prep girl on how to fill file it! She had no knowledge at all. Not to mention they were so extremely loud to wear he could barely hear her. And he actually booked a appt for me without my permission I I waited 45 minutes with a appt to be told it would be another 30 minutes before they could get to me
Why! Would I wait and fork out in over 300 in feses when my return is less than 100. Have u lost ur damn mind?

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Waited 45 minutes past my appt time to be told it would be 30 minutes more. Very inconvenient people that have no knowledge of taxes. I buy turbo tax and not ignorant in that area. It was just my dang birthday and hadn't had a day off in over ten days. Nope inconsiderate

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Thumbnail of user lawrencegoodman
Washington
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June 5th, 2023

Had a horrible experience with this office. The tax prepaprer made numerous errors on my return, one of which would have cost me thousands of dollars if I hadn't caught it. She also took deductions on my return without consulting me.

The office also billed me for services I didn't need and now, months later, still hasn't issued a refund.

You will do better going elsewhere.

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Thumbnail of user robertn1966
Pennsylvania
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February 19th, 2023

They gave been doing.my taxes for three years. Started out fine but last year my taxes were dropped way early in the tax season and I did not hear from anyone co.e April 15th. When I called they said my information was sent to a different office. Did not receive my return info until may. Was charged late fees by the state & federal government,& was issued a fefund from federal for over a thousand dollars due to over payment, hence the title incompetent!

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Ohio
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November 1st, 2023

I've been h&r customer for years but as of today I won't be back the emerald advance change it's way and if any way shape form u have bad credit u get denied every time u apply because it does credit checks they said it's better system it's definitely not I needed that help every year from emerald and this year they screwed over a lot people with new system so I willbe taking my business elsewhere for taxes

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California
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June 6th, 2021

I never felt so disrespected to have given some the maxinun amount of money and even more money the lady never showed did not apologize made me lose my loan I'm for sure hr block will never get my business again to many errors at important time.

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Texas
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February 7th, 2023

I've had good experiences with H and R Block until this year. I filed my taxes online and made the mistake of using the "tax pro" service. The person in question ("Belinda Pierce") allegedly completed my taxes. However, I was not allowed to e-sign my document. I contacted Belinda about this repeatedly and was ignored. I called their customer service line several times. I even went to a brick and mortar H and R block and they were unable to help me (though they did tell me I had been charged for a service that hadn't been completed). I now have to wait one week for a phone call from their tech support. Why am I the one waiting? This has been the worst experience I have ever had in filing taxes.

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I'm still stuck using their services until their software folks call me on Sat and "fix" the problem.

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District of Columbia
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July 26th, 2021

I had my taxes done and discovered when I got home looking over my paperwork that the H&R Block agent had made a mistake. I called immediately and could not get an appointment until a week later. Another agent looked over my taxes, agreed that there was a mistake and filed an Amendment. It has been to date 22 weeks since the Amendment was filed and I still don't have my refund. I had to pay $204.00 for my initial appointment and even though the mistake was theirs I could not get my money back!

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Florida
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February 28th, 2022

We've filed with Hr Block in an office for 13 year's. This year we decided to just file through them online and pay for them to look over our taxes and e-file them for us. Our return was edited on Jan 31st. IRS sent our return to HR Blocks bank on Feb 22nd. Our Emerald advance we took out in November was also paid off on the 22nd. Now we are being told they have no idea where the rest of our tax refund went. They don't care. As long as they got what was owed to them- the hell with the rest of our money we are owed. I will NEVER use them again.

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Thumbnail of user christopherr1035
Mississippi
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February 19th, 2022

I filed my texts with H and R block on 1/25/22 got accepted the same day then on 2/18/22 they went in and changed somethings and now they saying it's going to be 16 to 20 weeks before I get my taxs. I should not have to pay for something they messed up on. I used the baldwyn mississippi office. Please take your business somewhere else

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Missouri
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April 14th, 2022

Customer service was non-existent! Waited an hour to chat with one, and that person didn't even know the difference between a social security number and an EIN number for a business... had to go look that one up. My middle schooler knew more! After I told them I was a paying customer, I was then, and only then, given a phone number to call. Again, sat on hold for over an hour. Also, ever time I logged back on after saving my work, I had to go through all the steps again and wasn't able to pick up where I left off. Was constantly prompted to buy something from them... an upgrade or a credit monitoring program. Aside from customer service issues, this software is NOT user friendly... no prompting, no questions, no nothing!

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New York
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April 20th, 2023

They are robbers! They robbed my credit card without actually telling me clearlyhow they will charge me! When the agent doesnt have answers to my questions the agent stays quiet for a while and me yelling hello hello.i know you listening... and purposefully delaying answer by staying quiet... for 4 minutes.says thank you for calling customer service and puts phone down...what kind of $#*!ing customer service is this!? H and r block what the $#*! is this?

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Thumbnail of user teddiec3
Florida
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March 8th, 2022

At the N Davis Hwy, Pensacola, FL location, Laura was a very confused person. When she talked to us, she was rude and demeaning.
I am still hurt by how Laura talk to me and my husband. We will never go to H&R Block again.

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New York
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April 18th, 2023

Completed my taxes, band Fed went through with no issues. Got to state (NY) and kept throwing errors that were in the Fed return? NY requires e-file, but would not allow me to e-file with errors in Fed... Talk about a Catch 22! Hoirrible.

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Canada
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April 8th, 2022

Not only do they limit you to a maximum $400 withdrawal the machine if you take out $80 the machine you use charges you $3 to the machine whoever owns it the rest of it goes to h&r Block and the card is not chipped so you cannot use it on most machines they don't bother telling you any of this I won't be using h&r Block ever again what a bunch of scam artists

Thumbnail of user michaell3544
Washington
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June 6th, 2021

Original tax prep estimate went from $250.00 $350 when finished. They had all the forms and statements prior to giving me a binding estimate as it turns out it cost me $100 more an ESTIMATED. I complain to management I asked for the hundred be refunded they told me they would get back to me I never did they are also Liars and cheats... BEWARE

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