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Washington
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Bait and switch
June 6, 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

Date of experience: June 6, 2021
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ehh experience
February 17, 2022

I filed online with H&R Block and it got the job done. However, their customer service is not good. Because I had to file for my student loans, I had to upgrade to the Deluxe product and because I updated to the Deluxe product, my state return was no longer free and I had to pay an extra fee for that as well. First of all, if I am "upgrading" to another product that is already costing me a fee, shouldn't I get something in return? Instead I had to pay another fee to finish my taxes because I was already on a Deluxe product. It seems backwards to me. They are trying to get you whenever they can with so many fees. I tried asking the customer service about the state fee because I was confused and they gave me one word answers the entire time. Not a great experience.

Date of experience: February 17, 2022
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hr block tookmoney for online tax filing but the site cant handle the volume so customers cant log in to finish returns. Block knows about the issue but has not even fixed it or compensated customers. Block is bad, used to be ok.

Date of experience: May 16, 2021
Maine
1 review
1 helpful vote
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5 STAR RATING SERVICE!
January 25, 2023

Ms. Annette Kenney was very professional and truly pleasant. She gave great service and shocked me, at how quick she was doing this process, I felt like I was practically in and out. I truly recommend her services to the fullest. Her service is GREAT! Out of all of these years, she was the best I've dealt with yet. She earned her 5 STAR RATING from me!

Date of experience: January 24, 2023
Virginia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I used h and r block a couple years ago. Paid about $200. Ok not so bad. This year I pair $470, yes I got the identity thief and the IRS guarantee which was $55 extra. I did lyft driving for 10 months this year. My preparer told me after the standard deduction from my lyft mileage, I profitted $158. Had to pay h and r block a $99 business fee. I had over $1300 worth of gas receipts oil changes new tires tire rotations on my Lyft car. Then was told the stand mileage would give me more back. Will not be using h and r block anymore. 45 min of their time and it cost me way too much money. Just cuz people are not good with paper work we get raked over the coals. Pure corporate greed. Never again. Their prices used to be reasonable, now they are just crimnal.

Date of experience: March 28, 2020
Washington
1 review
4 helpful votes
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What a rip off
February 13, 2023

We've gone to H & R Block for years. This is will be our last. Our tax preparer acted scatterbrained and kept pushing me to download their app which wouldn't work then we had to pay even more for their services and my son who alwsys gets back at least $2,000 was told his job took exactly the amount of taxes he owed so he was neither getting anything back or owe. I've never heard of such a thing and he's been doing taxes for 6 years and always got something back. The front desk girl was rude. Never ever again

Date of experience: February 13, 2023
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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AWESOME
March 25, 2023

Mildred Larsen at the downtown H & R Block in Red Deer has taken care of our Company and our personal taxes for many years. She is absolutely awesome. She is knowledgeable and very patient with us. We are so greatful to have her. We have highly recommended her to family and friends and will continue to do so.

Date of experience: March 24, 2023
New Jersey
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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My daughter went through tax classes with H&R Block in Jonesborough Tennessee and was hired by the company located in Fox Plaza. Right out the gate they lied about the payrate hiring her at only $12 hour but reducing it without a wird to $9 an hour. She was shocked at her first check from them, too. They have worked her for six weeks without pay, each pay period making excuses about 'getting things confused' and promising to 'fix it' in the next pay period. These people are liars and cheaters and i do not recommend H & R Block to anyone, either as an employer or as a tax preparer.

Date of experience: February 1, 2022
Iowa
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Worst experience ever!
September 8, 2023

Long story short...
We had our taxes prepared in March, and in July we started receiving letters from the IRS with penalities for not filing.
We contacted the local branch to find out our tax return was rejected and sitting in their office for the last 5 months.

Why did H&R Block not contact us about our taxes being rejected?

I've since been slapped with more than $3k in IRS penalties.
I opened a claim with H&R Block to receive a denial letter.

Date of experience: September 8, 2023
Michigan
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Screwed up our taxes
February 6, 2023

Just did our 2022 taxes in holland, mi. First of all, the lady we had do them acted like she didnt even knwo how to simply enter in the info, even though we have been going there for years. Then, my husband has an HSA account and she had to ask numerous times for help, stating she didnt know how to file them. Now we supposedly owe the federal over $1200, but somehow still supposedly get over $900 back from state? Doesn't make any sense. We have never in our lives owed money, so we will definitely be going somewhere else for a 2nd look and going elsewhere in the future. That place is horrible, and will never again trust them to do ours again.

Date of experience: February 6, 2023
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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H&R Block Nightmare
April 16, 2022

I went to H&R Block yesterday to pay for my tax package. The woman had me swipe my card and then said there was an "issue" with their card reader, when there was not. They tried to make me pay twice and I refused. This morning I went to my bank to obtain proof that they took payment from me, brought it to the H&R Block location and was able to get my tax package. The women who helped me today were great. The ones who helped yesterday? Not so much. Do not speak about people like they aren't there. Don't say "she doesn't have the money in her account" when I clearly do, otherwise I wouldn't be here. Do not tell me you voided the transaction when you didn't. The moral of the story? Trust your gut. And don't let people try to make you feel like you're wrong when you know you aren't. I will not be back at that location (Watertown, CT) again.

Date of experience: April 16, 2022
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Never Again
February 12, 2022

I will never use H&R Block again. Last year I was only charged $90.00. For a simple federal and state e-filed return. This year I dropped off my paperwork for the same simple e-filled return and it cost me $201.00? What a ripoff! Like I said never again.

Date of experience: February 12, 2022
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have been using H&R Block Tax Software for years and thought I was satisfied that it was filling out the forms correctly, but this year I caught an error that has cost me tens of thousands of dollars over the last several years. H&R Block Deluxe Software was treating business profits as Net Investment Income Tax, even though it is nonpassive income. As a result it was incorrectly adding 3.8% tax on top of the taxes that I should pay. I was able to override the software by filling out form 8960 myself this year, but I have lost faith that this software is filling out the forms correctly. I was able to amend the last 3 years of tax returns but the IRS does not process amended returns that are more than 3 years old. I would have saved more money (and a lot of time) by going to an accountant and letting him/her fill out the forms for me. I tried contacting H&R Block technical support to tell them about the issue but it was impossible to reach a human.

Date of experience: March 25, 2023
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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H&R scam
February 5, 2022

I went to H&R block couple of years back to get an estimate on my taxes. I wanted to know if i was getting a refund or not. I have already done my taxes on turbo tax and my taxes was approved by the irs. I knew already going in im having a refund on my taxes. I went in to H&R block and was seated with a woman. I asked for an estimate for my taxes. I was not charged. What was so intersting is after she put all the info on the computer, she said i was gonna owe money. So i said ok thank you for letting me know. I left after and that is when i knew they are ripping off people. Everyone dont got to that place learn to do your taxes.

Date of experience: February 5, 2022
District of Columbia
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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NEGATIVE 5
July 15, 2020

RIDICULOUS. H&R Block has had my documents for weeks. After being shuffled from 1 advisor to the next, and delay after delay and time changes - that I was never informed about (I had to call in to find out the ever changing time of my appointment). Today is tax day, and again without telling me, my appointment has been moved to 6:15pm! WTF. I actually have a life and a job... How does this place stay in business? My advisor can not be reached by email, the message says she has been blocked from receiving emails?! You cannot stop in the office, due to covid, and they do not answer the phone in the local office. While I am typing this email, I have a call into customer service,,, waited over 20 minutes on hold, only to be disconnected... called back, wait time is over 50 minutes. Again, they have had my documents for weeks. I am reporting them to the better business bureau.

Date of experience: July 15, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Warning:! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! I have never had such trouble filing my taxes. H&R block's primary purpose is to make money off of customers, not to help customers file taxes. They have several pop-ups/adds stating you need this or that to file your return properly and of course it costs money to receive it. If you don't buy some of the ads, it will prevent you from filing your taxes until you buy it. After you finally file it, you will receive an email stating because you have not updated to our deluxe packet or whatever they are trying to sell, you will need to mail your return or you can't file it.

Date of experience: February 5, 2022
Missouri
6 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I was a customer of H and R block for over 25 years. I always Paid for their protection insurance. But they failed to follow email direction that was given to them and they cost me several thousands of dollars. The outrightly lied and said they never received any information and they would not support their claim to supporting their client do not use them. I have also listed complaints on the BBB And I received one call back and they didn't have 1 good piece of information Concerning my account our complaint. I tried several times to call them back and they simply tell you that the file is closed and no one is there to talk to you.

Date of experience: January 25, 2019
Colorado
1 review
3 helpful votes
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BBB rates HR Block F-.
They should have a - star rating.
HR Block cost me $******* in IRS and State interest and penalties, would not return my calls, and has cancelled 3 appts w me related to their errors.
HR Block has no customer support center and contacting them for any help is impossible.
Be very careful before you use this most horrible of businesses.

Date of experience: March 23, 2022
Texas
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I like to let you know that I planning to make as much trouble as possible for poor service I have received at H&R Block.
For over a week I been trying to get the software I paid for on-Line, the email and link has never showed in my Outlook. Have as a scammer would do you have charged me and provided me nothing and I could not find any one to help resolve the problem because of the stupidly of how management has designed you support to drain as much money with no support or after thought. I have wasted 7 hours of my life and I going to bring a suit against you and H&R Block as you are gaggle
Of thieves.

Date of experience: April 18, 2022
Washington
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Overcharged
May 2, 2017

I was overcharged and they could not itemize anything. I tried talking on the phone to a manager and I was told that I took to much of his time and hung up on me. I have never paid that much for a relatively simple IRS Return. Not going back.

Date of experience: May 2, 2017

Overview

H&R Block has a rating of 1.1 stars from 290 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with H&R Block most frequently mention customer service, last year and tax return. H&R Block ranks 64th among Tax Preparation sites.

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