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H&R Block offers a wide range of tax preparation plans to choose from, including online options and personalized tax preparation and support. Their online plans are available in packages that make sense for regular employees who are paid at W2, freelancers and small business owners, and more. You can also use the software to file basic federal returns for free. Go to activate.hrblock.com/crj and get it now.

• H&R Block states that its tax professionals have access to its Tax Institute, which is “staffed primarily by certified public accountants (CPAs), enrolled agents, tax attorneys, and former IRS agents.”1 This is a good thing—there’s lots of experience there.

• However, this may raise a question for you: What’s the expertise of the individual who will actually be preparing your tax return? When and why should this person reach out to the professionals who are manning the Tax Institute?

• While it doesn’t rise to the level of what’s required of Tax Institute staffers, activate.hrblock.com/crj Block tax professionals do go through rigorous training. Tax professionals at H&R Block have an average of 12 years of filing experience and more than 60 hours of tax training. All returning tax professionals must complete an additional 30 hours of training.

• Therefore, these tax professionals only reach out to the Tax Institute when they have questions that their training has not prepared them to answer. For many filers with fairly simple returns, H&R Block’s tax professionals will likely have the competence required to handle your taxes on their own.

H&R Block can automatically import last year’s tax return if you used another provider. Plus, the free version will automatically import your federal filing information to your state taxes. It asks you a few additional questions and files your state taxes for free. This is a big benefit.