H&R Block DeductionPro for Tax Year 2003

by H&R Block

Product Features

• Accurate, fair-market values to the most commonly donated household items
• Complete donation tracker and donation reports; estimated tax savings meter
• IRS publications; FAQs and program help; record keeping alerts
• New deduction advisor and quick value check; seamless TaxCut software import
• More expansive deductible item database; import last year¿s DeductionPro data

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AZVVM
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 16, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,390 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Software of Very Limited Value, February 16, 2004

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John Thomson (Kansas City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: H&R Block DeductionPro for Tax Year 2003 (CD-ROM)

I bought DeductionPro because I'd donated a lot of old clothing, furniture and books to charity last year, and I wanted some assistance organizing and valuing those contributions for my tax preparation. DeductionPro allowed me to enter all of this information, provided a table for estimating their value, and prepared the required IRS form for claiming those deductions since they were valued at over $500.

Beyond that, there's not much to this software. Its user interface is not very slick. There fields have limited space to enter information, the error messages are not helpful, there are no good instructions, and it's overall look and feel is pretty amateurish. I wasn't very impressed. However, since it comes free with TaxCut, it was clearly worth the money I (didn't) pay.

There's nothing here that you can't get by simply using tax preparation software. The only real value add is the valuation tables, and they are pretty limited. You can also use it to record cash donations, out of pocket expenses and other kinds of deductions. However, unlike TaxCut, there's limited advise available for doing so, and no obvious benefit to using this software for those things.

On the whole, using DeductionPro benefited me, but it's nothing to write home about. If you don't need the merchandise valuation tables for non-cash donations, I wouldn't spend the time or money to use this software. Your tax prep software will do it all just as well. If you do need help valuing your donations, then this might make your life a little easier, but not much.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, February 1, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: H&R Block DeductionPro for Tax Year 2003 (CD-ROM)

This program is basically a simple database that allows you to enter your donations. It will help you value your donations, but it's difficult to do in the program. You need to know which category your item is listed under before you can find it's value in this program. It doesn't let you search for your item to find the value. I don't see any value in this program. Entering all of your donations in this program is a hassle. It's easier to enter them directly into your tax program.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Even free after rebate I wouldn't use this software again, January 3, 2006

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W. Myers "cyfan2000" (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: H&R Block DeductionPro for Tax Year 2003 (CD-ROM)

I got it last year for free after rebate. (Well, free after a 6 month battle with H&R Block on them honoring the rebate.) It is quite possible the hardest to use software ever sold. If they gave you an Excel spreadsheet with tables it would be EASIER and more functional. I'm not kidding.