H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + eFile [Formerly TaxCut] [Download]

by H&R Block Digital Download

Product Features

• Ideal for homeowners and investors, H&R Block At Home Deluxe includes everything you need to easily complete your federal taxes, plus five free federal e-files
• Customized interview process helps you easily complete your federal taxes
• Easily import W-2, 1099, and data from last year's return; quickly import data from TaxCut, TurboTax, Quicken, and Microsoft Money software
• Automatically double-checks returns for errors; built-in expertise and audit support with guidance
• Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income; H&R Block DeductionPro software to maximize tax savings from donations

Product Details

• Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B002WJI3MY
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 11, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #47 in Software > Tax Preparation
  • #90 in Software > Personal Finance

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

H&R Block At Home Deluxe includes everything you need to easily complete your federal taxes, plus five free federal e-files. With a new, easy-to-use interface, H&R Block At Home Deluxe searches for hundreds of deductions to get customers the biggest refund.

Everything you need to easily complete your federal taxes, plus five free federal e-files. Click to enlarge.

Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income. Click to enlarge.

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 with guidance, plus an H&R Block enrolled agent to represent customers in the event of an audit.

At Home Deluxe (No State)

Investors / Homeowners
The right choice for customers with more complex tax situations to easily complete their federal returns. Includes five free federal e-files and built-in expertise available only from H&R Block!

Includes these features:

• Customized interview process to help customers easily complete their federal taxes.
  
  
• Five free federal e-files.
  
  
• Personalized tax guidance for popular occupations and specific deductions, plus answers to FAQs.
  
  
• 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 return.
  
  
• Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• H&R Block DeductionPro software to maximize tax savings from donations.

Product Description

Guidance for all your personal tax situations. Federal forms. Step-by-step interviews guide you through a customized experience relevant to your tax situation. Everything you need to prepare your federal taxes in one complete program.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Software...if you can get it to work!, January 29, 2010

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Dion A. Antonio - See all my reviews
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This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + eFile [Formerly TaxCut] [Download] (Software Download)

The purchasing and downloading process was a breeze. Although I'm not a big fan of installing Amazon's download application (why couldn't they just give us a direct link to download the program?), it went without a hitch. As far as installation, that went well too. No errors.

I have Windows 7, 64 bit. The H&R Block website states that this software works on both 32 and 64 bit versions of the OS. So I was surprised when I went to run the application that it wouldn't work! A pop-up immediately came up and states that the application crashed. I tried various "Compatibility" modes and even tried to "Run as an Administrator". None worked. I checked the Windows Event logs and the H&R Block application crash does show up. I uninstalled and reinstalled the program, again to no avail.

Long story short, I didn't feel like messing around much more. So I just fired up VMWare, installed Windows XP 32-bit, and installed the B&R Block software. It now works perfectly! It sucks that I had to do that just to get the software to work. So I give a 3 because it works great now, but loses 2 points for not working as advertised (on a Windows 7, 64-bit machine).

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and Easy download, February 7, 2010

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A. Varney - See all my reviews
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Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + eFile [Formerly TaxCut] [Download] (Software Download)

I have used the Taxcut software for the past few years and have always been happy with the product and price. This is the first time I have tried the downloaded version. I'm happy to say it downloaded quickly, installed easily and worked as flawlessly as the boxed versions I have used in past years. I was working on my taxes within 10 minutes instead of waiting for my software in the mail. I also liked that downloaded version is more enviromentally friendly since there isn't all that added packaging and shipping. Just an FYI, you will need a to redeem a "keycode" in order to file your federal return for free. This keycode is in your download library in your Amazon account.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why pay more for Turbo Tax?, February 1, 2010

By 

Brian (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2009 Deluxe Federal + eFile [Formerly TaxCut] [Download] (Software Download)

I am not one who usually write reviews, although I think I would call this more of a comment. I felt compelled to write this because of Intuit's exorbarant pricing for their software. I know Turbo Tax is considered the king of do-it-yourself tax software for home users, but didn't want to shell out the close to $50 to do my 2009 taxes. I felt a little doubt going with the lesser known H&R Block At Home (formerly Tax Cut), but tried both using the free online versions first. Both calculated my refund exactly the same! Why would I pay over $15 for the same result? Here is another tip, do yourself a favor and do your easier, state taxes the old fashioned way. State tax inclusion is way over priced and takes about a half hour once you have your federal return in hand. Another money saver is to buy the download version, although I feel like their should be more of a discount than a few dollars. I had no problems with Amazon's software downloading program on Windows XP, and you get your software right away! Looks like H&R Block has found a repeat customer as long as it doesn't go to their heads!