H&R Block At Home 2010 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile [Old Version]

by H&R Block

Product Features

• Do-it-yourself tax software for small-business owners
• Everything needed to complete personal and business federal and state taxes
• Customized interview process; user-friendly interface; audit support
• Guidance for reporting; money-saving tools; planning tools for next year
• 5 free federal e-files; quickly import data; Maximum Refund Guarantee

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0047UKEJQ
• Item model number: 1116600-10
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 15, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,141 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #44 in Software > Business & Office > Business & Office Management Software
  • #94 in Software > Tax Preparation

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

H&R Block At Home Premium and Business

Ideal for Small Business Owners

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Two complete programs in one for customers to manage their personal and business taxes. Includes the H&R Block tax expertise your customers trust--plus our Maximum Refund Guarantee.

H&R Block At Home Premium & Business includes everything your customers need to complete their personal and business federal and state taxes. A simple question-and-answer process helps your customers find hundreds of deductions to get the biggest refund. Ideal for corporations, S corporations, partnerships, LLCs, non-profits, and estates and trusts, the program includes the H&R Block expertise they trust, along with expert advice from our community of tax specialists, business tax planning, payroll and employer forms, live personal tax advice, personal audit support, and our Maximum Refund Guarantee--with unlimited business state returns at no additional cost.

Features:

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• Customized interview process to help customers easily complete their personal and business federal and state taxes.
• Unlimited business state programs and one personal state program included.
• five free federal e-files for personal returns.
• Personalized tax guidance for popular occupations and specific deductions, plus answers to FAQs.
• Live personal tax advice from an H&R Block tax professional.
• Audit support with guidance, plus an H&R Block enrolled agent to provide representation in the event of an audit. Included for personal taxes when filing a federal or state return.
• Guidance for reporting investments, dividends, home sales, and retirement income.
• Money-saving tools for self-employed Schedule C filers.
• Advice, tips, and planning tools for the upcoming year.
• Easily import data from W-2, 1099, and last year's return.
• Quickly import data from H&R Block At Home, TurboTax, and Quicken software.
• Maximum Refund Guarantee.

Maximum Refund Guarantee

Get the maximum refund you're entitled to or your tax return is free.
If you find another online tax preparation method that results in a larger refund (or smaller liability) than that calculated by the H&R Block At Home online tax program, we will refund the fees you paid us to use our online tax program to prepare that return. To qualify, the larger refund or smaller tax liability must not be due to differences in data supplied by you or positions taken on your return that are contrary to law.

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Product Description

Guidance for corporate, partnership, and payroll business returns. The complete personal and business tax return solution from America's #1 tax preparer. Step-by-step interviews guide you through your personal and business tax situation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars H&R Block -the better deal overall, January 4, 2011

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For2n8john (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2010 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I switched from Turbo to Tax Cut almost 10 years ago. Using Turbo's Interview method, it was difficult for me to follow as to why I was getting deductions or additions. It didn't have as transparent explanation for why I was or wasn't eligible for tax breaks I had heard about. I could dig around and find the answer, but why waste the time & effort. I found H&R had a better line of sight to the reasons for getting or not getting deductions. In the end, I felt I better understood my return and could talk/defend it intelligently, if needed.

Glad H&R Block ditched the TaxCut name and began branding this product as its own. Because of their #2 position in the DIY market, they began offering extra perks. The link to be able to get live help from one of their Offices is OUTSTANDING feature not stressed enough. I only used once in 10 years, but the option is there when needed. With the increase in IRS Agents being hired to enforce more complicated regulations, this is a great security blanket for those who do their own taxes.

42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BUSINESS will not install, download not ready, January 9, 2011

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Donald L. Joseph (Northbrook, Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2010 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

The BUSINESS product is a disaster. I bought H&R BLOCK Premium and Business at the Office Max web site. The Premium installed fine.
Installation of BUSINESS failed with an error message referencing Wolters Kluwer, a firm I know publishes tax information. After several attempts to install the product, including making a CD image and installing from that, taking nearly an hour, I phoned H&R Block.
After about forty minutes repeating these steps with a tech support rep, he agreed that my CD was defective and said he would send me a download link. It took another ten minutes for him to determine that he couldn't send me the link, because I hadn't purchased the product direct, even though I have used the product for more than 20 years and offered to send him the proof of purchase and gave him the Key Code from the box!!!!
He told me I could return the CD to the store for a refund and buy from H&R Block or exchange it at Office Max. I asked for his supervisor. The supervisor agreed that this was ridiculous and e-mailed me a download link, warning me that I had 24 hours and that I could only download once.
The e-mail said there were 3 steps: click on the link, fill out the form, wait for another e-mail to access the download. He waited that long and we agreed to terminate the call. BIG MISTAKE.
After I filled out the form, a link appeared saying "click here to download". So I did. But all I got was a blank web page containing the words "bad URL". So I waited for the second e-mail. It never came.
I called back and got a second rep who pulled up my case notes and quickly cut to the chase. He sent me another link. Same result. He said it was only his second day on the job, so he would have to check to see what the next step is.
His answer was that the program was not finished because of the recent tax law changes and that it won't load anywhere. THIS MEANS THAT EVERY BOX IN RETAIL STORES CONTAINING THIS PRODUCT HAS DEFECTIVE SOFTWARE THAT WON'T EVEN LOAD. You cannot patch or update tax tables in software that isn't even loaded in the first place.
I asked the rep how to resolve this. He said it's my responsibility to keep calling back starting about January 15, to see if the product is available. There is no process to keep a list of those needing the update, no compensation for time wasted.
Worse yet, can you imagine what this will do to the H&R Block call queues?

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Even running as "admin" doesn't allow installation of business on my Win 7, January 17, 2011

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Garrett Arizala (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: H&R Block At Home 2010 Premium & Business Federal + State + eFile [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I've used H&R Block's TaxCut for the past several years after becoming irritated with Intuit's sun setting policy on their Quicken products. I was perfectly happy with TurboTax, but it turns out that H&R Block's software was both less expensive and easier to use.

In previous years I had no problem loading the software on WindowsXP. With a new Windows7 64bit machine, running as "administrator" (right click the "tcauto" install icon to see this option) allowed the installation of Premium Home, but the Business side continues to hang as reported by others here.

Update: No problem installing on Windows XP. Still, rather inconvenient and unacceptable.

Update #2: Business did not install on Windows7 32Bit either. One reviewer reported success on Windows7, but it has failed for me on both a Windows7 64bit and 32bit computers.

Update#3: Finally able to install Business following advice from Yan Zhang. Be prepared to jump through some hoops.
1) Start "task manager" by right clicking anywhere on the task bar at the bottom of your screen.
2) Run "tcauto" as "administrator" and start the business installation.
3) In the task manager click the "processes" tab. Look for "update*32" with the description H&R Block (It took several minutes for it to appear) and end the process.
4) The program will now continue installing, but its update function will not work.
5) Do an internet search for "H&R Block engineTC.exe" and download it.
5) Run the update. The program should work properly now.

A final parting shot: Premium Home easily imported last year's data from a saved file. Business, however, would not. It required that I install Taxcut 2009 (with similar install problems judging from other reviews). As a work around, I went back to the window XP computer that had both 2009 & 2010 installed, imported, then did a backup of a 2010 file and used this to do a "restore" on the windows7 machine. To quote John McEnroe "You cannot be serious!"