Deduction Pro

by H&R Block

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007MF3Q
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 16, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,128 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Turn your charitable donations into tax savings with DeductionPro. DeductionPro provides thousands of valuations for hundreds of the most commonly donated household items, including clothing, sporting goods, furniture, household appliances, and more. Applying accurate, fair-market values to your charitable donations can translate into hundreds of dollars in tax savings.

DeductionPro provides tools for easy year-round tracking of all your charitable donations from a single location. From cash and noncash goods to out-of-pocket expenses and mileage, DeductionPro helps you understand how to maximize your tax savings with each of these types of deductions. The software simplifies record-keeping and assists in the necessary reporting for your tax return.

Packed with tax resources and advice from H&R Block experts, DeductionPro can help maximize your tax savings this year, and will get you started with donation planning and tracking for next year.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A completely worthless product, January 3, 2003

By 

SirWired (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deduction Pro (CD-ROM)

This version is so incomplete, it is a total waste of money.
1) Data entry is tedious. For periodic contributions (such as payroll deductions or church donations) there is no way to automatically enter them into the program.
2) When adding non-cash contributions, you are reminded for every single entry if you go over the limits that require you to retain records.
3) Adding details for non-cash contributions requires you to enter data that the IRS does not, and the date field in that box is badly designed.
4) The only useful part of the program, value tables for common donated items, is woefully small.

Its' competitor, "It's Deductible" is a far better program.

Don't waste your money.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Program!, February 9, 2003

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Kristy (Acworth, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deduction Pro (CD-ROM)

It's only value is the calculation for FMV. I experiences all of the problems the other reviewer had plus more! After entering information for one of my charities, I started getting error messages for each line item. My donations for that entity went from 400.00 to over 8000.00. (It duplicated my information about 20X). The items were not available to delete, but were on the report screen. Tech support had no clue, and told me to uninstall/reinstall (typical.) After doing this, the program reattached to the old file and the problem was still there. I couldn't even delete the organization that was causing the problem (it always reappeared.) Instead, I had to begin a new file and re-enter ALL of the information for each organization.
Yuck!!!! Stay away, even if you have a free coupon. It's just not worth it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price (IF you get it for free), March 27, 2005

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Quaker (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deduction Pro (CD-ROM)

This is a clunky program with a design that feels like freeware. If you buy a companion program like TaxCut DeLuxe that let's you get DeductionPro free after rebate, then it's worth the 37 cents postage you pay to process the rebate. The program's terrible, but the pre-programmed fair market values can save you time and money.