H&R Block Software Glitch To Delay 600,000 U.S. Tax Refunds 104
mrquagmire sends this quote from a Reuters report:
"Tax refunds for about 600,000 taxpayers claiming an education credit will be delayed, the Internal Revenue Service said on Wednesday, citing a software glitch at some tax-preparation companies, including industry leader H&R Block Inc. Refunds may be delayed four to six weeks from mid-February, likely not showing up until late March, the IRS said. ... On Tuesday, a Wal-Mart Stores Inc executive said shoppers had cashed about $2.7 billion in tax refund checks at its U.S. stores so far this year. At this point last year, that amount was about $4 billion. The IRS delayed the start of the tax filing season by eight days, to January 30, due to the enactment of tax law changes made to resolve the "fiscal cliff."
Enterprise Code (Score:2, Insightful)
I read that as... (Score:4, Insightful)
I'm just funny that way....
H&R block is for suckers anyway. (Score:2, Insightful)
They charge ungodly amounts of money for starters. Me, Im single, I work one job, own one home, one car and everything in my life is very simple and so are my taxes but they insist on charging me 145 dollars to do my taxes. It used to be like 65 but every year it goes up and my taxes actually take like 15 minutes to do. Then they start sales pitching me on buying optional services and gurantees and so on on top of 145.
So I started doing my taxes online for free through simple google searches for a couple years and never had a problem.
Hell in my community I also found out a lot of people volunteer to do peoples taxes for free. My neighbor was a VP for us bank in the equipment leasing department till he retired and his wife worked for the irs and now they volunteer at the library 3 days a week to do peoples taxes for them for free, all you have to do is show up. And others qualified in the money field also volunteer their time as well. Hell, half my county gets theirs done free at the library this way.
Look at alternatives to expensive companies like this. Hell local tax attorneys charge small fees to do personal taxes.