Review by John in Alex

I have used TaxCut for at least 10 years. This year’s H&R Block version seems a smooth transition from the last couple years. I have not done my taxes yet, so I have not encountered any problems. If I do I will return and update this review. I did notice in the reviews that some people had troubles in downloading the state edition (VA in my case). I had no problem downloading and installing the VA program. Since last year my computer got a virus which required me to erase everything and reload. All my data was backed up on a external drive. However, I did want to look at my 2008 return on my computer so I reloaded the 2088 TaxCut and updated it with no problem. Then I downloaded the VA state version for 2008 which went very smoothly. So far everything is working fine. Last year I did have a problem with the updates which required me to get tech support from H&R Block which worked very well.

As an aside, I worked for a year as an H&R Block tax preparer and was shocked to learn their program in the office was nothing like TaxCut. It was very difficult to learn and to use. Of course, it was very powerful, but a pain. Even when I worked in the H&R Block office I continued using TaxCut for ours and our children & mother-in-law returns.