H&R Block Tax Software Premium & Business 2021 Windows [PC Download] [Old Version]

4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars | 984 ratings

Price: 79.99

Last update: 12-21-2024


About this item

Choose to put your refund on an Amazon gift card and you can get a 3% bonus. See below for offer details.
One state program download included— a $39.95 value
Get guidance for, prepare, and file corporate and S-corporation tax returns (Forms 1120, 1120S), partnership and LLC tax returns (Form 1065), estate and trust tax returns (Form 1041), and nonprofit tax returns (Form 990)
Free e-file included for most business forms
Create payroll (940 & 941) and employer (W-2 & 1099) forms
Maximize your tax benefits for vehicle deductions, depreciation, and business expenses
Unlimited business state programs included
Step-by-step Q&A and guidance
Quickly import your W-2, 1099, 1098, and last year's personal tax return, even from TurboTax and Quicken Software
Five free federal e-files and unlimited federal preparation and printing

Top reviews from the United States

Lew
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy here, easier download, less hassles, same great program
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2021
I have used HRB for over 15 years to do my own taxes. Every year it gets harder and harder to download it direct from HRB. My notes showed 2019 program would not download without help from HRB customer support. This year I came here to Amazon. Quick purchase. Quick download. Easy to install. Easy to set up. My personal warning to those doing this, there is a screen up front that wants all your personal info. Guess what! They already have it. This page is to get it again, with hidden permission, that they can then give out to other companies to send you personalized offers. All I did was fill in the name, no other information. Went to the bottom of the page and clicked next. Then started on this year's taxes.
LDS247RU2
5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate software with all the necessary forms
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2022
***Important to Read*** If you want to import last years data into your new software, all you need to do is open up last year's H&R Block software and then 'backup' last years return. This creates a .T20 extension file that then is imported into the current year's software program. It takes less than one minute for the entire Backup and Import process. I backed up last years return onto my Desktop so that it was easy to navigate to when opening this years program then importing the file. H&R Block software is easy to use, very accurate, and has been my go-to software for decades.
Teresa Morrow
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Value
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2024
Very easy to use. Really good price. I love H & R Block
Severian
1.0 out of 5 stars The more sophisticated you are, the more you will hate this product.
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2022
I have done my own taxes for more than 20 years. Every year the software gets a bit worse.

This year, it would seem HR Block did no serious testing of the code. I could give many examples, but I will give 4.

1. The feature to import previous taxes did not work, and the “help” documentation was wrong. I tried to use my previous year’s taxes done with HR Block software, but the program did not find the tax file. Not only did it not find the tax file, there was no option to find the tax file in the interview process. The “smart” program skipped right to the option to import data from a personal finance program like Quicken, but nothing for taxes. When I looked at the help entries, the steps listed were not even options on the screens I was seeing. Eventually I figure out on my own that I could use the menus to do the process myself, but any basic testing of the software should have uncovered this error in the interview process. See the end of #2 with a guess as to why this failed.

2. Saving the tax file to my preferred location was surprisingly hard. I would opt to decide where I wanted to save my file, and then the autosave feature would save to the OLD location. This happened several times. It is not clear to me if the file save was actually failing or if the message saying the file save was wrong, but it was clearly glitched. I would guess that many of the problems with this software come from clunky use of the Windows Registry. The HR Block coders decide how they think your files should be handled, and if you don’t do it the way they do it, then the code is going to break. Repeatedly. The more you know about what you want to do with your files, the more you will hate this product.

3. Crypto failure. This tool is supposed to help with taxes, not just be a form entry tool. Well, there is a section which asks if you have traded crypto. I said yes. And then… Nothing. No reported amount recorded. No information on what to do with that event. I went to look at the raw form, and sure enough, the government just asks the question if you sold crypto. But there was no guidance on how to report transactions for taxes. Because the amount was quite small, I just reported the income in the manual section for other income, but: A. I’m sure I overpaid the taxes on it B. the tool should help with exactly that kind of question. Crypto is not new. Millions of people buy and sell crypto. The tool should be better than nothing for these events.

4. Errors in W-2 entries. For one of my forms I had no state tax withheld. I entered nothing. This flagged the entry as incomplete in the error check. I entered “0”. Still incomplete in that form. Kept popping up to force a fix. After 20 minutes of changing the value, entering “.11” to trigger a round down entry, nulling the field, deleting the form, re-entering the form, etc. I gave up. I put in “1” and then overpaid taxes to compensate for the data entry error.

These are not the whole set of problems by a long shot. Add the fact that they try to jam you an extra $20 for filing state taxes, or the ever-more-useless help system, confusing interview screens, etc., and you have a bad product.

If you haven’t done your taxes yet, don’t use this piece of junk. I don’t know if the other products are any better, but I can tell you definitively that this one is not good. Try something else.

Good luck.
calhouston
5.0 out of 5 stars Fine and works
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2022
It does all we ask for it to do. Not fussy. Loads easy, takes input data easily. Beats having to pay fees to a person to do what this item does. Still has problems importing past years data from the previous versions. But improving. Poor reviews are quite difficult to understand: if your taxes are that complicated this is not for you.
Liz
3.0 out of 5 stars Does Not Save Progress all the time and Does Not Print all Forms Needed
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2022
This is at least the third time trying this program. This year was the worst. Think long and hard on this buy. I rely on these programs to print what I need and fill everything out along with the interview. 2020 year it failed to print Sch EIC to file by mail. Now the IRS sent a bill letter for the EIC amount even though it is printed on the 1040. And we are unable to make an appointment with them - they are so busy this year correcting errors on forms. I tried the Block program Chat and the agent hung up on me before I finished typing. Never again. The program is not hard to use but it deletes info after it's entered sometimes. Also I had difficulty with downloading the state and the auto transfer of info. I am sure I will receive a bill for this 2021 so I will have to try to amend the return.
Barb Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars A very good tax program
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2022
This is one of the best programs to negociate the incredibly complex tax code that needs to be simplified by our governments (federal and state). It answers questions, gives examples and explains as best that can be. The IRS code is referenced if required. We have used it for years and it will import all the information ever from other programs. Hightly recommended.
Art Diaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product.
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2022
Excellent product. Still need updates. Did not load properly first time but a second time was good. Has all forms needed and allows a 24 hour work schedule to complete taxes.

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