Which tax service is better?!?

Jackson Hewitt OR H&R block

I work for kroger and get a 25.00 discount for jackson hewitt but have never used either service.. Any suggestions?

The big question is about the qualifications of your preparer. Both Jackson Hewitt and Block have training programs for their employees. I teach an 18 week tax class for J-H employees, with weekly tests, a midterm and final. Then they must do lots of training and pass a Tax Preparer Readiness Test and become a Certified Tax Preparer (actually several levels of expertise). These classes are not paid time for them. A $25 discount is pretty good.
The bank fees are pretty hefty, and both use the same bank, with interest rates from 39-95% on an annualized basis. The military won't let their employees get a Refund Anticipation Loan because of these high interest rates. Wait 8 to 10 days and the IRS gets your refund direct deposited into your own bank account, at no charge.

just do it yourself. if you have one w2. you can probably do the 1040 EZ and telefile or file over the internet for free and get your money in like 2-4 weeks. ihave used H&R block and my fee was like 180 bucks what a waste of money. You can file this form from the irs website or you can get the paper copy from the library and maybe the post office. It comes with step by step directions that may take you 20 minutes you could be 2 hours or more at H&R waiting for your turn and then spending time with the dumby behind the computer.

worked for two seasons at H&R...go to jackson hewitt...

I love turbo tax... you can do it at their web site and it really doesn't cost that much. I pay about 35 bucks for the deluxe, but only cause I have a few deductions. If you want to file the simple EX form, it's way less than that.

I've used turbo tax for the last 4 years, and swear by it.

My opinion would be do it yourself -- it's not hard and then you don't have to give your money to ANYONE. If you can read and not read TOO MUCH into something, you can do your own. Unless you are extremely RICH -- and if you were, you wouldn't be asking this question. Try it yourself -- you'll be surprised.

You can probably file online for free. Go to IRS.gov. If you are single, don't own a home or have a lot of deductions you can probably use the 1040 EZ--it's a one page form. My son used to file his by phone. It is very simple, and you should check into doing your own taxes. You can download the forms or pick one up at the post office.

If your adjusted gross income was $54,000 or less in 2007, you can use Free File to prepare and e-file your taxes online at the IRS's website. Here is the link...

http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html

Unless you have a complicated tax situation, I suggest just using the ez form and do an online.
if you want a canned system, which does recommend deductions, use TurboTax.
it will let you do an online, which will mean you get your refund in ten days if you use direct deposit.
I also suggest getting software to keep track of expenses.
again a intuit product.
I like to be able to down load my bank statement and do budgeting.
it also then will load into turbotax at the end of the year.
you can also run the what if scenarios during the year to decided if a course of action has any tax benefits
Once your taxes get complicated, then I suggest a review by an tax accountant..

Buy the TurboTax and learn to do it yourself. These services are out to milk your tax return, your hard earned(and saved) money.

Don't go to either. You use Turbo-tax or Tax-ACT to eFile the Federal for free. Then get your State website and EFile for free. If you are not sure, use the search engine. You'll find it with no problem.

Do your taxes online. If your return is complex, look up an enrolled agent on the National Association of Enrolled Agents website. Click on "find an enrolled agent". Type in your city, town, State or zip. Enrolled agents are professional and have power of attorney with the IRS. H&R ripoff has to change their advertising. First, the firm is not to print the SS no. of the client on any of the Tax software they send out.
Secondly, they are not to advertise "refund anticipation loans". Not only were they never necessary, they are not ethical, the interest rate annualized - especially when you add the fees and figure them in - is outrageous. In addition, it is unwise to do what boiler room unscrupulous preparers do. Their motivation violates IRS ethics, block should not want to be associated with such unconscionable shenanagans. In the case of refund anticipation loans, the motivation is NOT to help the client. The client is seldom informed that he/she may be turned down for the loan due to a government agency seizure or the IRS wanting to examine the return. That means you pay the ERO and bank fees in vain.
Unless you are in a complicated tax situation, you do not need expensive software. I found this out the hard way:

Wow! One thing to watch out for: refund anticipation loans {RALs}: Don't do it. What they do is USURY and should be illegal. These "emerald" loans or "green emerald loans" are just as unscrupulous as the whole life insurance companies. Instead of being remorseful and ceasing to attempt to bleed the public, they came out
with universal life. What a ripoff!! Now, Block with their refund anticipation loans, instead of ceasing such things, have come out with the "emerald loans". They want to trap you in to having no choice but to return to them. That's the same as whole life insurance {death insurance}. I heard more prospective clients tell me "I've put too much in to it. I can't get out". Same scenario. So don't go to Block. Here is a testimonial: "If you got an emerald advance line done from them in December probably yes {you're trapped in to returning to that outfit}. If you can, do not go to H&R Block this year. My sister got an advance done in December and she paid through the teeth this tax season. She paid almost double what she did in 2006. Also, they are not issuing checks anymore, either. They are giving the early anticipation loans now on a debit card. My advice for you is to go to a local private tax preparer who will probably do the return for under $100. They can e-file the tax return and you won't
have to pay the outrageous fees. So if you did have H&R Block do an advance in December you'll have to have them finish the other part of the return for 2007. If you didn't then you won't have to return there."
More on the sick joke of going to H& ripoff: "In addition, I'd try to use something like Turbo Tax. All HR Block are doing is running software and asking you the questions. When my wife and I first bought our house we were a little apprehensive about doing the taxes, so we went to HR Block. What a mistake. The guy at HR Block was asking us the questions that popped up on his computer. During this process we had a question about an item. The guy at HR Block said he didn't know and he was only putting in what we told him to put in. This cost us $150! I ended up not letting them submit the taxes electronically because I had to look up my question. What a rip off! Turbo Tax costs about $50 and does the same thing".

Is Jackson- dimwit any good? Jackson Hewitt certainly is NOT a good place to get your taxes done. I spied on them in 2002. They are bad!! If your situation requires any more than a 1040EZ, they can't do it. I saw a girl in there who was still in school. She was doing 1040EZ's. Any teenager can do a 1040EZ. Saw some pretty sleazy things going there, also. In 2002, the IRS system went down for a few days, so no one whom had eFiled could get their taxes processed, hence could not get their refund authorized for eFile. When the customers complained, one of the "managers" said "why are they griping? We don't get
our money, either". Jackson-Hewritt certainly don't care about their customers. They even laugh at them! A young couple came in. They had a refund coming. They signed up for the enormous ripoff of eFile. As they were leaving, the husband said "it's great that we are getting a refund". The wife said: "it's not our money. It's a loan". When the couple got out of earshot {within a second or two}, the employees laughed!! None of the employees ran after them to explain that it is THEIR refund. The so-called "manager" who was there was
laughing also!! My blood was boiling, and, after six years, it still is boiling I put up on my website what I observed. The sodomites knocked It down, but I'm going to buy my own and get it all back up. I've never met nor heard of any of the Jackson-dimwit preparers being enrolled agents. I had one lady come to me whom had had Dingbat do her taxes. They said she owed 600 plus interest and penalty on her 1999 taxes. I did them and she had a refund of 900!!! The vast majority of the H&R ripoff preparers are not enrolled agents and have little or no expertise. And the scandals of the highway robbery refund anticipation loans have come out.
Also, the WSJ had an article 10 months or so ago about dimwit's fraudulent practices and the stock went way south. Those poor taxpayers have to pay extra tax and THE INTEREST AND PENALTY. jackson dingbat was making owings refunds and the refunds larger refunds in order to bleed their clients for more cash to work with for the refund anticipation loans{RAL}.

HR Block will take the Jackson Hewitt coupon. They are well trained. I know the one guy there ranted about HR but he seems to have an axe to grind. HR requires extensive training and updates. It may look like they are just reading the screen but they must know a lot to know what to do to give you an advantage. It isnt all about money. I work for HR and just yesterday I had 3 clients with small refunds. I gave them a filled out 540 state and recommended they send it in themselves because the cost of me sending it in was more than the refund. I had a 17 yr old coming to do her first taxes and her refund was $175 and the tax bill was $100 but I was able to discount it without having to get approval. Does that sound like taking advantage of people?

I always go to H&R, but if you get a discount at jackson, go there. thay all have to learn the same things. I guess it depends on C.S.

they are both equal...It's taxes, you will get approx the same return either way.

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