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Don’t Mess With Taxes (February, 2007):

Accountants are great at tax time, except for three problems: Their services are a little on the expensive side; some percentage of them are crooks, swindlers, and chiselers, and you have no way of knowing whether your accountant is going to vanish some day and leave you broke and on the hook for tax-fraud charges; and very few accountants will fit inside a standard pants pocket.

By packing its expertise onto a 256MB thumb drive, H&R Block TaxCut Premium Federal & State solves all three problems with one tiny stroke. The software races you through even the most complex tax preparation, including itemized deductions, Schedule C issues, real estate, investment taxes – the whole head of lettuce. Also included on the thumb drive are thrilling items like Kiplinger’s Tax and Financial Planning Library, WILLpower estate-planning software, and a complete set of up-to-date IRS publications. Don’t stay up all night reading them!

And should your e-filed return get audited by the IRS, a real live H & R Block agent will help you through the process and attend the audit with you. No other tax-prep software offers the peace of mind of knowing the feds probably won’t cart you off to the joint for tax fraud. And if they do, at least you’ll have only yourself to blame.

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