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H&R Block 2021 Tax Software (Digital Download): Deluxe + State $15, Deluxe $5, Basic Expired

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GetHRBlock.com has select H&R Block 2021 Tax Software (Digital Download) on sale when you follow the deal instructions below.

Thanks to Community Members Cossid & kstar1990 [discuss] for sharing this deal.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Visit the promotion page.
  2. Look for for a pop up window with the message "Wait! Save an additional $5 if you purchase now."
    • If you don't see the pop up window, try opening a new tab in your browser (or switching to another already open tab), wait a couple seconds and then return to the deal site tab with the original offer. Also try deleting cookies, disabling ad blockers, incognito mode or a different browser.
  3. In the pop up window, click "Save $5 Now" to activate your $5 discount.
  4. Select your product on the promotion page (prices after $5 discount):
    • Basic Free
    • Deluxe $4.95
    • Deluxe + State $14.95
  5. Click "Purchase Now" for your selection.
  6. $5 discount will apply automatically on Payment Info screen.
  7. Proceed to checkout & complete your order.
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Please read the instructions, as all of the prices require at least one step, some require two.

This appears to be the best total deal for H&R Block so far this year, and beats or meets prior year deals.

Deal link for Basic, Deluxe, Deluxe + State: https://gethrblock.com/blush
Deal link for Premium, Premium + Business https://gethrblock.com/olive50
This site is owned by H&R Block Digital, payments will be processed by hrblock.com and the key you get will come directly from an hrblock.com email.

Step 1) Click on link above. Wait for tax identity shield popup to display and close it.
Step 2) Open a new tab in your browser (or switch to another already open tab), wait a couple seconds and then return to the deal site tab with the original offer. You will now be presented with a "last chance" popup which will give you a $5 discount on all available selections, click "Save $5 Now".
Step 3a) If you wish to purchase Deluxe + State or below, select your product and check out, the $5 discount will be displayed on the individual product page.
Step 3b) If you wish to purchase Premium or Premium + Business, chose the product tier just below your desired version. The initial $5 discount will be on the lower tier product page (and will traverse to the upgraded product later). When you click purchase (you won't be charged here and will have a chance to review on the next screen), you will be presented a discounted upgrade (bringing your total discount to $10).

Basic: $4.95 - $5 = -$0.05 (unsure what happens here, not the version I purchased)
Deluxe: $9.95 - $5 = $4.95
Deluxe + State: $19.95 - $5 = $14.95
Premium: $32.49 now $39.99 -$5 -$5 = $22.49 now $29.99
Premium + Business: $39.99 now $54.95 -$5 -$5 = $29.99 now $44.95

If you don't get the last chance offer, clear your cache/cookies or try in a new private browsing session (closing all other private browsing windows first). Private mode in Edge or Firefox seem to work best.

Credit to kstar1990 and their similar thread at https://slickdeals.net/f/15492997-h-r-block-deluxe-2021-tax-software-w-efile-windows-mac-9-95-or-deluxe-state-19-95?v=1 - More details about verification of the gethrblock.com domain being legit there.

Edit: As posted in the other thread, here is a link [bestbuy.com] to one of last year's products on Best Buy where an H&R Block rep confirms gethrblock.com is legitimate.
Edit 2: Thanks again to kstar1990 for a new link for Premium & Premium + Business with even lower prices!
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Last Edited by stanclave January 25, 2022 at 06:28 PM
If you're purchasing Premium or Premium + Business and viewing from the Slick Deals homepage, expand the original post for a better deal. Premium for $22.95, Premium + Business for $29.99 or see the post dedicated to just that deal.

Some free tax software options...

Credit Karma Tax is now Cash App Taxes
1: Credit Karma Tax
https://www.creditkarma.com/tax

2: Free Tax USA
https://www.freetaxusa.com/

HOW TO DOWNLOAD AFTER YOU GET CODE FROM HRBLOCK??

Go to
https://gethrblock.com/blush

Click Support menu on top right side.

Click 'New Computer installation'

Fill in activation code & email

Download HR Block software

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Stop trolling and posting false trash on this site.

I used to do taxes professionally and have found HR Block to be as good as Turbo Tax in terms of ease of use, and better in some cases where I have to manually edit a form.

In fact every year I'll compare HR Block to Turbo Tax online for a select few people and find the results the same, if not more comprehensive with HR Block.

Turbo Tax has tried to screw over American tax payers for decades, starting in the 90's / 2000's by forcing its customers to register their tax software via server activation. This meant if your PC died, or you had to factory reset due to a virus, you could not reinstall the tax software, or reinstall it in later years to do an amended return. This alone causes me to stay away from Turbo Tax. Every year I have to file 2-3 amended returns for prior years, and with Taxcut it is super simple.

Now Turbo Tax tries to lobby congress to keep taxes complicated so people are forced to use its software. Also, Turbo Tax tries to hide the free tax filing option from eligible tax filers and have been taken to task for that.

No matter which way you spin it, Turbo Tax is evil and anti-consumer. Stop spouting BS that HR Block is worse than Turbo Tax. No way I'm going to let this fly.
Turbo Tax interface is easier in some ways, but HR Block's interface is fairly easy as will, and allows easy manual control of the forms for more complex situations.
Exactly.
Don't listen to the troll.
Exactly. Suckers pay way more for Turbo Tax because they listen to trolls and don't understand that alternatives are just as good, if not better.
Thanks for the deal. This is the first time I'm able to purchase H&R tax software many months before tax is even due.

I used their small setup launcher to install, which isn't the full software install (file downloaded was too small for full install). Did some snooping to find the full installer that it automatically downloaded. One can find the full installer for backup/copy purposes in your C:\Users\<Windows user login>\AppData\Local\Temp directory. For me, since I bought Deluxe + State, the file name is: HRBlock_Deluxe-State_CW.exe
I had the same problem. I had to call customer support to get an email with a download link.
To save you the constant forwarding, here is the dept that actually helped me.

1 866 606 3400

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04-17-2022 at 03:51 PM.
04-17-2022 at 03:51 PM.
My computer crashed and coming back to this post saved me to be able to find the link to download it again!
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11-02-2022 at 08:41 AM.
11-02-2022 at 08:41 AM.
Any one get an email about auto renewal for next year? I don't recall agreeing to any subscription when purchasing this. Maybe I didn't uncheck the auto renew box?

Good news, XXX: Your tax software is almost here!
With H&R Block Auto Renewal, you'll get your Deluxe + State tax software sooner and get a jump-start on your 2022 taxes.

Here's what to expect:
1. In fourteen days, we'll charge $34.95, plus taxes, to the card you used when you signed up for Auto Renewal.
2. A few days later, your tax software will be ready, and we'll email you everything you need to activate your software.
3. That's it! You'll be ready to get started on your taxes!
If you need to change or cancel your order, you can do so from your account before Nov. 12.
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12-17-2022 at 09:30 AM.
12-17-2022 at 09:30 AM.
Quote from sfbchamps :
Any one get an email about auto renewal for next year? I don't recall agreeing to any subscription when purchasing this. Maybe I didn't uncheck the auto renew box?

Good news, XXX: Your tax software is almost here!
With H&R Block Auto Renewal, you'll get your Deluxe + State tax software sooner and get a jump-start on your 2022 taxes.

Here's what to expect:
1. In fourteen days, we'll charge $34.95, plus taxes, to the card you used when you signed up for Auto Renewal.
2. A few days later, your tax software will be ready, and we'll email you everything you need to activate your software.
3. That's it! You'll be ready to get started on your taxes!
If you need to change or cancel your order, you can do so from your account before Nov. 12.
That sucks ..........
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jacksan1
12-17-2022 at 09:41 AM.
12-17-2022 at 09:41 AM.
Quote from sfbchamps :
Any one get an email about auto renewal for next year? I don't recall agreeing to any subscription when purchasing this. Maybe I didn't uncheck the auto renew box?

Good news, XXX: Your tax software is almost here!
With H&R Block Auto Renewal, you'll get your Deluxe + State tax software sooner and get a jump-start on your 2022 taxes.

Here's what to expect:
1. In fourteen days, we'll charge $34.95, plus taxes, to the card you used when you signed up for Auto Renewal.
2. A few days later, your tax software will be ready, and we'll email you everything you need to activate your software.
3. That's it! You'll be ready to get started on your taxes!
If you need to change or cancel your order, you can do so from your account before Nov. 12.
This kind of sneaky auto-renewal is becoming increasingly common. I am sure they mentioned it when you first bought the software, and I am also equally sure that the notice was buried somewhere.

What I do when there is this type of auto-renewal is to immediately take out the payment information after the purchase, so that there will be nothing that the vendor can use to auto-renew.
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03-23-2023 at 01:39 PM.
03-23-2023 at 01:39 PM.
Quote from ilovetofu :
Anyone else having issues with installing the software? It just displays a blank window when I try to launch the installer. See attached screenshot.
I just bought and got the 2020 basic version and I too am seeing same thing after I run HRBlock_Launcher.exe (after having gone to gethrblock.com/CRZC and entered activation code and downloaded)...

Several tries including re-downloading on my Windows 10 PC... taking the launcher over to my Windows 11 laptop same thing. Also tried running as admin so help.

Googling others have seen it too...
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ques...4139495521
https://www.newegg.com/h-r-block-...6832732139
for examples... I see no solutions

running task manager shows it not using any cpu, disk activity or network activity.

I tried main H&R block 800 phone number but doesn't seem to be any way to reach a human even using usual tricks it tells me not to use keypad but to speak my questions etc

I see two different other other numbers to try from this thread (an 866 and an 888)... wish me luck as it doesn't look like for those of us who are having this problem I've not found anyone indicating they got a solution Frown
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03-23-2023 at 02:04 PM.
03-23-2023 at 02:04 PM.
Quote from Jeff-M :
I just bought and got the 2020 basic version and I too am seeing same thing after I run HRBlock_Launcher.exe (after having gone to gethrblock.com/CRZC and entered activation code and downloaded)...

Several tries including re-downloading on my Windows 10 PC... taking the launcher over to my Windows 11 laptop same thing. Also tried running as admin so help.

Googling others have seen it too...
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ques...4139495521
https://www.newegg.com/h-r-block-...6832732139
for examples... I see no solutions

running task manager shows it not using any cpu, disk activity or network activity.

I tried main H&R block 800 phone number but doesn't seem to be any way to reach a human even using usual tricks it tells me not to use keypad but to speak my questions etc

I see two different other other numbers to try from this thread (an 866 and an 888)... wish me luck as it doesn't look like for those of us who are having this problem I've not found anyone indicating they got a solution Frown
Could you give this a try? I don't know if this is going to fix your problem, but some people have reported success in the past.

When you run the launcher and get the blank screen, right-click anywhere on that blank screen. Do you get a menu? If so, do you see 'Back' as an option? If you do, click on 'Back' and see what happens.
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Quote from jacksan1 :
Could you give this a try? I don't know if this is going to fix your problem, but some people have reported success in the past.

When you run the launcher and get the blank screen, right-click anywhere on that blank screen. Do you get a menu? If so, do you see 'Back' as an option? If you do, click on 'Back' and see what happens.
well that is weird that worked! repped!

I so much miss having physical CD to install from!

I also just ordered 2021 version as well so if it happens again I can proceed! Thanks again!
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03-23-2023 at 02:28 PM.
03-23-2023 at 02:28 PM.
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well that is weird that worked! repped!

I so much miss having physical CD to install from!

I also just ordered 2021 version as well so if it happens again I can proceed! Thanks again!
Glad it did help. It's a strange trick that has been handed down among some people who had this same issue.
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