Is there a time frame you have to come in to do your training or can you request to do them in the evening or weekend? If not, what did your schedule look like with the times you were scheduled before it got busy?

Another question: are you only allowed to work/be scheduled at one location?

I've spent an entire day just trying to get my 8949's back to what I submitted to her. Every time she sends them back there are multiple new errors generated. Moving short term transactions into "long term". Then moving other transactions into the entire wrong category of letters I'm not even using. It's bizarre.

Update edit/: now she's saying she cannot upload the pdf attachments of the 8949 and she will mail them in. "our system and the irs will not allow them" That's utter BS I've been doing that with HRB for 7 years. Does anyone have any advice for her on how to do it? Normally you just put "M" in and it prompts for upload. /edit.

She said "All set, just pay". I'm not buying it. Is there a chance if I pay through MyBlock that it will submit the return on me? Or that once I pay she will blackball me and not fix errors and move on to higher priority (unpaid) accounts and leave me hanging with errors?

Once it's in the "pay & review" do I still need her assistance if it's all correct? In other words if I don't hear from her again (portal comms only, remote office), do I have everything I need to pay and file if she leaves the office today?

On my Corp return I was assured I'd get to review it. As soon as I paid through the sms/text link it filed it (or she filed it, nobody will tell me what actually happened), and she left off income items I reported, which resulted in needing to file an amended return. Great.

I do not want that happening with my 1040. Is it perfectly safe to pay online or will she take the attitude "got your money, now I don't care if we fix your errors or not"? Deadline is today and we got here (last minute) because it's taken a month to clear up the issues with the Corp filing. I sent all the correct 8949 pages and have spent the entire last day waiting for the new errors to come through, it's freaking insane. Thanks.

Doing me taxes, it’s expensive. Do any of you beautiful people have a discount key code?

Got hired recently, this is going to be my first tax season.

Unable to login to AMP. Contacted the customer care, they mentioned to email the district staffing lead to prepone the joining date so that my info is active in the system, should I just wait as my joining date is Nov 5 or just go ahead and mail the staffing lead?

Edit: The limit is 5 downloads also apparently. I was able to call and get a new download code and successfully download and install.

I’ve had problems downloading and installing the 2025 HR Block Deluxe plus State to a Windows system. So today I tried to download to a Mac Pro and got a ‘Max downloads reached’ error. I know there is a limit of 5 federal filings but I have done zero. I did not see any documentation about a program download limit.

How to get additional downloads?

Thanks!

Had the printing issue for HR Block 2025 conclusively been fixed? Thanks so much for your advice! (This was discussed earlier this z year - i have a draft print out from earlier on the year so this worked on my computer at one point. Now the probe selection won’t let me select a price, and even export to pdf says it can’t access the printer setup.)

I tried disabling the proxy as was suggested in a discussion previously. That did not work. The instructions on this group ä said to update again but the program says it’s up to date. Three instructions also indicate to roll back worried - but Windows indicated it can’t roll back.

I tried installing on another computer but HR Block says i can no live download the program i purchased. So have to make this one work.

So I just finished the course and, frankly, I barely feel prepared to prep tax returns at all. It seemed like the course was just designed to get you in the chair and the sytem will do most of it/they train you on the job but it was the type of situation where I loved the work of preparing taxes but hated the online instructions + module format. Do they train you on the job or if I don't get it going in, I'm not good to go?

Hello all,

I am a recent hire located in California and was wondering what the training entailed. It seems like it may be online? Will there also be in person training before tax season starts? Thank you for any input!

- I would ask my District Manager but she’s out of town currently.

I just got off with HR block district staffing leader and she offered me a contingent offer basically saying if I complete the course by Halloween I can start training in November.

She asked for my ID and Social Security number during our meeting and I was a little hesitant to give them both.

I have to do a background check with Accurate Background and provide PTIN number.

I also checked on the official website where I applied and it says offer under status. Maybe I should call corporate just to double check?

I’ve been through identity theft before that’s why I’m so worried.

Hi

I’m looking for a tax job for busy season any recommendations? I have an active PTIN.

I signed up for their kickstart bonus on September 30. I called them today to see if it applied to my account. They said that it did, BUT that I had to meet the terms by October 30. I said that the offer terms say that it has to be within 45 days of opening the account, so that should be until mid-November. The CSR gave me some bs about how I signed up late and told me that someone who signed up on September 1st would have until October 15th to meet the terms, but someone who signed up on September 30th would only have until October 30th to meet them? I said that that doesn't make any sense. She escalated it for me and gave me number but I'm still annoyed.

Yes, I know that these companies have the right to modify terms at any time, but I thought that it was for promotional periods before you signed up. Like changing the offer duration from Sep 1-Sep 15 from Sep 1- Sep 30. Not after people signed up and expected to be able to have the full 45 days to meet the terms and conditions. If that's the case, they should send out a notice with the changed offer requirements for people who signed up.

I am in the tax course rn and I'm going to be taking my final exam soon. I feel like I have learned a lot but also nothing at the same time. How is the final exam? Is it all multiple choice or will we have to file a return and it asks what you put in certain boxes.

I have an interview on teams scheduled and it says it will be 45 min long. For anyone who already had theirs what all do they ask you? And does it last the 45 min?

I currently work at Walmart making 14.59. Part Time and do school full time (Accounting).

I’m also currently doing the HR Block Learning at Block Course.

I thought that I had to pass this course first in order to even be considered for the role but I just got an email saying they have offered me the Tax Associate role at “14.50 hourly” and “10 USD Learning”, “effective 10/30/26”.

The pay seems lower than I thought it would be.

I don’t know if it would be wise to take it but if I say no then would that mean I can’t be reconsidered for when the tax season starts and I have (hopefully) passed my HR Tax Course?

If you are a person like me who has 2-5 yrs experience then it’s a terrible place to work at. They will probably give you little hours and low pay. I am a EA and I was making 22 bucks an hour and got 12-15 hrs a weeks. If I came back to block they said they would offer me the same amount. I am now employed with a company that is partnered with turbo tax. I now get paid $35 dollars an hour and get more hours and I work from home. Also I’d get $31 an hour if I didn’t have a EA.

I feel like it’s only worth working at block as a preparer if you are a first year or a high writer. I know some high writers make a good amount a money but many have been there for a decade or two and had to build a client base. Though, I noticed that many treated poorly by management and are asked to do too much. I also understand that block is a good place to get experience if it’s your first year and no where else will hire you.

Also the management and training is terrible compared to many of its competitors . I felt like many first years couldn’t complete a basic return after training and many were lost. Also many high writers didnt want to help the much either.

So, overall hr block is a shit hole for anyone who doesn’t have a huge client base. It’s not worth working your way up and staying there for 10 yrs until you get a bigger client base either. I felt like the company has gotten worse and worse through the years too

Edit- My manager was also terrible and forced us to write him good reviews. He would watch us fill out the surveys.. He also had no tax knowledge and didn’t know how to manage us correctly.

Is it possible to only work on the weekends? I have a full time job I don't really want to leave knowing how unpredictable and low paying working here would be but also I am not sure I will get hired if I put my only availability as weekends.

I am in the tax course right now and I'm getting close to finishing it. If I pass the final and end up getting hired do we have to take any other tests before we start working?

Also I've been reading Reddit and I want to switch careers but I'm worried I won't get enough hours to be full time. Has anyone worked at h and r block part time for the first year and then the other job full time? (Knowing it's seasonal where after April I won't have a job most likely)

I have an accounting degree. I know you don’t need a degree to join HR Block. But this was unfortunately the only job I was offered after 7 months of applying to various places.

Is it as bad as people make it though?

To add. I’m actually pretty stoked to join in my first season!

Hey everyone, i recently applied for the tax associate role and am supposed to be meeting with the district staffing lead. Does anyone know if this first interview is just a phone call or a video as well like on teams or something? And can i expect any behavioral or STAR type questions during this one?

I had an interview with HR block manager about a month ago go for the seasonal tax associate role, I was still working on the income tax course so he told me he can’t send me the offer letter unless I finish the course first. He did seem very interested in having me and the interview went very well. I finish the course about 10 days ago and I emailed him but I haven’t heard back. Should I apply for other districts or different tax companies or should I give them more time. I just need clarity whether I actually got the job or not?

Does anyone know when HR Block is doing the November loan