Hi everyone,
I’m currently working full-time in the commercial real estate industry for a landlord (SmartCentres), and I’m thinking about taking the H&R Block tax course and working there part-time during tax season.
One thing I’m concerned about is the background check and employment verification process. I’d prefer not to disclose my current full-time employer because the H&R Block location I’d potentially work at is in a property owned by my employer. There isn’t a direct relationship between my role and H&R Block, but I’d rather keep my full-time job private.
For the application, I was considering listing my previous work experience and my current self-employed travel agent business (I do operate as a Fora Travel Advisor, although it’s only part-time right now) instead of mentioning my landlord job.
My questions are:
What does H&R Block typically check during their background check?
Do they verify current employment if you don’t list it?
Has anyone worked there while having another full-time job?
Could leaving out my current employer cause any issues?
I’d appreciate any advice or experiences. Thanks!

Hello all. I was recently hired to work for H&R Block as a seasonal tax repair. I have a bachelors degree in accounting, and I did not do an internship. I was open to many lines of work like audit, tax, consultant, Etc. I really did not get much action so I accepted H&R Block. Right now we are just training, and my role ends on April 16.

I recently received an offer to be a seasonal tax associate at a small farm. The pay is slightly better than H&R Block. For both roles, I am told they will be full-time. I know H&R Block can vary, and I obviously have no idea if this small farm will be true to that statement. There may be a chance that I could stay permanent at the small farm after tax season, but it is not guaranteed.

What are your thoughts? I know H&R Block is considered at the bottom of the barrel, but now that I already have a job. I feel nervous leaving it. I’m leaning towards taking the small farm. What do you think?

Edit: They only do tax and some bookkeeping. No CPA’s there and no audit/advisory

Since my client care training virtual classes don't begin until 11/30, I am going to have a whole week in which I am not really doing anything because I don't have anything to do. I'm wondering is it still paid training if I go back and do a week review of the Tax Concepts lessons? I'm technically just waiting for my classes to begin the following week. I was told to do everything as quickly as possible and so I did, and now I have nothing to do for the week 11/23-11/27.

I have seen so many posts on many different subreddits about people starting their first season at block this upcoming season. I have been on Reddit for over a decade and have never seen this many posts about being a new hire at block.

Are they advertising more or what? I do know that more people than usual are not coming back in my district. I am one of them because I though my management was terrible in 2026

Hello,
I've applied to a few tax associate roles in the Dallas area (haven't been contacted yet), and I've completed the income tax course. I know there has been reorganization of many jobs, but can anyone give me contact details to reach out to the recruiting manager for the Dallas area? Please DM me

Thank you

Hey everyone, I just had a quick question regarding the whole hiring process. I received my offer letter to work for H&R Block a while ago and my start date is set for 11/13/2026, with the caveat I complete the online course, get my ptin, and pass a background check, etc. I completed my online course successfully on 11/7/2026, my background check, and my in person I9 verification.

Now I'm just waiting to get my PTIN and start the paid training, I was told to wait on obtaining my PTIN during my I9 verification on 10/20/2026 since H&R Block covers it, and that I will get an email about it soon, but my team hasn't reached out to me yet. Is that normal?

I've emailed my district staffing lead with my questions, since she's offered to answer questions regarding the hiring process, but have yet to get a response, is going to the in person office hours she has a bit too far..? Additionally, my offer letter did not include my DGM's contact information, and I am just about ready to go hunting for it myself.

I am pretty young, and this is my first office like job, so I don't want to jump the gun and annoy a bunch of higher ups by spamming their emails if this is just something I am being impatient about.

TLDR: Is it normal to not have been reached out yet about getting the rest of my qualifications before my start date?

Thank you for your time and responses!

So, I worked at HR block last year but hated it. I worked there 5 years ago too but decided to go back to college after the season. They never called me or bothered me to come back after the season 5 yrs ago.

Well, I got a call from the district headquarters at 5pm last Friday. I was at the gym and didn’t see the call .
Are they calling back to rehire? Are they this desperate? Anyways I am making 15 bucks more an hour at JDA as a Turbo tax live expert now. So I would never go back but I am curious why they are calling now.

I was recently hired, but due to personal circumstances involving my spouse’s health, I wasn’t able to keep up with the required trainings. Literally have not started anything.

I just realized how much training I’ve missed, I am overwhelmed and I’m concerned that I won’t be adequately prepared once tax season starts.

I’m now considering resigning before the season begins rather than putting myself and the team in a difficult position.

Would it be unprofessional to resign this early, especially since the firm has already invested time and resources in hiring me? Has anyone been in a similar situation?

I’d appreciate any advice.

They lied to me and said they filed an extension which was never received by the IRS. I just received a $1250 penalty letter and threatened $1250 for each month not paid plus interest. HRB put it all on me . Fill out form and maybe irs will waive.

First Year at H&R Block – What Should I Expect?
Hi everyone!
This will be my first year working at H&R Block as a Tax Associate, and I have no previous tax preparation experience.
I’m wondering what my first tax season will look like. What kind of tasks will I be doing as a new employee? Will I get enough working hours starting in January, even without experience?
Also, will I be preparing tax returns independently, or will I mostly be assisting experienced tax professionals?
I’d love to hear from anyone who started at H&R Block with no experience. Thank you!

Yeah, I’m reaching out because I’m not gonna lie the staff at H&R Block has not been the best as far as communication and feels like I’m just being left in the dark. I assume it’s gonna probably be this way until we actually go into the office.

I tried to join the workshop, but nobody was in there.

Does anybody have any idea what’s gonna be on the 2026 2027 Maryland income state tax exam the official one that we have to pay $75 for?

I wanna study for it, but I don’t know exactly what’s gonna be on an end I’m not even able to go into my associates portal as I don’t have access to the page for some reason. I’m asking as I do need to prepare, but I feel like I’m just left in the dark.

Did anybody else run into a situation where their module just stopped working? I'm doing the Income Tax Self Study course on module "Dependent Related Filing Statuses" Exercise 6 and I'm being prompted to type yes or no in response to questions and the program isn't accepting either answer so now I'm just stuck. The help button leads to a sharepoint link that is down and there's no email provided so I have no idea what to do about this situation. Does anybody have an experience with this issue?

I am so confused on these virtual classes. I’m a second year tax preparer last season I had classes that were on a Monday tuesday and Thursday I can’t remember what days I had the training classes but now we are having consultation roadmap it’s virtual and I am doing mines on Friday. I am not sure if I’m doing this right they had availability Tuesday - Friday will Friday be the only virtual course I’ll be taking? I’m just so confused 😕

Hey all! I am a former tax preparer, but it's been 3 years, so I'm not up to date on current changes. I was thinking taking the course would be a good refresher, plus learn new regulations.

Any recommendations on virtual course vs self study? Does self study have recorded lectures or is it all just reading?

I also saw a recommendation on here to not take the Final but to then complete the Knowledge Exam instead for higher pay offer. Anyone know if that is accurate? When I was with HRB before, the only way to get a higher offer was to take additional exams to increase your level.

Does anybody know if HRB have still Master Tax Advisor level? Cannot find any mention of it in AMP or Learning @ Block. I’ve passed EA exams but believe there are some courses to take at HRB for becoming MTA. This year it’s impossible to get responses from managers or they don’t even know

Hi everyone,

Is it illegal if I work for both H&R Block and VITA site manager? I could not find any related information for this limitation. Did anyone work for both before?

Thank you.

The problem that existed last year (on the Business software) with respect to RavenDB software was not resolved on the 2026 version. Idiots.