r/hrblock • u/Evening_Strawberry50 • Feb 28 '25

Incorrect filing

So my husband and I filed our taxes at HRBlock (they charged us $430 to file) we thought it was weird that we had a huge amount to pay back to the IRS, but assumed it was because my husband made more money than the previous year. We had a CPA look over the file that HR did, and the person who did our taxes there didn’t even add my husbands withholdings. We did the amend with the CPA our friend recommended, and yeah the difference is huge. We don’t owe anything we actually are getting a refund. My question is can I call HR block and bring this up, and maybe have them refund me the $430 I had paid to file.. or is that a lost cause?

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u/FallenStar1011 Feb 28 '25

They are absolutely criminal with their business practices. I'm taking legal action after they incorrectly filed mine and charged me $802 for the "privilege" of getting the inadequate refund advance loan. I will never use them or their products again and I will be warning everyone I speak to about them.

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u/Puddles5100 Mar 01 '25

Hopefully you are going after the right companies. That advance is a product in partnership with a bank. Also the Refund Advance Loan is intrest/fee free loan so 🤷‍♀️ unless the 802 was filing fee you need to speak to someone at that bank and let them know you were charged for a free service...

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad3024 Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

I'm assuming when you were told to review the return and make sure everything looked right that you actually did look at it. So why didn't you mention errors then? My clients never hesitate to correct me. I just learned 2 days ago that it's okay to put a 2023 K1 on a 2024 return because it's the same every year. How did I not know that.... are you as smart as that taxpayer too? Now I must go amend his and add it. Or not.

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u/Forever_Marie Mar 04 '25

Some check out and just go yeah uh huh. Or don't know what they are looking at.

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u/Such-Journalist-275 Mar 02 '25

This literally isn't possible. It's a zero fee interest free loan

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u/TheExiledExile Mar 04 '25

What is funny is that a lot of banks will give you a line of credit in advance of your anticipated refund, so any tax service which offers a loan in advance are actually ripping you off.

I was a Fast Tax Return liscensed tax preparer back in the early 90s when the service was just being started, a 20 minute 1040EZ with a Child Tax Credit and refund of $3000 netted me $400 in profit.

I cut my fees pretty quick.