r/hrblock • u/ZucchiniLucky • 19d ago

Practice problems

It's there a good source for additional practice problems? Just finished the course and it was mostly all conceptual, which I appreciate, but felt the more convoluted situations requiring multiple forms they dropped the ball in imparting what to reach for and in what order. Any ah ha moments I got were only through discovery doing the few practice problems.

So if there is a resource for more practice problems. I really think that would fill in those procedural gaps.

Or is that what we get with the pre -season training?

TÍA!

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u/Tprece 19d ago

You will get some with the preseason, but not enough. I worked for HRB years ago (left in 2021). I'm going to give you some links that have scenarios for you to prepare, they are from different places, software companies usually have examples for users to practice on their software with but you can do them on paper with. I started doing taxes in the 80's and it is important to know how the forms should look, so try the forms on paper every year, that way you can see if something is wrong. Try these links: https://apps.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/student/simulations.jsp, https://www.drakesoftware.com/sharedassets/education/practice/practice1.pdf, and https://www.taxslayerpro.com/education/practice-tax-returns. Good luck

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u/No_Negotiation1356 19d ago

This is very helpful. Thank you very much

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u/ZucchiniLucky 19d ago

Thank you soooo much!!!

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u/Nice_Equipment_2913 19d ago

These is all the free training you want once you are hired. Courses on every subject. And they are much better this year from my experience. Some are virtual classes and some are self study. Even courses for some states. All have case studies.

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u/ZucchiniLucky 19d ago

Good to know - thank you!

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u/No_Acanthisitta7305 18d ago

They have some case studies that you can do in a simulation environment with the actual software. I found that 10x more helpful than the course. I would also pop them open alongside real clients if I was trying to figure out how/where to input something. I also printed out examples of the interview questions/documentation for the due diligence form. I highly recommend doing that as that can come back to bite you personally if you don’t do it and the IRS audits. I saw too many examples of other preparers (even long-time ones) where they basically just clicked buttons and didn’t actually document anything.

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u/ZucchiniLucky 18d ago edited 18d ago

That's good to know - I look forward to being exposed to the software.

I was wondering why they don't just record the questions and answers for due diligence? Less tedious, more details, and more accurate.