Which is also silly. My experiences with HR Block was that they basically had their own version of a TurboTax-like thing, and all they were doing was literally asking you for the numbers for each question. There was zero critical thinking applied.
I had just bought a house, just bought a hybrid, started working from home, and was new to the US.
"What are you claiming?" "What can I claim from this?" "I'm not sure. But I can put these numbers in here and see what it says."
You're literally paying for someone to type in the same numbers you would, with as much (or at times less) knowledge than you (who is also less invested than you in getting it right, but much more invested in selling their 'audit protection' stuff).
I had just bought a house, just bought a hybrid, started working from home, and was new to the US.
"What are you claiming?" "What can I claim from this?" "I'm not sure. But I can put these numbers in here and see what it says."
You're literally paying for someone to type in the same numbers you would, with as much (or at times less) knowledge than you (who is also less invested than you in getting it right, but much more invested in selling their 'audit protection' stuff).