I take exception to your statement. I am a HRB seasonal tax preparer and I give good value for my service. Anybody can come see me, see what my extensive training and our software says is their tax situation and THEN decide its worth for us to file the return. We take 24 credit hours each year of minimum training to work the following tax season.
Taxmasters advertises remedial taxpayer services that is very secondary for HRB which is in the business of primary tax preparation. No body except die-hard statists likes taxes but proper intelligent tax preparation is smart and necessary to avoid the attention of the Infernal Revenue Service.
24 hours? really? in that 24 hours are they able to teach you all the changes in the tax code? Like all the changes Obamacare inflicted on us? Or is it more just training on how to use their software that is likely much like their over the counter tax software you can buy.
I do low voltage electrical work..
I need more than 24 hours of training per year to install a network run in your home from the jack to the computer.
That is something that has not changed since 10baseT networks came about over a decade ago.
Just not sure how 24 hours of training could possibly be enough to cover the massive tax code system. I have a hard enough time keeping up with local electrical codes.
Disclosure. One of my clients is a CPA.. we barter. I have never used H&R in my life.
H&R Block, and Taxmasters are totally different markets!
You, competently prepare tax returns based on the client data that was provided to you.
Taxmasters, on the other hand tries to defend a client if he didn’t tell a tax preparer about some income items, or overstated his deductions, or committed fraud or non-payment for other reasons.
I’m sure that you do your job well, but Taxmasters should be an entire different level of expertise.