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Congratulations to the H&R Block Dollars & Sense National Challenge Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the H&R Block Dollars & Sense National Challenge, who each took home a $10,000 scholarship awarded by H&R Block earlier this week.

Ditch the Shoebox; Keep it Together with Evernote

Whether you’re scrambling to get it together for this year’s tax deadline (nobody’s judging) or a difficult experience has motivated you to make sure the document-gathering process goes more smoothly next year, we suggest you check out our newest partner, Evernote. It’s an easy, hassle-free way to keep your tax documents together on your computer or mobile device.

Tomorrow: Tax Help for Bloggers Podcast

We’ve teamed up with Jenn Fowler of Frugal Upstate to bring you our third annual Tax Help for Bloggers, Small Businesses and Consultants Podcast. Listen live on Thursday, March 29th at 3pm EST!

Statement On Talk Radio Advertising

It has come to our attention that local news/traffic radio sponsorships have been aired during political radio talk shows in clear violation of our media buying guidelines. As always, H&R Block does not advertise on political talk shows – no matter who the host – and we’re working to rectify these errors and remove the [...]

5 Best Rewards Credit Cards to Take Advantage of in 2012

Ed. Note: We’re excited to welcome David Bakke, personal finance expert and regular Money Crashers contributor, as a guest blogger here on Block Talk. Enjoy! You’ve seen the great promises credit card companies offer on their rewards cards: free plane tickets and hotel rooms, cash back, no foreign transaction fees, and discounts at grocery stores [...]

Get a Free Second Look: Recover Tax Refunds You’re Due

You know how when you lose something, you retrace your steps to find it? Well, H&R Block offers Second LookSM reviews of past year returns to ensure taxpayers received the maximum refund they were entitled. Through April, participating offices are offering these reviews for FREE. Right now, H&R Block tax professionals are reviewing 2008, 2009 [...]

Taxes Get Personal: What’s Your Filing Status?

One of the most common mistakes taxpayers make is selecting the wrong filing status – and a short lesson on filing statuses could help ensure you pay only what you owe in taxes and get back the tax refund you’re due. If it has been a while since you filled out a tax form using [...]

IRS Informs Us of More Delays

Update 2/23/12: Based on current IRS guidance, most refunds are being issued from the IRS in 10 – 21 days.  However, based on the new guidance from the IRS it could take longer. You can check the status of your return and get an estimated refund date from the IRS by going to www.irs.gov and [...]

You Never Forget Your First Time: Four Tax Tips for First-Time Filers

You never forget your first time. But let’s make sure your first tax filing experience is memorable for positive reasons — and won’t come back to haunt you. Follow these four essential tax tips for first-time filers and you’ll be off to a good start. 1. Should I file a tax return at all? Anyone [...]

The New Facebook IPO Millionaires: More Money, More Taxes

Yesterday, Facebook filed for its IPO, which means that the private company is on its way to offering stock for sale to the public. How wealthy Facebook’s historic, $5 billion IPO makes some of its employees depends not only on the price of the stock and how many shares an employee receives, but whether the [...]