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H&R Block At Home Tax Software Tour

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H&R Block At Home Main Menu
Get started with H & R Block At Home at the main menu.

H&R Block At Home Main Menu

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The first thing you see when you start up H&R Block At Home is the Welcome Page and Main Menu. There are top navigation tabs labeled Federal for your federal return, State for optional state tax preparation and File for printing or e-Filing your return after the tax software checks it over and calls your attention to any possible errors. You can't use the top navigation to move ahead in the tax interview since H&R Block At Home won't let you work ahead). You will find more information on how navigation works in my H&R Block At Home tax software review.

If you start working on your taxes early, typically before the end of January, you may find that some of your tax forms aren't available in H&R Block At Home. This is because the IRS hasn't released the forms yet. Under My Alert on the main page, you have links to check on both federal and state tax forms availability so you know when you can get back to doing your taxes.

The Bookmarks list will call your attention to any pages that you bookmark as you go through your return. A Bookmark in H&R Block At Home is a marker you set for parts of the tax return you need to return to later to enter or verify information.

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