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—>It's too late for this year's tax season (unless you're doing it wrong), but H&R has issued an apology of sorts by announcing it will give a $100 coupon or free TaxCut software to gay couples who were shut out of their online programs this year due to a programming oversight. Don't expect to take advantage of the offer if you were turned away online and went elsewhere, though—the offer is only good for "civil union, domestic and same sex partner clients, who started with TaxCut online and then completed their returns in one of our retail offices." If you fit that requirement, you can request the coupon or software here. More »
—>H&R Block recently got into trouble because when a Connecticut same-sex couple tried to file their taxes through H&R Block's website, the system spat back, ""We don't support Connecticut Civil Union returns." One of our readers wrote H&R Block about our post and their VP of Marketing actually wrote back to him to describe what she felt was media sensationalization of the story. She says that the problem happens because the Federal government doesn't recognize same-sex civil unions. The information for state tax returns gets inputted based on the federal, so in this specific case, it's not "flowing" correctly. It sounds like they're working on fixing that, though. Here's her email in full: More »
The disgraced former H&R Block CEO responsible for the company's disastrous foray into subprime mortgage lending, Mark Ernst, will receive a $2.5 million dollar cash bonus, stock options, and free health care until 2010. [Reuters] More »
—>The fact that Eddie Lampert isn't even a CEO didn't stop Herb Greenberg at Marketwatch from slapping the coveted "Worst CEO of the Year" award on him. Eddie beat out such unemployed luminaries as Chuck "Whoops" Prince, formerly of Citigroup, and Ed "I Hate My Customers" Zander, formerly of Motorola. More »
—>H&R Block has decided to admit defeat after a plan to sell its troubled subprime lending operation to Cerberus Capital Management LP finally unraveled. More »
—>H&R Block Inc., our nation's largest tax preparer, is now missing CEO Mark "Anybody Wanna Buy A Subprime Lender?" Ernst, after losing $1 billion in the subprime meltdown. More »
Say goodbye to H&R Block's CFO, William L. Trubeck. We think Mark Ernst, H&R Block's CEO said it best: "Bill's integrity and dedication to the company and its people are reflected in the high caliber finance organization he has built." H&R Block's subprime mortgage unit, Option One Mortgage Corp, has been hemorrhaging money for some time now. [BusinessWeek] More »
H&R Block Inc.'s mortgage unit lost a $1.5 billion credit line, falling ``dangerously close'' to the minimum amount demanded by a hedge fund firm that has agreed to buy the money-losing home lender. More »
—>We haven't been getting many complaints about tax places this year but as far as we know, they still suck. They're known for messing some people's returns up pretty bad, or encouraging people to take questionable deductions. Like making up a child, for instance. Here's a walk down memory lane, a lane that's definitely shady... More »
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—>The cock just keeps rocking at the H&R Block terrordome. More »
—>We're going to be trying something new at the Consumerist. We'd like to help you guys out more. Whether that's doing some research to get you a hard-to-get phone number to resolve a customer service issue, point you in the direction of consumerist services or agencies that can help you, or even interceding on your behalf. We've been making some stabs over the last week at doing just that and we'd like to experiment more with helping you guys out in your blackest night going forward. More »
—>If you haven't done your taxes, don't go to H&R Block or Jackson Hewitt. That's the advice we receive from Peter, a professional accountant. He says they will rip you off. And if they mess up, they're not liable. More »
—>Last month, Farkle Barkle wrote in about how H&R Block totally messed up Farkle's tax return. More »
It's official. Out of 16 contestants you submitted, you voted Halliburton the Worst Company in America. More »
