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newsfromstolenland · 1 year

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Dozens of Toronto residents are now boycotting Home Hardware due to the company's "engagement" with a specific advertising company that advocates claim "lock out unionized performers."

In a recent post to a local community Facebook group, one Toronto resident informed other members that the home improvement retailer was one of the companies named on ACTRA's (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) boycott list.

"Did you know that Home Hardware is on a boycott list issued by ACTRA, the union of Canadian performers on TV and film? Why? Because they buy their ads from a company that has locked out unionized performers for the last year in an attempt to break the union," the post reads.

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Other companies listed on the ACTRA lockout include H&R Block, Canadian Tire, Rogers, Wendy's, and Sleep Country.

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Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

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gwydionmisha · 1 year

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#Facebook #H&R Block #TaxAct #Pricacy #News

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ingridverse · 1 year

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Free Tax Returns

If you're in the US and make less than $73K, you are entitled to file your taxes for free. This is a service provided by Intuit and others, required by law, and which they do everything in their power to cheat you out of.

#Turbo tax #Intuit #h&r block #those fucking bastards

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somethingusefulfromflorida · 1 year

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H&R Block stands for the same thing as A&W just without the speech impediment.

#amburgers and woot beer #hamburgers and root beer #a&w #h&r block #speech impediment #iykyk #old internet

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wack-ashimself · 2 years

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So far on the G-word...

(government. which btw, I am not against the concept of government, cuz it's just people uniting and agreeing to terms that benefit all. It's just...all governments, eventually, because of no systemS of real checks and balance, get corrupted and used by the worst of us).

Which started with him having a cameo of Obama...

Fuck obama.

He started with food. And none of it seemed that...interesting or informative. I know we subsidize corn and other stuff so it can be used to make cheap junk food. My problem is this has been known FOREVER. Don't act like this just fucking happened. He even admitted it started during the great depression era (with good, noble causes) and never stopped, so no new news.

But he did point out something I...had a feeling about, but did not KNOW till now. The fda sells out to big food corporations. No shit. BUT the fda LITERALLY gave the entire founding of the food pyramid to them. THAT is kinda a big deal. I knew that thing was wonky, but to find out it NEVER started with good intentions? Fuck you (and obama, again, for setting the first world record for drone strikes on innocent people).

Then he went on to weather. And I did not know ALL Weather information (like ALLLLLLLL OF IT) is provided by the government, and the weather channel and accuweather have purposely tried to make that publicly funded information private, and resell it*. To the point when they once knew of a possible tornado incoming, and they only warned their PREMIUM MEMBERS!

If you would have asked me 'did you know that the weather channel is also a capitalistic evil endeavor?' the answer would have been 'how much meth did you do today?' But your meth head ass would be right...

*this is how bad it is. EXACTLY like turbotax and H&R block, who regularly pay millions in lobbying to block free public apps & programs to help with taxes paid for by the government, the weather channel fucking made sure there was no government funded weather app too!!!!

#adam conover #the g word #government #weather #food #weather channel #accuweather #app #tax #taxes #h&r block #turbotax #obama #fda #food pyramid

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nawilla · 1 month

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The Algorithm Knows Me Too Well:

On my to do list this past three day weekend:

(1): Find the tax paperwork I set aside while waiting for the last form to come in/be found.

(2): Call H&R Block to schedule my tax appointment

(3): Give N the Cat the side eye because I'm convinced she managed to hide the papers I set aside, even though she is a cat.

Monday Evening: FOUND THE FORMS!

Today's to do list:

(1): Contact H&R Block now that the damn forms have been found before N the Cat hides them again. It's only 27 days until Tax Day

Today: H&R Block calls me, because apparently it's the time of year I usually get my act together and call and I haven't yet.

See, this is the kind of thing we should be using AI for (although it's not clear if it was the software or just a human with a list).

Thank you. I know it's capitalism and not altruism driving this, but hey, I'm getting my taxes done in 2 days and didn't have to deal with online forms or phone trees.

#taxes #tax day #h&r block

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maplemonarchy · 2 months

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HAVE YOU FILED YOUR TAXES YET??

Great News! You can file your taxes for FREE!! You no longer have to use H&R Block or TurboTax to file! You can do it through an IRS approved partner! It still walks your through the process so you're not trying to file your taxes blind! Link to the IRS Website below!

#taxes #tax #tax service #h&r block #turbotax #tax season #irs #us taxes #seriously use this #tax filing services #h&r and turbotax don't want you to do this cause they've been lobbying congress for decades to stop you doing this #so go do it!

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newsbites · 1 year

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Americans were required to file their taxes earlier this month, although some states benefited from extensions on account of severe weather conditions.

Canadian taxpayers have until this week to submit their returns from 2022. H&R Block is urging them to do so promptly, despite concerns that processing will be impacted by PSAC job action.

#business #taxes #H&R Block #filing deadline #job action #strike #protest #Canada #news #via The Wave #AP News #world news

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lyowyn · 1 year

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This is going to be a long rant, but I’ll try to keep it amusing, because this utterly ridiculous ordeal should be documented for posterity.

We decided to use H&R Block for our tax preparation this year. We knew it would be expensive, but we let it go until the last couple weeks of tax season, my husband was going to be working long overnight shifts for the next couple weeks, and we had a pretty simple return, so we were willing to pay for the convenience. The whole experience was about as convenient as a last-minute steerage cabin on the Titanic.

I made an appointment online, Monday April 10th, for that same day. There weren’t any openings in the H&R Block office closest to us (a 25 minute drive,) so I made one for the office in Hibbing. It’s an hour drive, but that’s fine. We can go on my husband’s day off, get it taken care of while we’re there, and have lunch afterward.

We arrive, wait a few minutes, get led to one of the cubicles in this overpriced rat farm, and we start answering questions while our tax preparer starts filling in prompts—name, SSN, DOB, etc… She presses the wrong button, and has to start over. We answer all the questions again. Something else goes wrong. We start over a third time. The computer program is unresponsive. Fine. That’s fine. The joys of living with technology, right? We all went through COVID. We’ve dealt with remote learning, and video calls, internet that’s down, or slow, or just seems to hate you in particular. It happens. So, we move to another cubicle, another computer, and start over.

Then, we mention that we sold our house last year, and it quickly becomes clear that whatever two-week training course H&R block gives their employees doesn’t cover anything so rare and unheard of as the sale of a home. We need a LEVEL 5 TAX PROFESSIONAL to tackle that mountain, and unfortunately our preparer is just a LEVEL 1 NOOB. She’s just down in the sewers killing rats with a shoddy dagger, trying to rack up experience points. She valiantly tries to get in touch with her manager, asking questions on how to deal with the problem, but only gets brief responses that don’t answer her questions. Manager is home sick. It’s fine. I get it. Employees, even managers, should be able to take a sick day without the whole business falling apart, or being pestered every five minutes. It’s inconvenient for us, but that’s life. We leave all of our paperwork with LEVEL 1 NOOB, and she says she’ll have her manager help her go over it when she gets back. Great. Fine. Whatever.

We have a nice lunch. Sportsmen’s Tavern in Hibbing Minnesota is absolutely delicious. The greek menu is somewhat anachronistic, but I never say no to a gyro, and they have fantastic Bloody Marys. Anyone who is in the area should try it out.

Five days go by.

I still haven’t gotten a call from H&R Block with follow-up questions or anything, and we’re five days to blast off at this point, so I call to make sure that we haven’t gotten lost in the chaos and that someone is working on our taxes or plans to be in the near future. I explain the situation to the receptionist and leave my number. She says that she’ll talk to LEVEL 1 NOOB when she doesn’t have a client, and get back to us. There’s no return call, so I wait a day and call back on Saturday. Again, I leave my number, and don’t receive a return call. There’s a bit of a blizzard on Sunday, so when I call there’s only one person in the office. I’m starting to get irritated at this point, but you can’t control the weather. People shouldn’t have to risk their lives to get to work. I doubt H&R Block pays anyone enough for that. I’m told that both LEVEL 1 NOOB and LEVEL 5 MANAGER will be in the office tomorrow, and I should call back then.

It is now Monday, April 17th. It’s been a week since I went in to have my taxes done at the office, while I waited. My taxes are due tomorrow. Everyone’s taxes are due tomorrow, but mine most definitely are not done. At least part of this is due to my own poor planning. I should have taken the time to get my paperwork together and found a local CPA months ago, but here we are. Hindsight might be 20/20, but my foresight needs Lasik.

I call the office first thing in the morning. The receptionist tells me that she’ll have LEVEL 1 NOOB call me back when she gets in. I’ve been fed this line of bovine excrement three times already, so I inquire if LEVEL 5 MANAGER will be in the office today. Receptionist is cagey. Says Manager will be in later. I explain that Manager needs to help Noob with my taxes, I’ve been waiting for an update for the last week, and I’m worried that my taxes won’t be completed on time. This explanation causes her to relax, and she says that she’ll pass the message along to LEVEL 5 MANAGER.

Roll along to 2:00. Noob calls; she has a few questions, but my taxes will be ready today. I’ll be getting a nice return. Joyous day! We’re nearly to the finish line. I have roller derby practice that evening, in Eveleth. While I was in the Hibbing office, Noob had mentioned that she can pull up tax records from any H&R Block office in the country on her computer, so I ask if I can sign for my taxes at the Virginia office. This will save me over an hour of driving, and I can pick them up on my way to practice. She says she’ll call the Virginia office and check. She calls me back and says that’s fine, but they need to talk to my husband to get verbal authorization for me to sign for him. Verbal authorization is given to the receptionist at the Virginia office. My husband leaves for work, I pick up my daughter from the bus stop, and I get dressed in workout clothes so that I can celebrate everyone’s least favorite holiday (tax day) by smashing into a few other middle-aged moms while on roller-skates. It’s going to be a good day.

Derby practice gets cancelled.

I consider waiting until tomorrow to pick up my taxes, but I already have an appointment for 5:30. I might as well get it taken care of. I put the kids in the car and go to Virginia. I arrive at the office at 5:30. The receptionist can’t find my taxes. She isn’t the one who talked to LEVEL 1 NOOB. There’s a post-it note on the desk with my name on it, saying that my husband gave authorization for me to sign for him, and that I would be there at 5:30. I tell her that whoever wrote the note is aware of the situation, and that it had already been arranged for me to pick up my taxes at their office. A summit is held. It is concluded that there was some miscommunication. I cannot sign for my taxes in Virginia. I must go to Hibbing.

I’m annoyed, but fine, whatever, I’ll go to Hibbing. I just want this ordeal to be over. I call LEVEL 1 NOOB, explain the situation, and tell her that I’m on my way, and I’ll be there in half an hour. She says she’ll print everything off and have it waiting for me at the front desk when I arrive.

I drive over, get my kids out of the car, go in, and start signing paperwork. I’m about halfway finished when I realize that my husband’s first name is misspelled on all of it. They have his W2, and a copy of his driver’s license. There’s really no excuse for this beyond simple incompetence. Maybe it’s an honest mistake. If this was the only issue I’d had up until this point, I would be more understanding, but at this point I’m edging from annoyance into anger. Then the other shoe drops—like some size sixteen work boot. Both LEVEL 1 NOOB and LEVEL 5 MANAGER are busy with clients until at least 7:00, and one of them needs to fix it. It’s now 6:00, and I already drove an hour to get there. I’m not going to go home, just to spend another two hours driving tomorrow. I give the receptionist my number, for what feels like the hundredth time, and ask her to call me when they have it fixed. I’m assured that it will be taken care of as soon as possible. I take my kids to Pizza Ranch to kill some time. We eat some pizza. It’s adequate. We return to the car and wait. 7:30 rolls around, and I still haven’t received a call, so I go inside to see how much longer it will be.

There is a different receptionist at the desk. She has no idea who I am, what I want, or what I’m waiting for. She tells me that this close to tax day, it’s difficult to meet someone without an appointment, and that I should make an appointment and come back tomorrow. At this point, I’m trying desperately to keep my temper. I don’t want to be branded as a Karen, but I’ve been waiting for an hour and a half for these clowns to fix their mistake, and I’m on the verge of making a scene. I bite my tongue and explain the situation, AGAIN, and ask to speak with the manager.

Finally, my taxes are fixed. I manage to keep my cool the best I can while I explain the ridiculousness of the ordeal. I am given a discount of $100 off the $410 bill, and I pay the still exorbitant price of $310 for my taxes. I’ve never paid more than $250 before. We used to have a farm. We used to have complicated returns with depreciation schedules for equipment and itemized deductions— questions about business deductions, tax planning, and retirement savings. This year, we had a few W2s, child tax care credit, HSA, the standard deduction, and a sold house. The sold house was the only thing we didn’t have from the previous year, and only accounts for $35 of the bill.

So, if you’re still reading this dissertation, for the love of whatever god or gods you do or don’t believe in, don’t go to H&R Block. Find a small local CPA. They’ll charge you half the price, actually know how to do their job, and they won’t charge you for insurance to cover their mistakes (which I didn’t pay for—more fool me.) Save your money and your sanity.

I’m going to get audited, aren’t I?...

#h&r block #taxes #bad reviews #funny reviews #rant post

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chrysoberylcrow · 1 year

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Yo can we kick tax preparer lobbyists out of DC and save ourselves time and tears each year? For fuck sake give us something to stave off organized disorder.

#income taxes #IRS #h&r block #TurboTax

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virtualtaxservices · 1 year

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It’s Almost Tax Season

Did you Know You Can File Virtually?