At the Premium online level, you gain access to Schedule C and D, support for self-employed filers with limited business expenses, and support for logging investment and property income as well as for tracking Health Savings Accounts. New this year: Those who are self-employed and who don’t have expenses can file at the Deluxe level previously, the only option was the most expensive tier for Self-Employed, regardless of whether you had Schedule C expenses. H&R Block works with Stride, a mobile-expense tracking service, to auto import your data. As soon as you have a deduction to declare (beyond child care or student loan interest), you'll need to step up to a higher version with more features that let you deduct things like donations, real estate taxes and mortgage interest.

H&R Block's Free online (and Basic download) versions are meant only for the simplest of federal tax returns. The Deluxe+State, Premium, and Premium & Business download versions all include the software for one state form, but bizarrely charge $19.95 to e-file.

As always, you move onto the state return only after completing a federal return the service will auto-populate relevant information accordingly. State e-filing is included in all online versions. H&R Block Deluxe 2021 review: State FilingĮxcept for H&R Block's Free version, which includes a state tax return at no cost, other H&R Block online versions require an additional $36.99 per state.

The company has a $145 small business product under its Block Advisors banner that integrates with other small business services. These versions are best for those who prefer to keep data locally, and not in the cloud.

H&R Block has five Mac/PC downloads as well, starting at $29.95 for the Basic version and scales up to $89.95 for Premium & Business (appropriate for small business owners).

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