H & R Block...Heads

Never, I repeat, never go to H & R Block to get your taxes done. I have heard nothing but bad things from everyone I've talked to about this company, but of course, only after I had committed to getting my taxes done there.

My dad often refers to a stupidity tax when you buy something really dumb that you didn't need and/or it turns out to be worthless. Well, this was a stupidity tax on my taxes. Taxes on taxes. Could anything be worse?

After two hours spent over lunch time a few weeks ago with the resident genius at H & R Block in Evergreen (I'll show some mercy and not call him by his name), we spent another hour tonight, only to have him screw up our taxes more than if I had done them myself.

In our first meeting, he tried to tell me that I should be paying New York income tax because my company that is based in New York, even though I work from home in Colorado - and he said I shouldn't be paying Colorado income tax.

Most people would say: Hmmm, that doesn't seem to make any sense, since I don't drive on New York's roads, send my non-existent kids to their schools, or do anything else in that state. This is exactly what I told him. After tearing my hair out on the verge of tears on the way home from this meeting (under his calculations we owed way more than I expected), he finally calls me back to tell me I was right - I should pay in Colorado and get money back from New York. And he does taxes FOR A LIVING.

Tonight's fiasco continues with him telling me that we needed to count our refund from New York state from last year as "income" for this year. WWWWWHHHHAAATTTT? I looked at him like he was from another planet (I think he might actually be). Let me get this straight, the government said the amount of money I paid last year for the amoutn of money I earned was too much. So they gave me a refund. This should count as my income this year? He must be on crack.

Tomorrow, H & R Block's corporate headquarters are getting a call from me for a major a$$ reaming. I want my money back.