Sorry about the blackout, y'all. Combination of technical issues moving to a new server, and an ongoing obsession with World of Warcraft.

Add to that some issues with my taxes that prompted me to discover an immutable truth: H&R Block is the biggest scam ever. These are not tax professionals. They are trained monkeys who fill out a form in their (and I shit you not) TPS system and call it a tax return.

For this "service," they will charge you a minimum of $50. If you have anything other than a single W-2, that fee skyrockets. My 2004 tax return will get me a $350 refund, and they wanted to charge me $160 to do nothing I couldn't do myself with a calculator.

I can't believe anyone uses these people at all. I understand they're under investigation for charging too much intrest on their "get your refund now" service. There was a woman there who waited for over an hour (she was a walk-in) to have someone do her 1040EZ form. She had one W-2, no dependants, no house... Nothing. All she had to do to save herself $50 + intrest was to read the 1040EZ form and fill it out.

Just goes to show, you will never go broke exploiting stupid or intimidated people.