H&R Block: Difference between revisions
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{{Ph-C-CIS}} | {{Ph-C-CIS}}H&R Block was founded in 1955, in Kansas City, Missouri. The company went public in 1962 and expanded into online services and digital tax preparation software. It competes with other financial services and tax preparation companies such as [[Intuit]]. These tax preparation service companies lobby congress to promote tax filing complexity and reduce tax code simplicity to create a market for filing services.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Popken |first=Ben |date=23 Mar 2017 |title=TurboTax, H&R Block Spend Big Bucks Lobbying for Us to Keep Doing Our Own Taxes |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/turbotax-h-r-block-spend-millions-lobbying-us-keep-doing-n736386 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704142341/https://www.nbcnews.com/business/taxes/turbotax-h-r-block-spend-millions-lobbying-us-keep-doing-n736386 |archive-date=4 Jul 2025 |access-date=5 Feb 2025 |work=NBC News}}</ref> | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||