Pros: Accurate, easy to use, comprehensive for most non-complex individual tax situations. The careful guidance through all the interview questions assures that you won't accidentally forget any details that would affect your final tax numbers.

Cons: Because certain tax details may not be completely defined by the IRS if you purchase this early in the filing season, ou may have to wait until February, or even March, to finish filing - but that is usually due to IRS not releasing the details. At that point, H&R Block will release updates, which are painless to apply.

If you have complex investments (e.g. property income streams), farming, or run a small business, this is probably not the appropriate tax software for you, but there are other editions with those capabilities available.

Other Thoughts: This is the fifth year in a row I've used the H&R Block product, and it always works reliably. I also appreciate that it describes, in plain language, what changes have happened in the tax code over the last year (e.g. requirements due to the Affordable Care Act), and highlights what I need to attend to because of that.