The Offer
- Get a bonus of up to 10% on your tax refund in the form of a merchant gift card when filing taxes with H&R Block.
- Those who file with the Deluxe and Premium plans (costs $35/$50, see below) get a 10% bonus while those who use the Free or Basic options get only a 5% bonus.
Here are all the gift card options: Amazon, Target, Kohl’s, Home Depot, Staples, Starbucks, Best Buy, Gamestop, iTunes, Delta, Groupon, Applebee’s, Hotels, Nordstrom, Office Max, REI, TJMaxx/Marshall’s.
You don’t need to put the entire refund on gift cards – just choose $100 increments and you’ll get a 5% or 10% bonus on top. Unclear if you can split up and get a partial refund in one merchant gift card and part from another, but that probably won’t work.
The Fine Print
- Only valid for e-filed returns, not print or mail returns
- Gift cards come as e-gift cards, sent to your email as soon as the refund becomes available, usually within 21-days
- If your actual federal refund is less than anticipated, your refund bonus will be adjusted accordingly
Our Verdict
Could be a really amazing deal for someone who expects a large tax refund. Two notes about maximizing this deal:
- Remember that there’s an Amex Offer of $15 off $40 for H&R; the Premium plan will be just $35 after the Amex credit.
- There’s another deal found on Slickdeals to get Deluxe at just $15 and Premium at $25, and it’s reported there that it will stack with the 10% gift card bonus as well.
We noted earlier today that TurboTax isn’t offering the 10% Amazon bonus this year as they’ve done in the past, and readers Danny and Jake pointed out that H&R does have this deal. Even better is that you get to choose from a number of different retailers, as opposed to the TurboTax deal which was just Amazon.
We’ll add this deal to the Complete List of Deals for Doing Taxes. See also our Complete Guide To Paying Your Federal Taxes With A Credit Card.
