Seasonal Tax Professional -- H&R Block experience
Well, I promised a reply when I knew more about this.
I quit this part-time "job" yesterday.
... my experience is that they are unethical.
Without going into details, I had a choice of doing something right for the client (where they'd still go to H&R Block but not our office)... or doing something wrong for the client, but in our office... and was told to do the wrong thing... because it's all about the revenue for our office!!! 
As I put in my resignation letter:
"I have lost respect for H&R Block and cannot represent them to the public.
I cannot support such unethical business behavior"
Taxes are, for me, just for the for the fun of it anyway.... a puzzle to solve.
... if you're doing it for the money, it's MINIMUM WAGE at Block
($7.50 per hour in CA). They say you'll make much more when you build up your client base... but no one in their first year makes more than the "draw against commissions" of minimum wage.
And, since I do consider myself FIREd, it's definitely not about the $.
.... plus... it just doesn't feel right charging people ~$200-$300 to do a modest Fed and State return when they can least afford it.
I'm meeting with someone next week to do taxes for AARP as a volunteer.
I'll post more about the volunteer AARP experience when I get into it... but it sure feels better knowing I'll be helping people rather than gouging them.
Comments and/or questions appreciated!
... Rick
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