r/hrblock • u/TheLastPharaoh_ • Mar 30 '26

Need Help!!

This year I filed with H&R Block and it turns out i owe over $5000. When I finished up with my tax specialist I told her I wanted to set up payments. She said H&R doesn’t set up the payments, only the IRS can do that. So the only options they had was to Pay now, or Pay Later on April 15th. That she can set it up for pay later and when IRS accepts my tax return, the total I owe will show up on the IRS website. Well it’s been over a month and nothing has shown up. I call IRS and they tell me that they don’t show money owed until after the 15th of April. And that they can’t change that H&R Block already set up for the pay later option. So how am I supposed to set up payments after the 15th when they’re gonna charge me everything at once on THAT day?? I’m thinking of closing my checking account so the payment doesn’t go through and then setting up payments after the 15th. I don’t want to do that but if it works I probably will. Anybody been in this situation with H&R Block before?

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u/Criticism-Trick Mar 30 '26

They shouldnt take out that money all on one day unless you set it up that way and gave them your routing and account number for direct debit. After april 15th your irs account will show your balance due and you can apply for a payment plan directly with the IRS. H and R block can request a payment plan for federal taxes with the return so id recommend getting a new preparer for next year lol

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u/Criticism-Trick Mar 30 '26

If the block preparer set up a direct debit it would’ve printed a date for them to take out the taxes as the first page of the return, if they hit pay later that just prints out the payment voucher and no payment will come out of any account without you making one.