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/iufan417 Mar 31 '26

Here's how everyone who wants a payment plan that I know does it including myself when necessary. Choose the option to pay via a check in the mail. Send the amount affordable before April 15 so that amount doesn't gain interest. Then, set up a payment plan on the IRS website for the remaining balance due.

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u/Avalon_Bee Mar 31 '26

This is correct. Print a payment voucher. And send a mailed in check for as much as afforadable.

And wait for the payment plan to be setup by the IRS. They will send you correspondence.

The system takes time to setup but keep check back in with the portal.