H&R Block Desktop Software Outages Leave Users Scrambling Before Tax Deadline
- H&R Block desktop software users faced hours of outages ahead of tax day deadline
- Issue prevented some from e-filing returns; online filers not impacted
- Outages reported starting Sunday night, peaking Monday around noon
- Company said issue was resolved around 345 pm EDT
- IRS has new online filing tool rivaling services like H&R Block
