Win a Free iPod Touch From H&R Block

This article was written by Luke Landes in Giveaways. 306 comments.

This giveaway is now closed to new entries. Thanks to everyone who has participated. We will be selecting the winners shortly.

It’s time for another giveaway. H&R Block wants to give an iPod Touch to two Consumerism Commentary readers. The iPods will be delivered with an app pre-installed to help taxpayers as we approach the final filing stretch.

The strongest feature of the “H&R Block Tax Answers App,” available here from the Apple store, is the ability to get personalized answers to your tax questions. When using the app, your iPhone or iPod Touch with WiFi is connected directly to H&R Block’s Get it Right Community, with 1,000 tax experts on hand. In general, you will receive your response, for free, within 24 hours.

Other features include a glossary so you can quickly get a definition for an unfamiliar tax term and a quiz where you can test your tax knowledge.

As you can see from the Tax Answers app’s main menu, you can also use this program to locate the nearest H&R Block office. If nothing else, you can use this for a scavenger hunt or you can check with your friends to see who has the most locations in a ten-mile radius of his or her home.

As I’ve mentioned before, an independent tax accountant completes my tax return. If you have a simple tax situation, many online tools are available. H&R Block’s At Home is the company’s re-branding of TaxCut, and other perennial favorites include Intuit’s TurboTax and TaxACT. All of these options offer free federal filing for taxpayers in certain situations.

How to win a free iPod Touch

I’m going to keep this simple. If you would like to be entered in the giveaway to win one of two iPod Touch devices, leave a comment here. If you want two extra chances, follow @flexo on Twitter and link to this giveaway on Twitter with the following phrase:

Win a free iPod Touch from @flexo and @ConsumerismComm! http://bit.ly/d5r1BS

You must enter by 11:59 EDT on Friday, March 19, 2010. Two winners will be chosen randomly from among the respondents within a few days of the giveaway’s end. As always, only one set of entries (comment and Twitter) per name or IP address is allowed.

Now for some fine print. H&R Block is providing the iPod Touch devices directly to Consumerism Commentary readers. The software is being provided independently of any other H&R Block reviews posted on Consumerism Commentary. Consumerism Commentary is an authorized affiliate of H&R Block.

This giveaway is now closed to new entries. Thanks to everyone who has participated. We will be selecting the winners shortly.

Updated March 21, 2011 and originally published March 15, 2010. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.

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Chris: You the man! Great give-away!
Susan Stevens: I would love to win and ipod touch! Thank you for having the giveaway… I am following and did tweet. sarahsmom32 – twitter name
Alan Mayer: This is a good time to come out with an app to help taxpayers
reva skie: A free iPod would certainly sweeten up tax time for me. It’s generally not a windfall in our house.
Revanche: Ooh this is cool! I would love one!
Jason: I would love one. plus I need to do my taxes.
ryan: They do my taxes, does that get me two?
Donna B.: I would like to be entered please :) I follow @flexo and @ConsumerismComm and I tweeted

http://twitter.com/simplydab/status/10540906242
chris s: WOW great prize.
Ross: Sweet, I am definitely in.
Dave: Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
chris s: I follow Flexo on twitter & tweeted.
@jadenruby
http://twitter.com/jadenruby/status/10541006058
Jacqui: I used H&R at home to do my taxes (I owe, so I haven’t actually *filed* yet) and I love your blog and I’ve been working hard to resist buying one of this little Apple goodies for the last year!
JuliaA: the ipod touch is such a great prize.
paranoidasteroid: I’d love to win this! Awesome giveaway!
Steve: insert “thanks for the giveaway/this would be awesome/fanboy” comment here.

also tweeted (was already following)
Nate: Great giveaway of an item I’ve been debating getting
Sarah: Great giveaway! Please enter me!!
Mrs. Money: Awesome! I would love to win one. :)
Sarah: I’m following you on twitter & tweeted:

http://twitter.com/miss_moneymaker/status/10541272854
thisisbeth: I used H&R At Home to file my taxes this year! And, like everyone else in the world, I’d love an iPod Touch!
Mrs. Micah: Cool app. :) I can’t see most people actually filing on their iPhones/iTouches for a few more years, but this kind of pocket reference is awesome. And also love to win an iTouch, since our getting-out-of-debt plan doesn’t include nice electronics–though Micah and I been fortunate enough to get used iPods from friends for little to nothing.
Mary: I’d love an iPod Touch, then I might be as gadgeted up as my kids…

following on Twitter and retweeted your note!

@mbrodd
David: Tweeted as well. I’ve got to say it’s very cool that you are able to get hooked into deals like this.
Ryan: This is an awesome give away. Thanks for posting it.
Melissa: I’d like to enter
I also follow on Twitter and tweeted the note
@md325
revin: Sign me up please.
Elizabeth W.: I would love to enter! Thanks for the great info you always have!
Elizabeth W.: Been following you on twitter for a while now! Left a tweet!!!
Jess: I’d love to win an iPod touch!

I’m following you on twitter but my tweets are protected–can I still tweet about it and have it count? @jessfauve
Sara: I love my Apple gear so am throwing my name in the ring for an iPod touch!
Mike: woot for free ipod! tax help is cool too
Tallanya M: Thanks so much for this awesome giveaway. I follow you and tweeted :) @bolonny
Arjun @ InvestingThesis.com: a free giveaway….count me in!
Melissa: A few years ago I took an H&R Block Tax Course. It was very informative. I would love to win an iPod Touch. I intend to tweet about it also.
JD: I sure would like a free iPod touch!
Mike: I’m loving all these giveaways. Thanks!
Craig/FFB: Would love to win an ipod touch! Already following and tweeted the giveaway.
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Eden: I want to win!
Sonya Sparks: I would love to have an iPod touch. Thanks for the chance.
Sonya Sparks: I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/sonyasparks/status/10546008598
Brian: I could use some tax tips since I usually pay, so that app might come in handy. Of course, paying is better than giving that interest-free loan to the IRS, I guess! Thanks to H&R and you for the great contest.
Simon Zhen: A free iPod touch would be lovely!
Julie Reuter: I’ve always used Turbo Tax…is the H&R Block version really any better?

I tweeted: http://twitter.com/juliereuter/status/10546981034
Tiffany: i heard about this blog because of the giveaway. Great blog! Great marketing!
Rob: Sounds cool, I’m in!
VK: Count me in. Please let it be me.
Michelle: I would appreciate this!
Yana: I would so love to win this!
Alli: Thanks for doing this great giveaway. Following on twitter and tweeted. Thanks!
Scot Landes: That sounds awesome!
Debbie B: Great giveaway! I appreciate it very much!
Brandon: I love the H&R Block tax tool.
Debbie B: following and i tweeted!

http://twitter.com/bellows22/status/10548610068
Brian: Sounds cool. I want this one.
Lance R: Pick me!
tmg: In!
lyn: Thanks for the chance!! Would love to try one of these.
Andrew Moore: I would love to win an iPod Touch!!!
Erica Douglass: I don’t have an iPod Touch or an iPhone and wouldn’t mind winning one. Thanks for the offer!

-Erica
Leslie: nice prize hope I win
Ed Walsh: Listen and enjoy your podcasts. Good Job
Al: Thanks for the giveaway-any help with taxes is appreciated!
Greg: Thanks for the chance. Keep up the great work.
AnneMarie: This would definitely make taxes more enjoyable.
Janet: Thanks for the giveaway!
Frank: gimme! gimme! gimme! :P
Debbie: Great prize, I would love an iPod touch.
Marie Galbraith: I would love this prize…my return this year sure is not one!
Matt: this is awesome…..fingers crossed!
thomas: yes please
RainyDaySaver: I’d love an iPod Touch — it’s just like a mini iPad, haha.
Claudia: H&R Block : Here I come! I need to do my taxes and this iTouch will help me find a location :)
Ginette: What a great contest, crossing my fingers
Avril: I would love an ipod! Thanks!
Kara: WOW, would love a free iTouch!!! you rock, love the blog
don: Hope I win. Thanks to H & R Block for sponsoring the contest
laura: What a great prize and a great app to go with it!
Money Funk: And iPod makes for a great giveaway. Thanks to both you and H&R Block. ;)
Mary: Great giveaway. Thank you.
wes: A touch is an iPhone without a camera or phone.
Stefanie: Thanks for the chance to win!
James Hampton: Count me in.
fiorella: Awesome giveaway, Flexo! Please count me in.
James Clark: Great prizes! Thanks H and R Block! Count me in too! Good luck everyone!
Abigail: After months and months of saving rewards point, we finally got my husband an iPod Touch to help him stay organized. But now I desperately want one! So here’s hoping I can be one of the lucky two!

I also follow you on twitter and will go tweet this now.
Patty: Great prize!!
Char: I’d love to win, great giveaway!
Char: I tweeted and joined, http://twitter.com/ILoveEgypt/status/10558800140
A. Gupta: I’d love to win the prize!
Mike: wooooow. please be me