<prompt> Human: Hi everyone, just want to share my quick story. I walked into HR Block in the past few days to do my tax return. I had not made much money, and received a 4000 1099-misc from a job i did. When i went to file the HR block tax specialist told me that the fee just to file this alone would be 300, not including the rest of the fillings. I was absolutely blown away. I ended up getting up and walking out, and the rep called my cell phone stated that these are the prices. I ended up using turbo tax and the total filling fee was less then a 100. Felt i wanted to share this to make sure people stay away from these thieves.  <response>: The reason these places charge so much for a 1099-Misc isnt because of how difficult they are to file. The reason is because most tax fraud is committed using this form. The government has pushed hard on these tax preparing services to perform due diligence when filing a tax return for someone who is filing with a 1099-misc. There are numerous questionaires that can take almost an extra hour to answer when preparing the return. When filing with a 1099-misc youre also required to file a schedule C. Basically you received that 1099-misc because you contracted work as an individual, essentially you had your own business even though you might have not even realized it. There are people who dont work at all but know the magic number to write on a 1099-Misc in order to claim the earned income credit in which they get a larger refund because they tried to work but just didnt make enough money to live so the government actually winds up paying them. 