This month, I was begging my husband to do our taxes because for the last few years, we’ve gotten significant returns due to our carry forward credits from our large private university tuition payments. Last year, we discovered a great tool for doing our taxes and I want to share it with you today!
SimpleTax is a Canadian tax program (sorry, American friends and family) that is honestly so fast and easy! After using the paper forms for years, this was so refreshing and simple.
When you sign up with SimpleTax (click here to get started), you create an account that saves your information, so when you use it multiple years in a row, it remembers your information and helps make the subsequent years of filing taxes even easier!
Here are my favourite aspects of this software:
1. It’s free (love this!)
2. It creates a profile that remembers information for future filings
3. It calculates your return on the side as you’re filling out your information, so it keeps you motivated
4. It allows you to fill out direct deposit information so your return gets deposited right into your account instead of waiting weeks to get a cheque back
5. It’s funny – there are little jokes throughout the instructions, which is great
6. It’s honestly so simple – it took us about 30 minutes to do our taxes
So, for those of you who are Canadian and need a way to do your taxes – I recommend SimpleTax!
Happy filing!
Do any of you have other tax programs you have discovered? Share your findings with me by leaving a comment below!
*This company did not compensate or pay me in any way – I’m just recommending a product that I use and believe in*
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