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A community dedicated to buying Canadian products.

Une communauté dédiée à l'achat de produits Canadiens.

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1. Posts must be related to buying Canadian-made goods and / or using Canadian-owned services

2. Absolutely no bigotry will be tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.

3. AI Content Policy

Not allowed: AI-generated images or articles

Tolerated: AI-generated post summaries

4. When discussing a Canadian product that isn't available nationally, please do your best to specify where it can be purchased

5. Only content in French and English is permitted

6. Declare all self-promotion

Users are encouraged to report any content that violates our community guidelines

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1. Les poteaux doivent être en lien avec l'achat de produits et / ou de services opérés par des canadiens

2. Aucune bigoterie ne sera tolérée. Ça comprend, mais sans se limiter à, le racisme, le sexisme, l’homophobie, la transphobie, etc.

3. Politique sur le contenu IA

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4. Lors d'une discussion sur un produit canadien qui n'est pas disponible à l'échelle nationale, veuillez faire de votre mieux pour préciser où il peut être acheté

5. Seul le contenu en français et en anglais n'est toléré

6. Déclarez toute auto-promotion

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Electronic Canadian Tax Return Software Options (NETFILE) (www.canada.ca)

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Filing taxes in Canada is relatively simple compared to the USA. See the site for various options, but try to find ones not operated by American firms such as H&R Block and TurboTax.

From a cursory search, TaxTron, GenuTax, Better Tax appear Canadian. Many are Pay-What-You-Want model.

If you have a complex tax situation and/or can't file online, and/or don't want to do the paper return yourself, consider seeing an independent Canadian accountant.

ETA: TurboTax blames filers for incorrect claims in Ontario getting audited, causing Canadians to owe thousands.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I can vouch for GenuTax, https://www.genutax.ca/Home/About

Positives:

it is like a wizard (next->next->finish) that asks and explains everything you need to answer on each page. It helps me a lot to keep up with the changes in the rules.
runs on your computer, so your data is not going around being sold.

Negatives:

Windows only (it seems it can run on emulators, but needs some tweaks).
The Wizard might be a bit overwhelming at first as it will ask you everything. Before, I used SimpleTax(online), and it would have checkboxes for you to pick each form you want to fill before starting the filling.

SimpleTax used to encrypt your data they store (if you lose your password, you lose your data). They changed that, then they changed their terms so they can sell your data to partners. Simple tax is now Wealthsimple.

If you decide to use an online or mobile tool, make sure to check if you agree with their terms, and you are comfortable with their security measures.

Personally, this is not the kind of data that I would be comfortable sharing with unknown actors.