Comments on: Notes on Filing 2007 Taxes

By: sergio

sergio — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:38:11 +0000

same problem as Don

By: Don

Don — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:40:40 +0000

I have been using Ufile sucessfully for the last two years. Everything was going OK this year until suddenly hitting the results tab just caused me to sit and spin – finally giving a “no return was generated for this family member” message. I even tried to pay but that just gave a script time out error. I have now put in almost all my info on two returns and am not sure what to do. I sent Ufile a message a couple of days ago but haven’t heard. Has anyone else had this type of problem.
Don

By: Adil

Adil — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:46:03 +0000

Just a quick addendum: UFile is not for me as it does not let me manipulate the forms and forces me to go thru the interview process – I believe this is the same complaint CC had with UFile and I totally agree. I’ll be going with StudioTax after all. I’ll just have to double check all the forms manually to ensure I’m not paying too much tax.

By: Jeff H.

Jeff H. — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:53:05 +0000

Thanks to those of you who shared your experience on paper vs. e-filing. Point taken.

By: gc

gc — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:17:28 +0000

Leigh: I used StudioTax to complete taxes from within boot camp on my mac – no problems. In fact, I am a Windows developer by trade and so use Windows via boot camp constantly. As far as Windows is concerned your mac is just another Intel based machine.

By: Jon D.

Jon D. — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:22:41 +0000

I’m using StudioTax as well. Some of the GUI is a little rough, but it gets the job done. My weird bug was I had to check off “Maximize RRSP” or else it assumed I didn’t want my RRSP contributions applied to this year. Other than that, it handled my T3s and t5s just fine.

By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:21:08 +0000

Adil: I'll second Diane and recommend that you let the developers know about the bug. Traciatim: I'm sure the developers would love to hear about the problem you experienced with transferring tuition from your spouse. FYI, StudioTax can be contacted here: Link

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:19:58 +0000

I used Quick Tax standard again this year, and as usual had no problems. However, I also am not thrilled with the 39.95 cost and 2 return limit. I did get a little confused when I attempted to claim the $10 rebate – I had a hard time locating the rebate area, and got some contradictory feedback on whether my claim had successfully been lodged. We’ll see…
As far as I have been able to determine, the major difference between Standard and Basic is optimizing tools like RRSP planner – all forms are included. I have always found these tools completely useless anyway (not a fan of the “borrow to invest” concept, for example) so I expect to try the 19.95 Basic version for 2008 tax year.
I haven’t kicked the tires of StudioTax though, so may give that a whirl yet.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:13:30 +0000

I used StudioTax too. Other than having to manually pick forms out, and figuring out how to use th T2200 form on my own, I was fine with it.

@12, Adil did you let the developers know of the bug you found? If you didn’t, how are they supposed to address it?

By: Adil

Adil — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:21:57 +0000

I agree with MikeH. The reassessment is a hassle. I filed by paper last year after years of filing with Netfile and they made mistakes which they’ve just managed to fix now, ie. a whole year after I filed my taxes, with no compensation for loss of interest. That’s just unacceptable and, in my opinion, not worth it. Unfortunately for me, due to my tax situation, I don’t have the option to file by NetFile.

I testdrove StudioTax around February and, as soon as I found a bug in the software, I stopped in my tracks, headed over to future shop and bought me a copy of UFile. The bug I experienced will not affect the vast majority of people, because it has to do with declaring foreign business income. Nevertheless, bugs are unacceptable to me when it comes to tax software. It just goes to show that the software wasn’t fully tested. It gives me the impression that it was only tested to meet the Netfile certification needs. Given that StudioTax isn’t developed by a large corporation, I’m sure I’m right about my assumptions.

I didn’t experience a single bug with Quicktax and UFile in previous years, but to be fair, in those years I didn’t have any foreign business income and my tax situation was much simpler. It’ll be interesting to see how UFile handles it this year.