Category Archives: Software

UFile: Interview and Giveaway!

UFile Online

I recently had the opportunity to interview Joanne Birtch, Vice president Marketing and New Business Development, Dr Tax Software Inc. to discuss UFile as we get into the tax season. Tom: Joanne, thanks for joining us on Canadian Finance Blog. Can you tell us what sets UFile apart from other tax software options available to…

TurboTax Review

TurboTax Standard

TurboTax is out for the tax season and I’ve had a chance to try it out over the past week and put together a TurboTax review and giveaway. Intuit has rebranded their Canadian tax software from the previous QuickTax name. This was done to align all their global tax programs under the TurboTax name. So…

Canadian Tax Software Options

Tax Forms

If you’re looking to use tax software to file your income taxes this year, you might be wondering which program you should use and what are the major differences? Here is a general idea of what you can expect from each choice. Tax Software When it comes to tax software, two names probably come to…

Tax Software Review – Udotaxes 2009

While I’ve written about StudioTax in both the 2008 and 2009 tax years, I recently found out about another free Canadian tax program called Udotaxes. Udotaxes has a very polished look that makes it appear less like free software and more like QuickTax or UFile. There is a wizard for entering your basic information such…

Tax Software Review – StudioTax

While TurboTax and UFile are both great tax preparation programs, there are other alternatives that will do the job and are completely free. Today we’ll look at StudioTax, which I was impressed with when I used StudioTax last year. StudioTax includes a Quick Start Wizard that takes you through most of your taxes. StudioTax is…

Tax Software Review – UFile

Earlier this week we looked at TurboTax, which is the top selling tax software in Canada. But there is another well known program that has been gaining momentum. UFile is a serious contender in the Canadian tax preparation market. The interview process in UFile works well, though not quite as comfortable to use as the…

Tax Software Review – QuickTax 2009

QuickTax is the first of four different tax programs that we’ll be having a look at over the next 4 weeks. I entered my tax info into all four programs to get an idea of how each one works, and while they have many similarities, each one also has it’s own strengths and weaknesses. QuickTax…