One of the biggest obstacles to making and keeping a budget is not knowing where to begin. Thankfully, the Internet age has brought with it some wonderful tools designed to help you keep an eye on your spending. Here are just a few. 1. Wesabe.com: A lot of Web-based budgeting tools are similar, but one…
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Category Archives: Software
Free Alternatives For Preparing Your Taxes
In previous years, Canadian readers may have completed their taxes with QuickTax or Ufile. Both of these are great programs and I plan to look at them in more detail later this month. However, there are a couple of free programs for preparing your taxes that I wanted to quickly share with you. While this…
Manage Your Canadian Accounts With BudgetPulse
BudgetPulse is a money management website that could be a great way for you to report and budget based on all your Canadian accounts. It’s actually something that they DON’T do that makes it work so great for Canadians looking to track and forecast their personal expenses. I’ve previously written about other websites like Mint,…
Backup Your Important Documents And Files
After having a bit of a scare with the database that contains every post for The Canadian Finance Blog, I thought it might be a good time to remind everyone to regularly back up their documents. While your first thought may be the My Documents folder on your PC, another worthwhile project is scanning any…
Studio Tax 2008
As the tax season is upon us I thought I should mention this great software. Studio Tax 2008 is free for personal use and is certified by the CRA for Netfile. This means that not only can you do your taxes for free, you can even upload your file to the CRA online. I’ve used both…
