question to file taxes

Anyone can do your taxes but you are ultimately responsible for the information they send in. If you use one of these people and they do not report some of your income and you are audited they are not responsible. You are. You are also giving them all of your personal information - SIN, income, etc. I would ask your friends for recommendations ..... Or do it yourself. It is not as complicated as the commercials would like you to believe.

+1 do be careful with your personal info.

If your tax return is relatively straight forward, then try to do it yourself.

Unless you have a complex setup, which is sounds like you don't.. save yourself the trouble and go to simpletax.ca and file your own. It's super easy to do and free

jfall wrote: ↑Unless you have a complex setup, which is sounds like you don't.. save yourself the trouble and go to simpletax.ca and file your own. It's super easy to do and free

how is it free? how does the company make money? is there a catch?

Jazzminman wrote: ↑how is it free? how does the company make money? is there a catch?

They take donations which are optional. If you like the service consider donating, but indeed it is optional. I've used simpletax.ca for the past few years and it has been great.

From their site:

"Yes, SimpleTax is free, so you might be wondering, what's the catch? Well, there is none. There are no income limits or restrictions and you can pay what you want, including zero. While we hope you'll support us if you can afford it, the choice is yours."

If you just have a basic T4 slip you could have it done and submitted to the CRA in about 5-10 minutes.

Jazzminman wrote: ↑how is it free? how does the company make money? is there a catch?

Search up free tax software that are vetted by CRA