I use the intuit stuff to do my tax forms initially , then transpose all that
computational magic to the paper tax form ... why?:
It gives me the freedom to
A-write profanity in the margin
B-shave a symbolic penny off the bottom line when I owe
C-fill in province of residence as TAXCATCHEWAN
to late now but I encourage everyone to do the same.
Quoting Dave Hall <dave-slg@dnh.sk.ca>:
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 11:40:16PM -0600, Scott Walde wrote:
> > Dylan Griffiths wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >But that's not the only problem. They could easily provide citizens
> > >with an Excel spreadsheet (which Gnumeric would probably open just
> > >fine) that can calculate my taxes for me, instead of requiring pen and
> > >paper.
> > >
> > No! F*ck the Excel spreadsheet. There is absolutely _no_ reason why
> > they couldn't hire some php/mysql lackeys (okay, maybe that's pushing it
> > a bit) to spend a month to build an online basic T1 filing website.
> > Maybe, they could leave off some of the more obscure forms -- I could
> > accept that -- but for the average "I have one T4, a few charitable
> > donations, and maybe an RRSP contribution" person, there is no reason
> > that they shouldn't be able to file for free on CRA's website. (Intuit
> > may not be happy -- tough crap.)
>
> I believe the general idea is to maximize the complexity and hence the
> possibility of error. Taxpayers will either err and pay too much (good for
> CRA) or will pay too little so that when the auditor comes around there
> will be a reason to charge penalties and interest to cover the cost of the
> audit.
>
> I'd rather give postage to Crappy Post than Intuit so I do my taxes the old
> fashioned way ... graphite on paper.
>
> --
>
> Dave
>
>
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