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Free Tax Software - reviews
Software de impuestos gratis - críticas
Logiciels d’impôt gratuits - critiques

I finally finished filing my 2020 taxes over the weekend - the Canadian tax return on Saturday night and the US on Sunday night (and FBAR the weekend before - wish the CRA provided a standard e-file system like the one for FBAR ). I spent more time than I should have on the Canadian return due to difficulties in finding free software that would meet my needs, so I will share my reviews of the Canadian tax software that I have tried so far. My particular needs: T1135 - Foreign Income Verification Statement Rental income ( T776 ) with CCA (Capital Cost Allowance - Canada's depreciation) Investment income - Canada and foreign (US) Wages (Canada) The ability to e-file all returns I used SimpleTax for my first tax year in Canada (2018 tax year), then switched to StudioTax last year for 2019 and was happy with it until they started charging this year for 2020. It is still free with the phone app but not with the computer program; theoretically, you could prepare your return on your c