I got an email from Cory and Deanna (who I guess are the creators of StudioTax) telling me that their certified Canadian Income tax program, StudioTax, is once again free this year. I tried StudioTax last year and I can confidently say that it’s a very neat, practical tax program. Their claim is also true, the program is totally free; they basically make money by accepting donations and by placing ads on their website.
71 Responses to “StudioTax: A Free Canadian Income Tax Program”
Terry
Will StudioTax work on a MAC with Leopard 10.7 O/S?
JANET
have enter federal T5013 but it does not cary to RL15 provincial
and it does not have RL15 in provincial t slip I am unable to enter the info from RL15
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frank
I did my 2011 tax return with my wife’s to find that my EI contribution was not recorded correctly. I entered the EI contribution amount in the T4 entry 786.76 but it recorded as $78.68 on both of the federal and provincial schedules. However, my wife’s amount was recorded correctly. I assume this is a bug to be fixed.
frank
Sorry, just want to retract the previous comment. I entered the EI Insurable Earnings incorrectly, which resulted in the incorrect EI amount in line 312. It’s not StudioTax’s problem but my incorrect data entry.
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ST user
where do you claim how much you paid for rent? Usually it was input in the first few pages of opening questions about personal information. I remember earlier versions of this program always supporting that.
DG
I keep getting an error message saying that the combined amount claimed on my and my husband’s return for the children’s fitness and arts amounts exceeds the maximum allowed. But this doesn’t make any sense, because I only claimed these amounts on my return. I have checked and double checked but can’t find any error on my part that would generate such a message. I’m wondering if it’s a bug.
pleasedStudioTaxUser
I love Studio Tax but it’s so sad that it’s not compatible with Mac. To the creators, please try to cator to the Mac users for the near future (my PC crashed last year and now I have a Mac) I filed my return on my mom’s PC this year. It was even easier than last year, very user friendly! I was happy to give a donation last year and I will again, beats paying the $ we would pay all those accountants who rip people off, especially for very simple returns.
Note: those who are self employed, good luck filing it yourself. I tried doing this for a friend and it’s challenging. Might be worth paying a pro as this software doesn’t offer much help for that. But if you know what forms you need, you might be fine.
Moom
For those with a Mac, you can use Studio Tax if you run a Windows Virtual Machine using VirtualBox (also free). Not an ideal solution, but it works well enough for me.
Jenny
I’ve used Studio tax for at least 3 years in a row doing taxes for friends and family.
Very good–I love how it’s free, I love how it is easy to use.
I’ve done at least 30 tax returns on this in total and only had a data save error once.
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Leona
I can’t save the file. Here’s the error message: The type initializer for ‘System,Transactions,Diagnostics,DiagnosticTrace’ threw an exception.
Please help… Thank you so much!
Leona
I actually can’t open the existing file. It shows the same error message just like when I tried to save it. Can anybody help? Thanks!
Jim
Works extremely well for very simple returns. For slightly more complex returns, I found UFile much easier and more intuitive.
Bill
How about redoing this web page, so that the latest, most current comments are listed first, instead of the outdated comments from 2008.
Bill
StudioTax worked very well for me.
I have also used FutureTax for years, though it does cost a small charge to buy.
I tried for 1 1/2 hours to try to use this program. I live in Alberta and tried to fill out the AB428 form. I got confused between Provincial Worksheet & Provincial Form. Tried to enter an amount from the Form that I need on the Worksheet and couldn’t do either. Tried double clicking on the box (line 13) and it still wouldn’t let me enter the amount. Gave up. Doing manually. How do I enter this amount???
John F
I like the program and found it pretty easy to learn, but I had one annoying problem: boxes 118 (medical premium benefits) and 119 (Premiums paid to a group term life insurance plan) are put on T1 Line 104 (Other employment income) which they are not, since these are really an addition to my superannuation income. But that’s OK. However, Studio Tax assumes that if Line 104 is non-zero, then I have business or professional earnings and have to complete T2125 or I can’t NetFile. So I have to print and mail. Annoying.
Even so, everything else seems to be correct and the program is well worth a donation.
Will StudioTax work on a MAC with Leopard 10.7 O/S?
have enter federal T5013 but it does not cary to RL15 provincial
and it does not have RL15 in provincial t slip I am unable to enter the info from RL15
Deliver Relinquish Text Messages. Cede deliver sms as a consequence mms worldwide. Add a text-messaging tool to your myspace before website. http://www.forfreesms.com
I did my 2011 tax return with my wife’s to find that my EI contribution was not recorded correctly. I entered the EI contribution amount in the T4 entry 786.76 but it recorded as $78.68 on both of the federal and provincial schedules. However, my wife’s amount was recorded correctly. I assume this is a bug to be fixed.
Sorry, just want to retract the previous comment. I entered the EI Insurable Earnings incorrectly, which resulted in the incorrect EI amount in line 312. It’s not StudioTax’s problem but my incorrect data entry.
Fantastic beat ! I would like to apprentice while you amend your website, how could i subscribe for a blog web site? The account aided me a applicable deal. I were tiny bit familiar of this your broadcast offered shiny transparent idea
where do you claim how much you paid for rent? Usually it was input in the first few pages of opening questions about personal information. I remember earlier versions of this program always supporting that.
I keep getting an error message saying that the combined amount claimed on my and my husband’s return for the children’s fitness and arts amounts exceeds the maximum allowed. But this doesn’t make any sense, because I only claimed these amounts on my return. I have checked and double checked but can’t find any error on my part that would generate such a message. I’m wondering if it’s a bug.
I love Studio Tax but it’s so sad that it’s not compatible with Mac. To the creators, please try to cator to the Mac users for the near future (my PC crashed last year and now I have a Mac) I filed my return on my mom’s PC this year. It was even easier than last year, very user friendly! I was happy to give a donation last year and I will again, beats paying the $ we would pay all those accountants who rip people off, especially for very simple returns.
Note: those who are self employed, good luck filing it yourself. I tried doing this for a friend and it’s challenging. Might be worth paying a pro as this software doesn’t offer much help for that. But if you know what forms you need, you might be fine.
For those with a Mac, you can use Studio Tax if you run a Windows Virtual Machine using VirtualBox (also free). Not an ideal solution, but it works well enough for me.
I’ve used Studio tax for at least 3 years in a row doing taxes for friends and family.
Very good–I love how it’s free, I love how it is easy to use.
I’ve done at least 30 tax returns on this in total and only had a data save error once.
I would definitely recommend it.
I am really impressed with your writing talents and also with the structure for your blog. Is that this a paid subject matter or did you customize it yourself? Either way stay up the nice high quality writing, it’s uncommon to see a great weblog like this one nowadays..
I can’t save the file. Here’s the error message: The type initializer for ‘System,Transactions,Diagnostics,DiagnosticTrace’ threw an exception.
Please help… Thank you so much!
I actually can’t open the existing file. It shows the same error message just like when I tried to save it. Can anybody help? Thanks!
Works extremely well for very simple returns. For slightly more complex returns, I found UFile much easier and more intuitive.
How about redoing this web page, so that the latest, most current comments are listed first, instead of the outdated comments from 2008.
StudioTax worked very well for me.
I have also used FutureTax for years, though it does cost a small charge to buy.
Superb, what a weblog it is! This web site gives helpful data to us,
keep it up.
Im sure its me doing something stupid, but how do I find a way to enter my 3rd T4 information?
Thanks
Dug
I tried for 1 1/2 hours to try to use this program. I live in Alberta and tried to fill out the AB428 form. I got confused between Provincial Worksheet & Provincial Form. Tried to enter an amount from the Form that I need on the Worksheet and couldn’t do either. Tried double clicking on the box (line 13) and it still wouldn’t let me enter the amount. Gave up. Doing manually. How do I enter this amount???
I like the program and found it pretty easy to learn, but I had one annoying problem: boxes 118 (medical premium benefits) and 119 (Premiums paid to a group term life insurance plan) are put on T1 Line 104 (Other employment income) which they are not, since these are really an addition to my superannuation income. But that’s OK. However, Studio Tax assumes that if Line 104 is non-zero, then I have business or professional earnings and have to complete T2125 or I can’t NetFile. So I have to print and mail. Annoying.
Even so, everything else seems to be correct and the program is well worth a donation.