am i the only one feeling the same about filing my taxes ''whatever you call it'' ???

[Mia001]

i'm not done with it

...the worst is the Québec one .....to me, it's like to tango and i don't know how to dance

it gives me nausea....and headache

they make us fill form A-B-C-....etc....then x% of A, y% of B.....etc....then A+B-C x XYZ....
ok ok maybe it's that i don't like the process .....this is just the way i feel

DH is finish with his and he got the smaller refund that he usually have...

[super807]

If you are still doing your return using the pencil/paper format, trying using a free software program (see the StudioTax thread just started - it can be used in Québec too). You might find it easier. I used last year for first time, and doing my taxes was soooo much simpler. It does the calculations for you.

[super807]

The first year that I worked in Québec (and lived in Ontario) I messed my taxes up enormously thanks to the two different slips (other provinces don't have two slips from one employer). I under-reported how much income tax I had paid, and ended up paying lots of tax. It took me three years to realize the mistake. Fortunately I was within the limit to make an adjustment, and was able to get the money back. I had made mistakes of different types the following two years also. With a tax software program, some of those mistakes wouldn't have been possible (the tax amount one would have still happened though). I won`t go back to pencil/paper method now that I've used the software.

[Natalka]

Mia, I don't like doing them either. I procrastinate terribly....

[Zonny]

If you see me with my hair sticking up on end, it's probably because I've been working on my taxes. Honestly, it seems like these calculations they ask you for are equivalent to asking you to divide the price of bacon in 1932 by the cumulative age of your children (in months). I even use tax software and it makes me mad! The only reward is that we normally get a refund.

[tjthemanto]

i'm not done with it

...the worst is the Québec one .....to me, it's like to tango and i don't know how to dance

it gives me nausea....and headache

they make us fill form A-B-C-....etc....then x% of A, y% of B.....etc....then A+B-C x XYZ....
ok ok maybe it's that i don't like the process .....this is just the way i feel

DH is finish with his and he got the smaller refund that he usually have...

With Software & NETFILE its much easier thesedays .

Mine was done in about half an hour with the Tax software ..but I just had a couple of T4's , T5's & stuff like that , so was pretty simple & not too complicated

[Mia001]

Nat, i'm like you , when it's time to work with figures, i always try to find something more interesting to do...


i'm done !!! yes!!! ....now , i have to write the final forms and some photocopies.....


you know, it's not really that it's long and hard work for me.....it's just that, i think i'm now alrergic to figures ......+ i always wonder why they can't make it easyer.....

[Freestuffrighthere]

just use free software. Really easy

[bdkmosher]

Our taxes were horrifying this year. My husband owes in like two grand because he was on EI and they did not take enough off. We have never owed in before, so I don't even know how to handle it. He is still laid off, not even EI coming in any more, so I don't have $2000 to pay them. I am told you can negotiate some pretty low payment agreements with them without being penalized, I am really hoping that is true, otherwise I don't know what we will do.

[Shirnette]

I hate it too..3 yrs behind but will try to get them started this weekend to get back on track...Uuuuugh!

[madchives]

i used to be great at getting money back, but haven't bothered for oh,,,
10 years, i think - have never seen a gsn rebate so that long.
not proud, just stating the facts ma'am.

[madchives]

Our taxes were horrifying this year. My husband owes in like two grand because he was on EI and they did not take enough off. We have never owed in before, so I don't even know how to handle it. He is still laid off, not even EI coming in any more, so I don't have $2000 to pay them. I am told you can negotiate some pretty low payment agreements with them without being penalized, I am really hoping that is true, otherwise I don't know what we will do.

wishing you good luck bd

[Zonny]

Our taxes were horrifying this year. My husband owes in like two grand because he was on EI and they did not take enough off. We have never owed in before, so I don't even know how to handle it. He is still laid off, not even EI coming in any more, so I don't have $2000 to pay them. I am told you can negotiate some pretty low payment agreements with them without being penalized, I am really hoping that is true, otherwise I don't know what we will do.

They never take enough off EI. But they won't expect you to cough up the whole $2K right away, you should be able to make payment arrangements.

[Ciel]

@bdmosher-make sure your tax returns are in well before April 30, so no interest accrues on balance owing-see if some payment can be sent in with the return. Look for all tax credits-apply for HST/GST credit and check all of the provincial tax credits, children's credits, medical expenses or donations.
I see that CRA has changed the threshold for who has to pay taxes by installment-it is $3000, so no quarterly tax installments will be requested from your husband by the CRA.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/t...ts/wh-eng.html

[bdkmosher]

@bdmosher-make sure your tax returns are in well before April 30, so no interest accrues on balance owing-see if some payment can be sent in with the return. Look for all tax credits-apply for HST/GST credit and check all of the provincial tax credits, children's credits, medical expenses or donations.
I see that CRA has changed the threshold for who has to pay taxes by installment-it is $3000, so no quarterly tax installments will be requested from your husband by the CRA.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/t...ts/wh-eng.html

What does that mean exactly? Does that mean they won't accept payment arrangements? Or that he can leave it until next year and hope it balances out? Or just pay what he can when he can?