Have you done your taxes yet?

[macw1960]

No...still procrastinating.

[SimplifiedMommyTips]

ours done and just received the refund last week, which is going back to our savings, used same amount to purchased RRSP.

[electric_viking]

Just did my tax return using Studio Tax. Easy Peasy. Fill in a few lines and it does the rest. Dont even have to do the Provincial and Federal Schedules, it fills them in based on the info you provide.
($6400.00 refund - very large RRSP contribution this year)

[roseofblack25]

Still waiting on a t4 from my seasonal job...I give up...Just going to do my taxes when I go home for the Easter long weekend and get my dad to help me and use my ROE instead of a t4...It will be overstated by a few days of pay, but I guess better than not claiming it...Hopefully I have a decent refund because of school and everything so I can use the money towards first and last rent on a new place in a few months time.

[GoJays]

we both received our refunds on monday

[electric_viking]

we both received our refunds on monday

you're buying coffee this morning

[professionaldude]

I got my refund yesterday! Time to buy a new TV

[roseofblack25]

Okay so I tried to do my refund online but I can't find half the forms to fill out! I give up and am just mailing the freaking paper return. There is no place for me to input other income from doing photo shoots and tv/movies, and there was another form missing that I needed to fill out, plus it wanted me to defer my tuition payments which I never do. I figured it out on paper and come up with $800+ refund, when I tried to do it online with all the missing forms and stuff it said I only got like $100 back since it wouldn't let me fill out the other forms. I give up! Until they make filing taxes online easier to follow for people that have slightly more difficult forms I won't be switching to online. Spent two frustrating hours trying to track down the missing spots to no avail.


On a positive note the taxes are done! (minus my one missing t4 but dad told me if I ever receive the damn thing to just do an amendment since I only made around $1000 the three weeks I worked.)

[Insane]

Okay so I tried to do my refund online but I can't find half the forms to fill out! I give up and am just mailing the freaking paper return. There is no place for me to input other income from doing photo shoots and tv/movies, and there was another form missing that I needed to fill out, plus it wanted me to defer my tuition payments which I never do. I figured it out on paper and come up with $800+ refund, when I tried to do it online with all the missing forms and stuff it said I only got like $100 back since it wouldn't let me fill out the other forms. I give up! Until they make filing taxes online easier to follow for people that have slightly more difficult forms I won't be switching to online. Spent two frustrating hours trying to track down the missing spots to no avail.


On a positive note the taxes are done! (minus my one missing t4 but dad told me if I ever receive the damn thing to just do an amendment since I only made around $1000 the three weeks I worked.)

What are you using online? I use quick tax and have several odd forms and I have no problems with it.

[roseofblack25]

What are you using online? I use quick tax and have several odd forms and I have no problems with it.

I was doing it with studio tax. It didn't give me any option other than deferring my tuition either but yet I get a better refund if I claim it this year...I definitely couldn't figure it out. I'm just going to be old fashioned and mail it...May take longer but at least I am able to claim my "other" income and send in all the other forms I had to do extra that I couldn't get studio tax to give me.

[xox2010]

The best one is ufile (for me). I always do my taxes on each software (I'm weird I know) just to see which one gives me the highest return. Ufile always does. I also always defer my tuition. I'm sure I would get a big refund if I didn't but I'm waiting for when I end up owing taxes to use my tuition amount. (I have about 15K saved up in provincial credits, and 15K in fed. credits at this point).

[smileyKT]

The best one is ufile (for me). I always do my taxes on each software (I'm weird I know) just to see which one gives me the highest return. Ufile always does. I also always defer my tuition. I'm sure I would get a big refund if I didn't but I'm waiting for when I end up owing taxes to use my tuition amount. (I have about 15K saved up in provincial credits, and 15K in fed. credits at this point).

what does defering your tuition mean?


I finally did my taxes over the weekend, got a small refund back. Around what I expected since I don't make much currently and I told my employers to deduct the least possible income tax so I'm not giving the govt a free loan

[xox2010]

It's basically just an option to use your tuition tax credit at a later day. You know how it asks you for your T2202 from your college, the money you paid for tuition is tax deductible, but depending on how much you make it may not make a difference if your income is low. You can save your credit (I'm not sure how many years) until you are in a position where you owe.

[alicia]

Well I did my tax return finally! No refund this year, but I am setting myself up for two very, very nice tax refund (>10k per year) over the next two years... yay loads of tuition tax credits and other big credits (NS has a graduate retention program that is $2500/year for university or $1250/year for college graduates for six years if you stay in NS)

[guessboi]

We did our taxes already but we won't be submitting until the middle of April because we own money this year. lol.