Be Prepared and Many Happy Returns may have various meanings to different people, depending on whether you were a boy scout, having a birthday, or, preparing for the *big* day. "And what might that day be?" you may well ask! If I said "The Tax Man Cometh", the penny should drop. Or is it a twoonie now?!

Roger Taillon sends us a great site in which you may peruse the latest in tax software. When I checked in, the software had not been updated since last year, but, do not let that stop you from reading all the critiques. The editors choices were narrowed down to two software packages, (Am I glad I have one of these.), and their comments are that next year (which is really now), there should be fewer entries and not much change in their picks. A great page to get the low-down on many of the favourite packages.

Remember, Revenue Canada does not finalize their forms until Jan, so if you purchased a package prior to Jan, there may be a change provided for by the manufacturer of the software. Last year was the first time I tried out a package. Just before leaving on a trip close to the end of April, I decided to do the right thing and prepare my taxes so that would be one less item to tackle on my return home. Much to my surprise, on opening up the software package for the first time, there it was - the notice to call for the free upgrade! A couple of faxes, e-mails and phone calls pleading for rapid assistance were cheerfully forthcoming, but not until my return did I receive the software, just in the nick of time! By the end of the week, a total of at least five software packages had been dropped off on my doorstep, and one for good measure the following week. Talk about service. Needless to say, the same updated software will be used again this year.

THE COMPUTER PAPER'S MANY HAPPY RETURN PAGE

For other sites of interest and even downloading of forms checkout the following:

Revenue Canada
README: About Revenue Canada's Internet Service
What's New
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Publications, Guides and Forms
Small Business Page
News Releases
Revenue Canada Offices and Telephone Listings
Tax Statistics
Other Resources

REVENUE CANADA

Electronic Tax Filing - Article by George Slade
EFILING
Also article at
EFILING - TAXES

Revenue Canada's Consolidated Services
SERVICES

Revenue Canada's Tax Service Offices-Listings of Offices
TAX SERVICE OFFICES - LISTINGS

Tax service office

Clients can get electronic copies of forms and publications, including the income tax package for their province, through the Internet. The authorized access points for communicating with Revenue Canada over the Internet system are:

REVENUE CANADA - FORMS
REVENUE CANADA - FORMS
REVENUE CANADA - FORMS
REVENUE CANADA - FORMS

Questions and Answers on Revenue Canada's Internet Services
REVENUE CANADA - QUESTION AND ANSWERS

The Most Commonly Asked Questions
THE MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Downloadable Revenue Canada Income Tax Forms
These forms will be updated when the forms become available.
D/L REVENUE CANADA INCOME TAX FORMS

Tax and Business Lawyers Page with related Tax articles and tax tidbits updated regularly
TAX ARTICLES AND TIDBITS

Carswell Publishing - Federal Income Tax Links to the following topics:

Canada GST Cases
Canada Income Tax Law and Policy
Canada Tax Cases
Canada Tax Manual
Canada Tax Manual/Canada Income Tax Law and Policy Combo
Canada Tax Planning Service
Canada Tax Service
Canadian Forms on disc
Canadian Forms on disk
Canadian Not-For-Profit News
Canadian Tax News
Canadian Tax Online
Canadian Tax Research: A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition
Canadians Resident Abroad
Department of Finance: Special Income Tax Release Service
Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 5th Edition
Guide to Accounting for Income Taxes
Guide to Personal Financial Planning Forms on disk
Income Tax Act: Department of Finance Technical Notes, 8th Edition
Income Tax Administration in Canada
Income Tax References R�f�rences � la Loi de l'imp�t sur le revenu
Income Tax for the General Practitioner 1986
LEGAL eeze
La fiscalit� au Canada
Materials on Canadian Income Tax, 11th Edition
Pound's Tax Case Notes
Principles of Canadian Income Tax Law, 1st Edition
Revenue Canada Views on disc
Stikeman Income Tax Act Annotated, 25th Edition
Stikeman Income Tax Act, 22nd Edition
Tax Administration Reports
Tax Aspects of Litigation
Tax Court Practice
Tax Evasion
Tax Regulations Reports
Tax Times
TaxPartner�
TaxPartner� Basic
TaxPartner� Basic+
Taxation of Real Estate in Canada
Taxes, Health and Disabilities
The Canadian Taxpayer
The Practitioner's Income Tax Act, Annotated, 11th edition
Understanding Income Tax - For Practitioners 1996-1997

FEDERAL INCOME TAX

And of specialized interest - The US Tax Code Online - Searchable

US TAX CODE

A LATE FLASH FROM VINCE COURTEMANCHE:
Marion, people may be interested in downloading for free a Canadian Income Tax program called Cool Tax. It takes about 28 minutes to do so, is too large for a floppy and must be put on the harddrive. I have just finished using it and it is excellent. It is the T1 General Form with all necessary forms for all provinces. Just put in the numbers from your T slips, it computes, prints on demand in the exact form as the Govt. forms.
Thanks for this Vince, much appreciated!!!

COOLTAX

Marion

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