Clawing our way to financial independence

Last year I filed my taxes online, including my business taxes, with Quicktax online. This year I started using this program but was getting very frustrated with the interface, so decided to try out UFile as well.

Here are the reasons I prefer UFile now:
1. UFile costs $23 to file, while Quicktax (with a discount coupon) would have cost $68 to file.
2. UFile has a much easier to use interface which allows you to move back and forth throughout the tax claim very easily, whereas Quicktax was slow, cumbersome, and made you navigate one page at a time backwards.
3. UFile's filing system is much more transparent, allowing you to see exactly where you are in the process at any time by looking on a detailed sidebar menu. With Quicktax I always felt lost in its internal bowels, never sure where I was going, or what was next.
4. The business portion of UFile (which Quicktax now makes you pay more for) is VERY CLEAR, and, another huge advantage over Quicktax, automatically calculated Mr W's partnership share without having to enter the same information twice.

One downside to UFile: I had to tweak one of the calculations for business to have it calculate correctly. It was calculating an expense in my favour, but was incorrect.

One plus to Quicktax: I liked the RRSP optimizer which allows you to see the benefits of purchasing more RRSPs on your tax savings. It also has a really pretty look to it. But both those points are really just eye candy.

If you like bling then Quicktax may be for you, but if doing your taxes just needs to be easy and not pretty, try out UFile.