making me enter a special code and fill out forms and pay for the ‘deLuXe’ tax software because only that can handle the right forms

i assume other countries do this too. scum apps more like

  • SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    As an American who moved to Canada, there are similarities but Canada is still one million times better than the US.

    The CRA (Canadian IRS) allows digital access to all tax info. Whatever software or service you use, just log into your CRA account and everything auto-fills. Done in a few minutes. My US taxes have never taken less than an hour, and often multiple hours if there’s anything remotely complicated.

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      10 months ago

      I’m not denying that, but things are still shitty here compared to the country I come from because of the same reasons: lobbyism (by the same companies, even!)