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Looking for an affordable way to file a T2 led me to native Linux tax software for Canadians, "myTaxExpress". Are there others? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by BuoyantCitrus@lemmy.ca to c/personalfinancecanada@lemmy.ca

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Now that I have to file my T2 electronically I went looking for the most affordable way to do that and found T2Express. Not only was it the cheapest at ~$40 but it actually has had a native Linux version since 2020!

I wish I'd found this sooner because they also have a version for doing personal taxes called "myTaxExpress". The main reason I keep a Windows VM kicking around is to file our personal taxes every year with StudioTax and I'd way rather have something I could just run directly and not have to bother with that.

Their T2 software worked well enough for my purposes but a nil return is pretty straightforward. Anyone used their stuff to do their personal taxes and have an opinion on it? Are there any other options out there for Linux native software for filing a T1?

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[–] blakcod@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

StudioTax

Doesn’t have a Linux version but I’d recommend it to anyone else looking.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

It is amazing. My taxes are a bit complex, but it always pointed me in the right direction and filled the forms properly. $15 and I'd be done everything super fast

[–] Undearius@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I know this isn't quite what you're asking for but I have heard of GenuTax for awhile, which is completely free and local

They have an OS survey to help prioritise development, it might be worth sending them some feedback to push for Linux compatibility.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I paid for myTaxExpress as well, and it worked well for my family. I used to use a vm and used StudioTax as well, but having an entire VM and OS installed for one program used once a year was kind of suboptimal to me, so once I found myTaxExpress I was so relieved, had no idea it existed either! Their customer support is also good, solved an issue with my license pretty smoothly.

[–] BuoyantCitrus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for chiming in because that's exactly my situation so reassuring to know it won't be a huge compromise. Where'd you run across it? I felt compelled to post because if it wasn't for the change in T2 requirement I probably would have gone another five years without realising there's a Linux option now.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I definitely didn't learn about it from the canada.ca website, they don't even mention the linux version! I likely heard about on reddit, or from a desperate web search.