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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Maybe you and your 5 accountant friends should surf more. I guess Studio Tax would be right for many people, except for ones doing MORE than 20 tax returns which is about 2% of the people in Canada. Does a free tax program which offers all the same features as the other paid programs cut into your profits?
Sure you have to transfer in your information for that first year, but after that it carries forward. Even those other programs you had to start off the first year manually typing it in.
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I'm just saying that if a bunch of accountants haven't heard of a tax software program, maybe they should some other things to get the word out. I asked a few more today and none of the accountants I asked have heard of it. I'm not saying it's a bad program, I'm saying that it's not as popular as you think it is. If accountants haven't heard of it, why would everyone other Canadian have heard of it?
You said it's mind bottling everyone in Canada isn't using it. If you haven't heard of it, it's hard to use it. I guess we could search the internet for free tax software programs, or we could just pay the $15 for the one we've used, trusted and know that it works. I'm guessing there are many, many things that are cheaper if I spent enough time looking for it. It didn't occur to me and my colleagues to search for free programs for tax software.
Does it cut into my profits? Since I don't prepare tax returns for other people, no it doesn't cut into my profits. Once again, I'm pointing out reasons people may not want to use it or may not use it because they don't know about it.
I know the information carries forward. I'm just saying that people might value their time over an annual fee of $15. If I have the choice between spending an hour or two transferring all of my information forward one year or paying $15 each year to not have to do it, I'm okay with spending the $15. I have a fairly complex return, so it would take more time than the average user.