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Giveaway: Four Copies of TurboTax Canada

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CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS.

Did I mention I had a backlog of stuff to giveaway? Today is the giveaway of TurboTax by Intuit. They have graciously provided four copies (winners may choose ANY edition of the software: Standard, Premier or Home & Business). I’ll run this contest as per usual, post a comment down below to enter for your chance to win. I’ll also give you an extra entry for liking my Facebook Fan Page. Like it once, and from now on you are entered in any future contests automatically so long as it’s still “liked”.

A big Thank You to the kind folks at Intuit: please take a look at their product offering online.

Good luck everyone! :)

Contest Rules:

  1. Leave a comment on this post to earn an entry. Limit of one entry per email address.
  2. You can earn a bonus entry by “liking” my Facebook Fan Page.
  3. You must submit your email address on the comment form (so I can contact the winner), but your email address is never shown publicly, and is not sold to any third party companies – it’s just for the contest.
  4. Contest is open until 12pm EST (noon) on Saturday, February 19th, 2011. Winners will be announced and contacted shortly after that.
  5. Winner must answer a skill testing question.
  6. Open to residents of Canada only.
  7. Four winners will be chosen at random, you can only win one copy per household.

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  3. Hi Preet

    Just want to say I really enjoy reading your articles in the Globe and Mail. Keep up the excellent job!

    P.S. — Count me in to win one of the TurboTax software — sure can use the “Premier edition”. Cheers!

  5. Perfect timing… my family is starting to call… they’re wondering if i’ve bought my tax software yet!

  7. It would be great to have a real software package and not use the online system anymore. Thanks for the entry.

  14. Love the way you present your information (especially the investment and tax stuff). It is clear and simple enough to understand, yet the topics are complicated. Thank you!

  17. I enjoy reading the information that you offer. I tell my Advisor what I want done so must keep up on the World of Finance.

  24. Rule 6. Open to residents of Canada only.

    Are there that many non-residents/non-Canadians needing Canadian tax software? :-)

    More for me, I guess.

  25. i love to get free stuff – especially if it’s actually useful.. BTW saw you on CBC news yesterday. Good info on RRSP’s

  27. HI Preet,
    Just a mention about Turbo Tax. These tax softwares are getting better and easier each year. If you have a pretty straightforward tax situation that these make it easy and painless. Even if you have a complex tax return and have done it yourself or closely worked with an tax accountant to understand your qualified deductions you should be able to handling it on your own with maybe some of the more advanced tax software versions of Turbo Tax. It may still be wise to work with a tax pro if you still aren’t sure.
    The one thing I love about CRA is that if you leave out a deduction or two – THEY AREN’T GOING TO CHASE YOU DOWN FOR IT! :-)

    Get what’s yours – Use Turbo Tax!

  34. I have used Quick Tax for years and think it one of the easiest to use but it is getting to be too expensive for preparing 1-2 tax returns

  40. Thanks Preet!
    Would love a copy of the Turbo Tax software.

    BTW, like your appearances on the CBC National off & on.
    Thanks

  42. I have an acctng degree but have only worked in industry, and not in Finance or Accounting for the last 16 years. But, several friends and relatives have always expected that my doing their taxes for them is natural, and I’ve never said no. This would be such a help.

    Thanks Preet, and Good Luck Everyone.

  52. Love your newsletter. Especially since I am Canadian the info is pertinent. I’ve followed your suggestions and comments fervently. Keep it coming.

  53. Wouldnt it be nice to find out what I am losing out on by doing all my taxes on paper ? Count me in for a lucky entry in the draw.

  63. Hi Preet,
    I heard your comments, about the RRSP questions, the other night on the news. I really thought this was one of the better panels and all the input was helpful – thank you. I’m still “on the fence” about maxing out my RRSP’s, though, and will give it a little more thought.

    • Hi Kathy,
      I think if you heed Preet’s advice and look at getting a comprehensive financial plan done that with project what your future tax rate might be in retirement and compare it to what your current tax rate is right now, it may bring a fair bit of clarity to the situation.
      Now you don’ have time to get a proper financial plan before the rrsp deadline so here is what you can do:
      Make the Max contribution before the deadline. Spend the next six weeks (prior to filing your tax return) getting a proper financial plan done and then decide whether to claim the full contribution on this years tax return or defer some or all of it to future tax years. Feel free to reach me through my site http://www.frankwiginton.com if you want more of an explanation or would like to discuss the preparation of a comprehensive financial plan.
      Preet what do think???

  65. Thanks. It’s probably time to try a different tool this time, after using UFile for the last few years.

  67. Wouldn’t mind winning this at all. I like to do my taxes by hand to ensure I understand it all, but it’s nice to have a software package that can correct me :)

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