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Income Tax Preparation Help
Online Tax Assistance
Offline (Downloadable) Tax
Software for Free
More Info on Taxes
National Child Benefit
The following organizations offer free help for
disabled or low income persons to complete their income tax forms (during tax
season):
Pensioners Concerned - (613) 962-6657
Community Care for South Hastings - (613) 969-0130
Community Care for North Hastings - (613) 332-4700
Community Care for Central
Hastings - (613) 473-9009
Prince Edward
County Community Care for Seniors Assn - (613) 476-7493
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program - 1-800-959-8281
(Sponsored by Canada Revenue Agency February-April. A list of where
volunteer tax clinics are held in Ontario can be found
here.)
UFile.ca is offering free online tax preparation where
the total family income is $25,000 or less. Note: May have browser
limitiations to access. UFile immediately checks your browser for
compatibility and lets you know if there are any problems. Visit
http://www.ufile.ca/WhyUFile/SaveYourMoney.asp#2.
WebTax4U.ca from MacroNT Inc. is another online service
that provides free income tax preparation for individuals or families
with total income of $25,000 or less. Their regular pricing for tax
preparation is the lowest this year at $11.99 for the first member and
$5.99 for each additional member. Note: Browser limitations to access.
More information is available at:
http://www.webtax4u.ca/.
Inuit (Quick Tax Web) is also offering free online tax preparation
service but only to very low income individuals (gross household income
(line 150 of return) of $20,000 or less). See
http://quicktaxweb.intuit.ca/content/etc/freedom.php?b=intuit.
StudioTax
is free, downloadable tax software for all Canadians who do their own
income tax returns, regardless of income.
http://www.studiotax.com/en/main.htm.
TaxTron offers a free tax preparation software (download only)
for individuals with less than $30,000 net income. NetFile ready.
Windows 2000, XP or Vista is required. Visit their website at
http://www.taxtron.ca/e/r/.
For general information about your taxes, call
Revenue Canada at 1-800-924-0622
If you disagree with your assessment, call
Revenue Canada at 1-800-959-8281
For tax information and services available for people
with disabilities, visit the Canada Revenue Agency's
People with Disabilities page.
ARCH Alert ( PDF,
16 pgs, 181 kb), the newsletter from the
ARCH Disability Law Centre (April 2, 2007 edition), has a section
entitled "Twelve Tax Tips for Your 2006 Return" (pg 3) and "Assistance
with Tax Filing" (pg 8).
To learn more about property tax relief for
residences built or modified to accommodate seniors or persons with
disabilities, visit
this page of the
Guide to Programs and Services for Seniors in
Ontario (scroll down to "Property Tax Relief for Residences Built or
Modified to Accommodate Seniors or Persons with Disabilities")
The National Child Benefit is a monthly payment to
low-income families with children, and benefits and services designed
and delivered by the provinces and territories to meet the needs of
families with children in each jurisdiction. Read more about it at
the
Canada Revenue Agency's site,
http://www.nationalchildbenefit.ca or you can call 1-800-387-1193.
The Canada Revenue Agency also provides information about the
Canada Child Tax Benefit.
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This site provides general information only,
specific to Ontario, Canada. It is
NOT legal advice. 
