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TaxTron has been designed, by Canadians for Canadians, to allow the user to prepare their personal Canadian tax returns quickly and easily. Able to handle returns from simple to complex, Federal, Quebec and Alberta returns, electronic filing or the traditional printing and mailing of your return, the program has been engineered to maximize your refund, getting you the best refund you deserve.

Licensing and Activation

Professional users must purchase a license prior to obtaining the software. Upon attempting to print or NETFILE the first return for your clients, you will be prompted to activate the software using your license number. This license number is linked to your EFILE number, and different EFILE numbers require corresponding unique license numbers.

For the personal user, TaxTron is free to download and prepare your returns. However, you must purchase a license in order to print or NETFILE a return, unless your total income is $31,000 or less or you are a full-time student for at least 4 months as noted on your T2202A tuition form. If the software has not been activated and a license is required, it will automatically ask for the license information when attempting to print or NETFILE a return.

Note: Under CRA guidelines, there is a limit of 20 returns per machine that can be filed by individuals, either by print or electronically, regardless of the number of returns prepared. Professional users are registered with CRA and not subject to these limits.

To review your license usage in TaxTron for Windows®, go to the Tools menu and select License Usage. Note that professional users have no limit on usage so this option does not appear in the Professional software.  

Help and Support  

Our TaxTron support staff are ready to assist you. Should you have questions or require assistance, you can contact us by several methods:

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What's New in TaxTron

• CPP pensionable earnings- The maximum contribution has been changed to $55300 and the maximum amount of CPP contributions has been increased to $2564.10. The maximum amount of CPP contributions for employment earnings is $2564.10  and the maximum revised amount for self employment earnings CPP contribution is $5128.20.

• QPP Pensionable earnings -The maximum contribution for QPP pensionable earnings has been increased to $55,300. The maximum revised amount of QPP contributions is $2797.20 for employment earnings and for self employment earnings is $5594.40.  

• PIP Insurable earnings - The maximum insurable income for PPIP premium for Quebec has been increased to $72,500. For employment earnings the maximum premium is $397.3 and the maximum premium for self-employment earnings is $705.43.

• Canada caregiver amount – The Canada caregiver amount has replaced the family caregiver amount, the amount for infirm dependants age 18 or older (line 306), and the caregiver amount (line 315) by the following new lines

• Line 304 – Canada caregiver amount for spouse or common-law partner, or eligible dependant age 18 or older

• Line 307 – Canada caregiver amount for other infirm dependants age 18 or older.

           This amount is set at $2,150 per child for 2017.

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• Children fitness tax credit ( Line 458 and 459): The children’s fitness tax credit has been eliminated for the 2017 and subsequent tax years and the following fields have been deleted:

- 458 Eligible fees for the children’s fitness tax credit

- 459 Children’s fitness tax credit

• Children’s arts amount : The federal children’s arts amount has been eliminated for the 2017 and subsequent tax years. The provincial equivalent at field 5841 for British Columbia, Manitoba, and Yukon remains unchanged.

• Tuition, education, and textbook amounts:  For 2017 and later tax years, the federal education and textbook amounts have eliminated. Unused federal tuition, education, and textbook amounts from 2016 and previous years can still be for carried forward. Complete the Schedule 11 to calculate the eligible claim for 2017 and any unused tuition amount that can be transferred to another person or carry forward to a future year.

• Labour-sponsored funds tax credit: The tax credit for the purchase of shares of federally registered labour-sponsored venture capital corporations has been eliminated for the 2017 and subsequent tax years.

• Express NOA : This new service delivers an instant assessment result message and provides a notice of assessment directly into the certified tax software the next day. To use the service, you must be registered for online mail and file electronically using TaxTron software.

• Change of address : Change of Address service has been introduced for Netfile.