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by suter 3y ago
> And the latest design includes a USB-C port to quickly recharge. https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/MNC73CL/A/siri-remote
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by suter 9y ago
Three of us, actually: product manager/designer, non-practicing tax lawyer, and developer. :)
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by suter 11y ago
We added Federal Québec support this year and plan to add the provincial component next year: https://simpletax.ca/jobs . Québec is a challenging province because of Revenu Québec and Bill 101.
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by suter 11y ago
FWIW, we're taking on TurboTax in Canada, https://simpletax.ca . The Canada Revenue Agency introduced an API this year that enables us to auto-fill much of the return: https://help.simpletax.ca/questions&#x2F
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by suter 11y ago
Nice. I promise we're telling the truth. ;) The tax code changes a lot from year to year. Even if we had the tax resources to implement prior years (and the cost/benefit made sense), the CRA doesn't retroactively certify prod
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by suter 13y ago
We implemented search on our help site ( http://help.simpletax.ca ) using the excellent lunr.js ( http://lunrjs.com ) + this Jekyll plug-in ( https://github.com/slashdotdash/jekyll-lunr-js-search ). T
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Bell moves to track customers’ web history, TV viewing(business.financialpost.com)
1 points by suter 13y ago|0 comments
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by suter 13y ago
No, sorry. We started in 2012 and the CRA doesn't do retroactive certifications.
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by suter 13y ago
Awesome! Let us know what you think. Are we crazy? Yes, but hopefully crazy enough to change the industry. We initially set out with the plan to charge a fee, but there is a long list of industry-specific reasons as to why we got a little m
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by suter 13y ago
SnapTax was awesome—until it got acquired and killed. Ever since then, I was really frustrated with the state of tax software in Canada. The fact that over 6 million people still do their taxes on paper, and that most people turn to expensi
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by suter 14y ago
No, you're totally right. I've added our site seal to the footer which verifies our identity. I've also modified our privacy policy with a link to this verification as well. As we get more coverage, we'll add more symbols of trust right at
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by suter 14y ago
Great points. We've tried to build trust by showing that we're real people (e.g. here's what we look like!), but I agree we could do more. Great feedback. The app is—of course—on SSL.
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by suter 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback cmer! And you're totally right—we want to be very careful about using the word free. We are really a "pay what you want" service. We initially offered returns for a flat $10, but being new in this space, we found it
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by suter 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback Mankhool. We're also exploring a version that would just make use of HTML5's local storage. Is that something you would consider?
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Show HN: Disrupting tax preparation in Canada(simpletax.ca)
4 points by suter 14y ago|9 comments
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by suter 14y ago
This site is absolutely beautiful. Well done. I'd love to know a little more about the tools (generators?) that were used as it appears to be a completely static site.