TurboTax Canada
The facts below are what the maker publishes about TurboTax Canada, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From TurboTax Canada's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Simple tax situations |
| Deluxe | — | Donations · Medical expenses · Employment expenses |
| Premier | — | Capital gains and losses · Investment income · Foreign income |
| Self-Employed | — | Self-employment, side gig or freelance income · Rental income |
| Do It Yourself Free | Free | simple tax situations · excludes many deductions and investment/self-employment income · per return |
| Desktop Basic | C$27, paid once | federal and provincial returns including Quebec · Forms mode · Windows only · includes 4 returns |
| Do It Yourself Deluxe | C$30, paid once | Free features · donations · medical expenses · employment expenses · per return |
| Desktop Standard | C$45, paid once | Basic features · 400+ credits and deductions · spouse/dependant optimization · Windows only · includes 8 returns |
| Do It Yourself Premier | C$50, paid once | Deluxe features · capital gains and losses · investment income · foreign income · per return |
| Do It Yourself Self-Employed | C$70, paid once | Premier features · self-employment income · side-gig/freelance income · rental income · per return |
| Desktop Premier | C$100, paid once | Standard features · stocks, bonds, ESPs and mutual funds · rental property income and expenses · Windows only · includes 12 returns |
| Desktop Home & Business | C$150, paid once | Premier features · self-employed income and taxes · business deductions · Windows only · includes 12 returns |
The facts
Each one read from TurboTax Canada's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and import integration
- Intuit offers TurboTax import partners a self-hosted FDX or OFX API workflow with authentication, server testing and end-to-end integration.checked 20 Oct 2026
- API extensibility
- Import partners can customize provider contacts, logo, field labels and help text on the TurboTax authentication screen.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Audit support
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Canadian legal entity
- CRA identifies the provider as Intuit Canada, while the app store identifies the developer as Intuit Canada ULC.checked 20 Oct 2026
- CRA Auto-fill
- Users can connect a CRA My Account to import tax slips and personal tax information.checked 20 Oct 2026
- CRA certification
- CRA lists TurboTax Online as NETFILE-certified for tax years 2023 through 2025 and lists Auto-fill, NETFILE, ReFILE and T1135 services.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Deduction search
- TurboTax automatically searches more than 400 credits and deductions for potentially eligible items.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Desktop operating system
- TurboTax downloadable desktop products are offered for Windows devices only; online filing works on current browsers on PC or Mac.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- The import-partner documentation covers API setup, testing, integration, mock data and implementation timelines, with resources gated behind partner enrollment.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Form limitations
- For 2025 returns, CRA lists unsupported electronic transmission for emigrant returns and several forms including T1134, T2203, T217 and T2057.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Google Play availability
- The Canadian Android app shows 500K+ downloads, receipt tracking, CRA Auto-fill and encrypted-in-transit data.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Hosted integration
- Intuit also offers an Intuit-hosted option where partners upload W-2 data to Intuit’s secure data center.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Investment income
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Licence
- TurboTax is proprietary software under a limited personal license; the online terms prohibit copying, redistribution, reverse engineering and commercial preparation of returns.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Limit: checkout and pricing complaints
- Trustpilot reviewers report confusing checkout totals, unexpected Expert Assist charges and prices much higher than expected.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Limit: filing and login failures
- PissedConsumer reports include users stuck at order review or unable to NETFILE, update identity details or access support.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Limit: support availability
- Trustpilot reviewers report difficulty reaching paid experts and long waits when expert capacity is full.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- web_and_mobilechecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn identifies Intuit as a public software company founded in 1983, headquartered in Mountain View, California, with more than 10,001 employees.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Cross-device continuity
- The app says filers can move between laptop, mobile app and tablet and continue where they stopped.checked 20 Oct 2026
- Limit: app glitches
- Apple reviews include white-screen login failures, account-access problems and complaints that previously free deductions triggered paid upgrades.checked 20 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Limit: price
- G2 reviewers say deeper help and business editions can cost substantially more than personal tax software or competitors.checked 20 Oct 2026
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