TurboTax/TaxAct for U.S. citizen living as PR in Canada?

[NimaM]

Hi there,

My wife is a US Citizen and a Permanent Resident of Canada.
I've already filed our Canadian taxes and am wondering if TurboTax or TaxAct would be best to file her American taxes.

She only has 1 T4. Nothing else.
She also made less than 20K last year.

Has anyone else done this or have something else to suggest?

I should also point out that we'd be purchasing the American TurboTax software, not the Canadian.

Thanks for any help!

 

[steaky]

But there are fraud concerns about the software?

 

[NimaM]

Thanks for letting me know about TurboTax.
I somehow missed what happened.

I suppose TaxAct is the way to go unless anyone has experience with any other software.

 

[lawgrrl]

Hi, NimaM--I used the H&R Block product (I think it's TaxAct) for years in the US and am trying it now for the first time as a CDN PR. The process isn't simple to apply the offsetting credits.
See detailed discussions on these Facebook forums: WSJ Expat and US Expat Tax Questions. And good luck!

 

[ellle]

I've been using TaxAct, but here is the link to IRS Free File:

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Free-File:-Do-Your-Federal-Taxes-for-Free