Intuit Canada

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Intuit Canada
Type General partnership
Founded Edmonton (1992)
Founder(s) Bruce Johnson, Chad Frederick
Headquarters Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Industry Computer software
Products Personal finance, accounting and tax return software
Parent Intuit
Website www.intuit.ca

Intuit Canada is a developer of financial software, including personal finance management, small business accounting and tax preparation software, as well as Web-based services. The company is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and has offices in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Intuit Canada employs more than 350 people and is a subsidiary of Intuit.

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[edit] Profile

The company was founded in 1992 by Edmontonians Bruce Johnson and Chad Frederick, two University of Alberta graduates. Bruce, a computer programmer, and Chad, an accountant, decided to build a tax preparation product called WINTAX - Canada's first[citation needed] Windows-based personal tax preparation software. In 1993, they agreed to be acquired by Chipsoft, manufacturer of the U.S. personal income tax software TurboTax. Shortly after the WINTAX acquisition Chipsoft agreed to merge with Intuit, the developer of the Quicken financial software.[1]

Intuit Canada continued to update and support the WINTAX software, which was renamed QuickTax in 1995, and quickly became the hub for international development at Intuit, producing localized versions of Quicken and QuickBooks for Canada (in French and English) and the United Kingdom. The U.K. version of Quicken was discontinued in 2005.[2]

While Intuit Canada does internally offer technical support and customer service, it does also rely on third-party companies to offer these services. The internal support is offered directly from call centres in Edmonton and Calgary. French-language support of QuickTax, ProFile, Quicken & Quickbooks is provided by Nordia Inc.[citation needed] Additional English-language support for QuickTax, TaxWiz and Quicken is provided by Daksh eServices.[3]

[edit] Products

[edit] Current Products

  • QuickTax [1] - offered in Basic, Standard, Platinum, and Business Unincorporated versions, as well as QuickTax 20 for preparing multiple returns.
  • ImpôtRapide [2]- French language version of QuickTax - offered in de base, de luxe, platine and entreprise non incorporée versions.
  • QuickTax online - Online versions of Free, Student, Standard, Platinum and Business Unincorporated.
  • ImpôtRapide en ligne - Online versions of ImpôtRapide gratuit, étudiant, de luxe, platine and entreprise non incorporée.
  • QuickBooks - Small business accounting and financial management software, offered in EasyStart, Pro and Premier versions.
  • QuickBooks Payroll Solutions - extends QuickBooks Pro and Premier into an in-house payroll solution.
  • QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions [3] - for midsized companies that require more capacity, functionality and support than is offered by traditional small business accounting software; includes QuickBooks Payroll.
  • QuickBooks Succès PME [4] - French language version of QuickBooks, offered in Succès PME, Succès PME Pro, and Succès PME Premier versions
  • QuickBooks Succès PME Service de paie - French language version of the Payroll Solutions
  • Quicken - Personal financial management software, available in Cash Manager and Home & Business versions.

[edit] Discontinued Products

  • TaxWiz - Tax preparation software - company purchased in 2002, discontinued in 2007
  • SnapTax.ca - web-based tax solution for individuals with simple tax returns (discontinued in 2006)
  • Will Expert - Software package for preparing personal wills (for use within all of Canada with the exception of Quebec, due to specific provincial legislation)

Intuit also offers solutions for professional accountants and tax-preparers, available through Intuit Greenpoint, based in Calgary, Alberta. Intuit Greenpoint's main product is PROFILE, which provides tax software products to offices in all jurisdictions of Canada.

[edit] Recent Changes

In 2008, Intuit Canada discontinued the TaxWiz software and added QuickTax Basic to their lineup. Changes made by the Canada Revenue Agency forced Intuit and other tax preparing software companies to limit the number of returns available from their software to 20.[5] This caused Intuit Canada to stop offering QuickTax Pro50 and Pro100 products, and they now offer QuickTax 20 as an alternative.

[edit] Awards

In October 2008, Intuit Canada was named one of Alberta's Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc., which was announced by the Calgary Herald[4] and the Edmonton Journal.[5][6]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Pilger, Rick (2001-07-09). "A taxing success story". Express News. University of Alberta. http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=320. Retrieved on 2008-01-10. 
  2. ^ "Important notice for Quicken Users". quicken.co.uk. Intuit Limited. http://www.quicken.co.uk/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-10. 
  3. ^ "Call Centers in India". BPOIndia.org. http://www.bpoindia.org/companies/index-d.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-01-10. 
  4. ^ "Calgary Herald, "Alberta’s top 40 places to work”, October 18, 2008". http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/story.html?id=02b19397-2fdf-4039-ba29-b93eaf908adb. 
  5. ^ "Edmonton Journal, "Alberta's best focus on attracting, keeping staff", October 31, 2008". http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=5bc8514a-b0eb-4538-bab4-a63f11f51a16. 
  6. ^ "Reasons for Selection, 2009 Alberta's Top Employers competition". http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-intuit-canada. 
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