Today is the day in Canada for tax payment. This is for those of you, like me, who have procrastinated about getting their tax payment in. Otherwise, you will have to pay interest. The CRA might come and look closer into your lives.
Buy Quicktax and get it done! Better still, if your taxes are simple, just go to the CRA site, or do it over the phone! Just get it done.
Unemployment Car Insurance Discount?
I phoned my Car Insurance company to ask a question or two about my insurance. I also wanted to add my daughter to the policy, as she is learning to drive. The second question asked was, "... are you still employed at..." I answered no, I was not, which caused an interesting sequence of events.
- Adding a driver who only has their G1 in Ontario with this insurance company costs nothing. They are not allowed to drive without another licensed driver in the car. So, that was nice. When she gets her G2, it will cost me some money, but that is a few months away.
- Since I am no longer commuting to work (i.e. Unemployed), I get a $23 a year discount because I am not driving my car to work. Interesting!
I had not thought about (2). However, they noted on my policy that I commuted in my car to work. Therefore, the discount does make sense. If I return to work and drive there, the discount no longer applies unless I take the bus to work (in Ottawa, that is a stretch unless I am working downtown).
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Every single year its the same thing, get my T4 in February yet and spend two months worrying and procrastinating. Thank god thats done!
For the above poster with the car insurance blurb, the best way to save on car insurance is to not drive very much. Try getting a car insurance quote here, it’s a free comparison thing. You can change whether or not you drive to work and generally play around with the quote.
I just sent in my tax on the 29th! Finally a huge weight lifted off my shoulder. Maybe I shouldn’t have procrastinated lol.