Intuit may have gotten to the Canadian government too (or they are just incompetent) because I lived there a few years, and then moved back to the UK and it sort of crazy how simple and easy things are here, especially for people who are only employees. You don't file anything at all if you are an only an employee in the UK.
Not entirely true, there are lots of reasons why you do need to file in the UK as only an employee. See https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/who-must-send... Although HMRC's self assessment website does make it pretty simple (compared to the US system, at least).
Thanks for the link and correction. Most of these apply to people who have income other than employment, but a couple of them affect employees only (such as those collecting child benefit). I think there's a huge difference how the UK handles this where having to file for an employee is usually an exception rather than a rule whereas every single employee in Canada must do this paperwork.
Or if fortunate to earn over £100k! But I do totally agree with you. And it does seem the obvious way of doing things. The recent changes to the personal allowance are another example of trying to keep the common case simple.
