I have a confession. I don’t know much about programming. Why would I? I’m an accountant. I know about spreadsheets and taxes and financial planning. Not programming.

Thanks to Microsoft Office Web Apps, I don’t need to be a programmer. I can use spreadsheets that I created in Excel right on my web pages.

Below I have included a basic 2011 personal income tax calculator for British Columbia, which will give you a good estimate of the taxes you will owe for the year. It doesn’t calculate alternative minimum tax, CPP or EI, and the only tax credits it takes into account are the basic personal amount and the dividend tax credit.

Please give the calculator a try, and let me know what you think.

If the calculator isn’t appearing below, please try refreshing the page.

I’ll be releasing a 2012 version soon.