Death and Taxes...and Hockey: Canadians Rewrote the Rules on Sunday

Even the RRSP deadline is no match for Sid and the boys as tax filing drops during gold medal game

MISSISSAUGA, ON, March 5 /CNW/ - Benjamin Franklin once said that "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Well, that's because he wasn't Canadian. If he'd been from the True North Strong and Free, he would have known hockey is part of that universal truth. The proof? Have a look at the QuickTax Online usage statistics from Sunday's gold medal game between Canada and the US.

Canada's most popular online tax software rode the bench as Canadians stopped for a rare treat - three periods and an overtime of gold medal hockey. The peaks and valleys in the chart below clearly show that, even with the RRSP deadline only hours away, Canadians have their priorities.

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