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The AI filled my tax forms on three sites and filed on the one with no filing fee

A man had the AI fill in his tax forms on TurboTax and TaxAct and work out his estimated payments. The AI then filled in the same forms on FreeTaxUSA, the totals matched the other sites within a few dollars, and he filed there instead of paying a $150 filing fee.

$150one time

How it works

  1. The AI fills in his forms on TurboTax
  2. The AI fills in the same forms on TaxAct and works out estimated payments
  3. The AI fills in the same forms on FreeTaxUSA
  4. He compares the totals and they match within a few dollars
  5. He files on FreeTaxUSA

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent filled in the same return on three different tax sites so the numbers could be checked against each other before filing.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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