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1 in 5 Americans to use AI to help file taxes (www.kxan.com)

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

i saw on a sub someone used it, and it gave wrong info back.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Use FreeTaxUSA or OnLine Taxes. Much more affordable online tax tools.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

its free under certain AGI, or if you make alot money, might want to consider other alternatives,.

[–] audit69@programming.dev 2 points 2 hours ago

oh gawd no

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Last year I asked the HR block ai chat bot thing a question and it got it wrong.

[–] bibbasa@piefed.social 13 points 5 hours ago

yikes

[–] ellen.kimble@piefed.social 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Why are we filing and paying taxes anymore? They’ve stripped most things that help the common citizen including things like the SEC that allow the president to pump a stock ticker

[–] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 hours ago

Because my employer garnished my wages to pay taxes, and if I dont file my taxes, the federal will keep my refund.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 0 points 6 hours ago

Good to see only 5 Americans are paying tax. That's a great way to protest misuse of tax dollars

[+] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca -6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, a lot of tax stuff is automated. Mine are pretty straightforward so turboTax handles a huge chunk of the work...

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 31 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Purpose-built tax software is not the same as the random word generator.

[+] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca -6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Neither the article, nor source make a distinction as to whether it's a general purpose LLM or purpose built software.

So it really depends on the question that the poll asked, which as far as I can tell, is not shared.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Judging by the source, they likely asked "do you plan to use AI".

But given that we're talking about the general public, I guarantee most people using AI for their taxes are just asking chatgpt.

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca -2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know the organization so can't speak to the source or their methodology but they do note:

The top ways people plan to use AI is to help answer filing questions, find deductions or credits, and review returns for mistakes.

All of which seem pretty reasonable. If you don't have the money for a professional, at least checking with something that is right more often than not with some basic questions seems perfectly reasonable.

From the reactions above, it seems people are assuming they're just asking chatgpt to do all their taxes, which doesn't appear to be the case.

[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Both Turbotax and Taxact have sections for questions on every section while filing, you can even talk to an advisor while filing. Using AI to review or figure out deductions is just being lazy.