I Used Claude to File My Taxes for Free

The picture on the page had me thinking maybe this was a joke.

Claude also wrote the blog post, which means I'm not interested in reading it even though I'd love to hear directly from the author about the topic.

> The IRS already has your W-2s, your 1099s, your brokerage statements. It knows the tax rules. For most Americans, the government could calculate their tax bill, send them a pre-filled return, and let them approve or dispute the result. This is how it works in the UK, Japan, Germany, and dozens of other countries. The reason it doesn’t work that way here is that Intuit and H&R Block have spent decades and hundreds of millions of dollars ensuring it doesn’t.

This is crony capitalism and both the political parties are fine with it

it can actually look across conversations, i would make sure to tell it not to. (one fun thing to do is to ask it to look across the past year and generate a claude wrapped where it roasts you.)

i also probably wouldn't use it for anything i don't know how to verify myself.

I've already started loading all of my incoming tax forms into a folder so that I can attempt the same, so it's helpful to see someone do it and the tips.

I understand the risks with it but I don't care. I cannot fucking wait for the SaaSpocalypse to hit these companies.