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Ask HN: Why hasn't AI replaced Tax filing software

3•thelastgallon•40m ago
Intuit has a market cap of ~$80B and there are others. Intuit aggressively lobbies against free tax filing or automated tax filing by IRS, which gets all the info anyways.

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vincent-uden•30m ago
For starters, the average person doesn't use LLMs in any capacity beyond "ChatGPT" or whatever chatbot interface they happen to have latched on to.

I don't know the financial penalties of a faulty Tax filing in America since this is just done automatically for individuals in Sweden by our IRS-equivalent. But I assume this is something you don't want to mess up. If so, apply an general stochasticity argument for why AI isn't end-to-end responsible for much at all where details and correctness really matters.

toomuchtodo•24m ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_Direct_File

You are trying to solve a politics and people problem with non deterministic, unnecessary technology.

“Why does the system insist on inefficiency to suck $80B/year out of taxpayer pockets?” is easy to answer. That is the purpose, by design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...

If we want better outcomes and systems, we need to elect better people. It’s that simple. Better luck next time.

https://fedscoop.com/democrats-bill-would-bring-irs-direct-f...

https://www.warren.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/doc/b...

thereitgoes456•1m ago
Can you be more specific on how you expect AI to do this?

If you’re thinking by an independent, motivated do-gooder, TurboTax costs around $80 for most people, and few people are going to use some untested solution to save that small amount of money, vs. the scare of being fully liable for one’s own tax mistakes.

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