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@return2ozma@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

1 in 5 Americans to use AI to help file taxes

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@MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca on piefed.ca Open parent

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

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@imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works on sh.itjust.works Open parent

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

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@MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca on piefed.ca Open parent

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.

Edit: Even TurboTax, notes that AI has some useful applications for taxes:

https://turbotax.intuit.ca/tips/should-ai-do-my-taxes-canada

Basically, I’d just be careful about wailing and gnashing of teeth when we’re of even confident of the context. Using AI might be as simple as “what does box 1134a refer to?”

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@frongt@lemmy.zip on lemmy.zip Open parent

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.

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MyBrainHurts in !technology

@MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca · 10d

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.

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