Finally, understand every number on your tax return

Upload your W-2s, 1099s, and tax documents. Our AI reads them, computes your federal and state returns, and explains every line โ€” so you never wonder where a number came from again.

16+ document types 18 states supported Audit-ready explanations

Sound familiar?

Tax season doesn't have to feel like this.

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Numbers you can't trace

Your tax preparer hands you a return full of numbers, but you have no idea where they came from or if they're right.

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Expensive preparers

You're paying $300โ€“$800 for someone to type numbers from your documents into software โ€” something AI can do in seconds.

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Fear of the IRS

If you're ever audited, can you explain every line on your return? Can your preparer? Most people can't.

How BasilTax works

Four steps from a pile of documents to a return you actually understand.

1

Upload

Drop your W-2s, 1099s, 1098s, brokerage statements, or rental docs. PDF, image, or CSV.

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AI reads everything

Every field is extracted โ€” wages, dividends, capital gains, rental income โ€” with page references.

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Compute your return

A complete Form 1040 with Schedule D, Child Tax Credit, QBI, state returns, and more โ€” computed in seconds.

4

Ask anything

"Why is line 16 this amount?" โ€” get answers cited to your actual documents and IRS rules.

What you can do with BasilTax

Upload your documents and let the platform handle the rest โ€” from reading to computing to explaining.

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Reads all your tax documents

W-2s, every type of 1099, mortgage statements, student loans, Social Security, rental income, crypto โ€” even brokerage PDFs from Robinhood, Schwab, Fidelity, and more.

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Computes your actual return

Not rough estimates โ€” real federal Form 1040 math including capital gains, depreciation, child tax credits, and business income deductions.

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Handles your state taxes too

California, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, and 14 other states โ€” with the correct brackets, deductions, and exemptions for your situation.

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Ask questions in plain English

"Why is my refund lower than last year?" โ€” get a clear answer that points to the exact document and page where the number came from.

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Trace every number

Download a PDF that shows exactly where each amount on your return came from โ€” which document, which page, how confident the reading was.

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All your numbers in one ledger

Every amount from every document is organized into a clean, balanced ledger โ€” so you can see your full financial picture at a glance.

Ask anything. Get answers with receipts.

Every answer links back to the exact line on your return and the documents behind it โ€” so you can trust the number and see the proof.

Your Social Security number never touches AI

We know your tax documents contain your most sensitive information. That's why we built privacy protection into the core of BasilTax โ€” not as an afterthought.

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SSNs are stripped before AI sees anything

Before any text from your documents is sent to the AI for extraction, all Social Security numbers, EINs, and personal identifiers are automatically detected and redacted. The AI never receives them.

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PII is filtered on the way back too

When AI responses come back, they're scanned again. If anything that looks like personal information slips through, it gets redacted before it's stored or shown to you.

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Nothing is sold. Nothing is shared.

Your documents and data are never sold, shared with advertisers, or used to train AI models. Secure authentication, encrypted connections, and your privacy respected โ€” always.

Stop guessing. Start understanding.

Upload your first document and see your tax return come to life โ€” every number explained, every line traceable.

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