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🚀 "Embedded taxes will become a standard feature in financial services" -Christina Taylor, MBA, EA In a chat with Tearsheet’s Sara Khairi, Christina dives into the untapped potential of embedded taxes in fintech. From the decade-long evolution of e-filing to the seamless integration of tax services into banking and payroll platforms, it's clear—taxes are no longer a one-time event but a continuous, integrated financial journey. The next 5 years? Expect taxes to be embedded in everything. #fintech #embeddedfinance #taxtech Full article link in comments below 👇

If your Gen Z strategy is just TikTok, you’re missing 99% of the equation. Gen Z is breaking records in financial literacy, homeownership, and income. To stay relevant, financial services need to deliver hyper-personalized digital tools, complete with data, insights and proactive education. In Ben Borodach's latest LinkedIn article, he dives deep into what this lucrative generation wants when it comes to the financial tools they use: 📱 Gen Z wants all-in-one mobile financial management 📊 They demand personalized, data-driven services 🎓 Empowerment through education drives loyalty Want to crack the Gen Z code? Find out how embedded tax can make their fintech dreams a reality...

Why should tax software have a 'season' when tax planning is year-round? At april, we’re building tools that keep users engaged beyond filing. It’s not just good business—it’s smart tax strategy, as cofounder and CEO Ben Borodach shares in Fast Company's latest article, 'How to Build Sustainable Growth in Seasonal Industries.' Here's the TL;DR: 🗓 Engage users year-round—effective tax planning is an ongoing process ⏩ Adapt fast with in-season iterations to maximize impact during peak periods 🇺🇸 Use AI to scale—april is set to be the first new national e-file provider in 15 years Tax planning never sleeps, and neither should your strategy. Get the full scoop here: https://lnkd.in/gN_wbkES #TaxTech #AIInnovation #BusinessGrowth

ICYMI: the Money20/20 agenda just dropped 💧 april's CEO & cofounder Ben Borodach will take the stage to reveal why tax data is the secret sauce your product ecosystem didn’t know it needed. This year’s theme? AI in financial services is finally having its moment. But let’s be real—AI is only as smart as the data it’s fed. That’s where we come in. At april, we’re transforming the tax return from a once-a-year headache into a year-round financial super power. Don’t miss Ben’s session at Money20/20. It’s time to turn tax data into your competitive edge. #money2020 #ai #fintechnews

AI for taxes is here! In this episode of AI Innovators Podcast, we interview Daniel Marcous, CTO of april, an AI-powered tax software that's making tax prep easier for everyone. Daniel is also the ex-CTO of Waze where he solved another issue most people hate - sitting in traffic. Some highlights: - Solving for everyday problems like taxes and traffic - Why the role of data scientists is going away - How April got CPAs working together with AI/ML engineers to make AI-powered taxes accurate - A rapid-fire AI Q&A powered by Microsoft Copilot Link to the podcast in comments. #podcast #ai #taxes #startup

It's Virgo ♍ season, and here at april, we embrace every horoscope in their fullest form. Virgos, with their keen eye for detail and love for order, might spend part of their tax refund on a professional organizer—only to perfect the job themselves afterward. The rest? Wisely funneled into cash, stocks, and retirement via Robinhood. We could all take a page from their book. And if you're not embedding april's Filer into your product next season you could be losing out on a $350B tax refund market. Don't let your fate fall to the stars.

Building a tax platform is harder than explaining crypto to a 5th grader. Good thing we’re up for the challenge 💪 Read all about how we've built a first-of-its-kind tax platform from april's very own Christina Taylor, MBA, EA in a in-depth feature in Tearsheet. 👩💻 AI-powered tax engine: With our Tax-to-Code software development process and robust aprilOS platform, we're enabling seamless, lightning-fast tax logic implementation—setting a new standard in tax tech. 🇺🇸 Nationwide coverage: We’ve engineered our platform from the ground up AND we're on track to become the first new national e-file provider in 15 years, ready to deliver comprehensive tax solutions at scale. 📦 Built for partners: Our custom infrastructure is designed for seamless integration, allowing your platform to offer smart, efficient tax filing & estimation directly within your ecosystem. Curious about how we’re redefining tax tech? Read on at the link in comments. #taxtech #aiinnovation #collaborativeai

Fintechs have leveraged the boom in embedded finance to offer a range of banking and payment solutions, but the tax industry has experienced relatively slow progress. However, fintechs are now pursuing alternative strategies — such as partnerships or developing proprietary technology — to establish their presence in the embedded tax space. We unpack the inner workings of how tax software provider april built its platform and handles its infrastructure to offer e-filing capabilities in today’s market, featuring insights from Christina Taylor, MBA, EA, VP of Tax Development and Delivery at april. Read the full story: https://t.ly/euSTV #Tax #EmbeddedTax #EmbeddedFinance

Filling out tax forms line-by-line? 🙅♂️ Rude. Prefilling forms with data import? 💁♂️ Very demure, very mindful. april has robust data-in capabilities that ingests the relevant information you've already collected from your customers to drastically reduce the time to file. Solve a real customer problem and upgrade your customer's filing experience this season by adding april to your product ecosystem. #verydemure #canigetanupgrade #taxtech

We asked taxpayers across America: What's the most annoying thing about tax filing software? 🤔 The consensus: those repeat questions that make you feel like you're stuck in a taxes Groundhog Day. And when they tweak the wording just enough to confuse you, it’s like the software is testing your patience, not your knowledge. Meet april. We’re built differently. Our tech ingests data from our partner platforms and skips those pesky repeat questions. We’ve combined federal and state into one seamless flow, so you only answer once, and we do the rest—filling out all the forms for both filings. Powered by AI, april makes filing smarter, faster, and way less annoying. #taxtech #aiinnovation #fintech