Tax preparation software and services. Translate the tax code into a refund.
It is a product you buy.
It exists to relieve Manage income, taxes, and bills for the first time and The state takes a share every year and must be told exactly what. That is the whole reason it is here: nothing enters this map without a human problem behind it.
It could not exist without Tax code, Smartphones and internet and Cloud computing and data centres. These are the quiet preconditions — remove any one and the solution stops working.
3 organisations in this map sell it, 2 of them publicly listed.
Its neighbourhood
Everything this entry connects to directly. Click any point to follow it.
The line back to a human being
2 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- SolutionTax preparation software and services
- FrictionManage income, taxes, and bills for the first time
- Life phaseEarly adulthood
- Rooted inScarce resources
- Rooted inUncertainty
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Who sells it
| Organisation | Value | Type | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intuit | $200B | public · INTU | TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks |
| H&R Block | $8B | public · HRB | tax preparation, Spruce banking |
| Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) | government | free tax preparation for low-income filers |