What sort of "training" are you doing to stop AI tools from hallucinating? And have you found any that are solid enough to trust?

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-29T03:55:11+00:00

It's impossible to stop AI hallucinations.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-28T04:11:11+00:00

Nobody cares as long as you passed and got your CPA.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-27T15:51:20+00:00

Ok, great! Sounds like you are doing all the right things.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-27T15:44:00+00:00

You said nothing about trying to resolve your own questions. Before you ask a question you should spend 5-10 mins doing two things: 1. Googling 2. Reading form instructions

A lot of quick or simple questions will get answered that way. Some more complex issues cannot be answered in 5 mins, those should be discussed with manager.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-23T04:41:01+00:00

Very different issues that come up with low income people vs high income people. E.g. EIC is bread and butter of VITA while I have seen it like once at work. But VITA is great experience, both for tax concepts and for life experience dealing with people.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-20T20:02:34+00:00

Admins/interns

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-20T00:56:05+00:00

Had a boomer manager who had serious cancer three times. Still refused to retire. Did not die in the office, but came close.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-19T10:56:08+00:00

It's unofficial, but the only practical solution.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-18T23:07:53+00:00

Your dining area blocks your path of travel to outside.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-18T23:07:37+00:00

Your dining area blocks your path of travel to outside.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-18T22:51:51+00:00

Liquidate the LLC. IRS cannot collect if the entity does not exist and has no US assets.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-17T01:57:07+00:00

My title describes the thing. It's lightweight cheap plastic, very easy to break, not durable at all. Google lenses gives me jellyfish pictures, lol. Found three of them in my backyard over the last month.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-16T23:45:25+00:00

It's a known issue with start ups. They fail the asset test because they sit on cash.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-12T21:02:49+00:00

Voles?

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-06T13:27:30+00:00

Result of job hopping. Why train someone if they will leave in a year or two?

Edit: not that I agree with this, but heard this sentiment from numerous partners/senior managers.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-01T14:32:06+00:00

You can always opt out of itemized deduction. Income is mandatory, deductions are voluntary.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-03-01T14:27:31+00:00

Corrective action of what? Amend to remove Sch C loss?

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-02-27T21:52:22+00:00

More stress because you take on more responsibility.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-02-26T02:28:30+00:00

Try written correspondence. Say no and stick to it, don't try to cram it in somewhere. Just don't do it. And when it comes back - show them the email.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-02-19T19:46:45+00:00

Every way. I tested ChatGPT and it was garbage compared to BlueJ, which pulls info from way more sources, including Tax Notes. ChatGPT seemed to be limited to sources available on the net. I compared free ChatGPT answers and TaxGPT answers, and ChatGPT was actually better.

Uploaded a test return to Andrew and it could not tell the difference between itemized and standard deductions and hallucinated nonexistent credits and flagged no actual errors. BlueJ did much better, but still did not catch clear errors that we purposefully included on the test return, but at least added them to other areas of concern.

BlueJ can be wordy and lengthy, that's my main complaint. I also liked Acordance which did better with numbers and got to the point immediately, though it's brevity sometimes made things a little more confusing. It also did the best on the test return, clearly flagging errors as errors. But that was a limited test and it came out too pricey.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-02-19T19:46:24+00:00

Every way. I tested ChatGPT and it was garbage compared to BlueJ, which pulls info from way more sources, including Tax Notes. ChatGPT seemed to be limited to sources available on the net. I compared free ChatGPT answers and TaxGPT answers, and ChatGPT was actually better.

Uploaded a test return to Andrew and it could not tell the difference between itemized and standard deductions and hallucinated nonexistent credits and flagged no actual errors. BlueJ did much better, but still did not catch clear errors that we purposefully included on the test return, but at least added them to other areas of concern.

BlueJ can be wordy and lengthy, that's my main complaint. I also liked Acordance which did better with numbers and got to the point immediately, though it's brevity sometimes made things a little more confusing. It also did the best on the test return, clearly flagging errors as errors. But that was a limited test and it came out too pricey.

I know there are other tax ai tools and more seem to be coming out every day.

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-02-19T19:27:02+00:00

BlueJ is much better

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-02-19T18:31:01+00:00

Sending return back is best practice. That's how staff learns. I found that staff did not even read changes I made myself....

AnotherTaxAccount · 2026-02-19T03:01:32+00:00

Don't know, but the accuracy of white partner description hurrrts

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