Have an AI control the PC to file taxes
A commenter says they had AI control their PC and submit their taxes for them, in a thread about simple personal taxes with rental income. ·
Done with a custom-built or unnamed agent
- What they did
- In the Reddit thread, the commenter says they had Claude control their PC and submit the return, after filing an extension and turning in taxes the prior month. In a reply describing a similar setup, another commenter says they watched the AI fill out TurboTax screen by screen through a browser plugin on a widescreen display, while they audited the numbers themselves and cross-checked with other models or manual review.
- How it went
- The source only claims it worked "insanely" well and that the user found a few items needing attention during review; it gives no refund, accuracy, or time-saved numbers for this specific PC-control run.
- Worth knowing
- The main catch from the thread is that the user still manually cross-validated the methods and numbers, rather than trusting the agent unattended.
Try it yourself with Claude computer use
Help me prepare my [year] [country] tax return using the documents in [folder path], including [income types, e.g. wages and rental income]. Fill in the forms in [tax software or website] step by step, and tell me which figures came from which document. Pause before entering any login details and before submitting or paying anything, so I can review every number first. You're done when the return is fully filled in and I've got a list of anything you were unsure about.
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Source: Reddit · Nov 6, 2026
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