OFFICIAL IRS PAPER-MAILING PDFs (US)
  • Form 1040 — auto-filled from your W-2/1099/1098 imports. Print, sign, mail.
  • Form 4868 (extension)  auto-filled.
  • Supplemental schedules (1, 2, 3, A, B, D, Form 8949, 1040-V) bundled and progressively wired.
  • One-time IAP unlocks both PDFs for life. Restored across your Apple ID devices. Tax Estimate, document review, and the print-summary worksheet remain free.
  LIVE-VERIFIED MAILING ADDRESSES
  • Correct IRS service center based on your state and whether you owe a balance.
  • Verified live against irs.gov every time. Badge: Verified |   IRS differs |  Could not verify
   INDIA — ITR-2 + YEAR-OVER-YEAR
  • Read previously filed ITR-2 PDFs and extract aggregate totals (Gross Total Income, Net Tax, TDS, Refund).
  • Year-over-Year comparison card on Tax Estimate view: last year vs. current year, with delta %.
  • Form 16 / 16A / 26AS / Bank Interest Certificate — per-form extractors using IT Department spec language. Works across HDFC, ICICI, SBI, Axis, and others.
  EXTRACTION — PER-FORM ARCHITECTURE
  • One file per tax form (W-2, 1099-INT/DIV/B/DA/R/NEC/MISC, 1098, 1098-T, 1099-OID/G/SSA/SA). Each form's tolerances tuned independently.
  • W-2 Box 12 (code, value) pair extraction: D=401k, DD=health, W=HSA, etc.
  • On-device VLM arbiter (Gemma 4) re-verifies after import.
  TAX CALCULATOR — AUDIT FIXES
  • 1099, 1098 calculation fixes
  • Withholding key sets corrected for 1099-INT/R/NEC (state vs. federal).
  STABILITY & POLISH
  • Fixed Metal/GGML shutdown errors.
  • Form 1040 address now auto-populates from your saved Profile.
  • New Federal Filing section in Help & About: what you can file, mailing flow, limitations, step-by-step, disclaimer.

  Reach us at tess@knottheory.ai with feedback

Tesseract-Tax v1.5

  • Canada support — T1 General, T4, T4A, T5, T3, RRSP / TFSA forms. Federal + provincial tax estimates with CRA-aligned brackets. Join US, India, UK, Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, and Italy.

  • Gemma 4 on-device AI — faster, smarter chat about your documents and tax situation. Multimodal vision replaces the old extractor: one model now handles document reading, Q&A, and refund reasoning. No data leaves your device.

  • Refund / Owe at a glance — the estimate now shows federal + state tax, withholding, and whether you're owed a refund or owe the IRS.

  • Tax Knowledge Base — a persistent, on-device knowledge store compiled from your documents + OBBB / IRC rules. Answers questions in 2-3 hops instead of re-searching every time.

  • Polish — more complete German, French, Hindi, and Italian translations; iOS memory fixes on older iPhones; PDF OCR no longer prints over handwriting on scanned returns

What's New in Version 1.4
 OBBB Tax Law (Public Law 119-21, signed July 4, 2025):
  - SALT cap raised to $40,000 (from $10,000)
  - Child Tax Credit increased to $2,200/child
  - New deductions: No Tax on Tips ($25K), No Tax on Overtime ($12.5K/$25K), Senior Deduction ($6K/$12K), Auto Loan Interest ($10K)
  - Adoption Credit now partially refundable (up to $5,000)

  Tax Savings Advisor (NEW):
  - 34-rule tax minimization analyzer covering all IRS forms
  - AI-powered personalized analysis via on-device Gemma3
  - Interactive follow-up Q&A with popup answer dialogs
  - Covers: retirement gaps, capital gains harvesting, bracket proximity, charitable strategies, stock options, Roth conversions, HSA, and more

Tesseract-Tax™ now reflects the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act signed July 4, 2025:
OBBB Tax Law Updates (Public Law 119-21)
  - SALT cap raised to $40,000 — Up from $10,000. Phases out above $500K AGI. MFS: $20,000.
  - Child Tax Credit: $2,200/child — Increased from $2,000 for 2025.
  - No Tax on Tips — New deduction up to $25,000. Auto-extracted from W-2 Box 7/8.
  - No Tax on Overtime — New deduction up to $12,500 (Single) / $25,000 (MFJ).
  - Senior Deduction — Additional $6,000/$12,000 for taxpayers age 65+.
  - Auto Loan Interest Deduction — Up to $10,000 for US-made vehicles.
  - Adoption Credit — Now partially refundable (up to $5,000).
  - 100% Bonus Depreciation restored for business property (CorpTax).
  - Ask the LLM about any IRC section or OBBB provision — 13 new OBBB entries and 45+ IRC sections are now searchable in the chat RAG.
  - Type "SALT", "tips", "overtime", or any tax term to see autocomplete tags with full legal references.
  - Calculation log ("How did I arrive at this estimate?") now shows each OBBB deduction step with IRS reference links.
  - New input section on Tax Estimate screen for children, age 65+, overtime pay, auto loan interest, and adoption expenses.
  - Improved W-2 extraction: Box 7 (SS tips) and Box 8 (allocated tips) now extracted and cross-verified.
  - Fixed multiple-window issue on macOS (Cmd+Tab).
  - Fixed Gemma3 model detection when switching between App Store and development builds

International Tax Support — 8 Countries!
Tesseract-Tax goes global. Collect, scan, and organize tax documents for the United States, India, United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany, France, and Italy.
  - Country-specific institution catalogs, tax brackets, deductions, and credits
  - Auto-detects country from PDF content
  - Country-specific tax estimation

  India: Form 16, Form 16A, Form 26AS, ITR-V, Section 143(1) Intimation. Old & New regime with 80C/80D/80G/80TTA deductions, HRA exemption, Section 24(b) home loan.

  UK: P60, P45, SA100 Self Assessment. Income Tax + National Insurance.

  Germany: Lohnsteuerbescheinigung, Einkommensteuerbescheid. Kirchensteuer/Soli.

  France: Avis d'imposition, Déclaration 2042. Quotient familial.

  Italy: Certificazione Unica, Modello 730. IRPEF + addizionali.

  Ireland: Employment Detail Summary, Form 11. USC + PRSI.

  Australia: PAYG Payment Summary. Medicare Levy, superannuation.

  New US Forms
  - 1099-SA (HSA distributions) and Form 8889 (HSA contributions)
  - HealthEquity and Optum Bank in catalog

  Vault: CSV import for passwords (Safari, Chrome, 1Password, Bitwarden). Auto-hide after 15 seconds.

  Other: 118 institution URL fixes, unified Help with per-country tax guide, localization (English, Hindi, German, French, Italian), Delete Year, improved W-2 detection.

Bug fixes:
In Scanning using iPhone camera and saving documents

Update Unity version