TaxSlayer Desktop's PrepCheck is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to help answer your tax questions. It can research federal and state questions, referencing the official IRS or state form instructions and the TaxSlayer Pro knowledgebase.
Ask PrepCheck a question, and it will mine its resources for the answer, then present its results along with one or more reference links to the source of its answer.
Where to find PrepCheck in TaxSlayer Pro Desktop:
PrepCheck is located in the top icon toolbar within any menu of the TaxSlayer Pro desktop program:
How to use PrepCheck
Click on the PrepCheck icon, which will open a new internet browser tab. Enter a question in the box, then click the send icon:
PrepCheck will respond:
Caveats:
- PrepCheck's answer is influenced by how you ask the question, so it's best to use natural conversational language and include the specific year, form, state, return type, etc. that you are researching.
- Verify the response for accuracy by selecting the provided reference links.
- PrepCheck might respond "There is no relevant information available for above question" for the following reasons:
- It didn't understand the question. You may want to clarify the question or ask in a different way.
- The question isn't covered in any of PrepCheck's resources. For example, the question may relate to another agency of the federal or state government.