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Help beside the field
Hover over or tab into a tax-form field to see a plain-language explanation without leaving the form.
Private by design · Free offline · 12 languages online
Tax forms, explained where you need them.
Tax Helper puts clear educational explanations beside the fields you are completing. The numbers you enter stay on the page.
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No account. No ads. No tracking. No sale of personal information.
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Private offline mode
Common explanations and value-format checks run inside Chrome. No account, ads, tracking, or network request is required.
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Optional multilingual detail
Use your own Anthropic API key for requested explanations of unfamiliar fields in 12 languages.
A clear privacy boundary
Your entered values stay on the page.
Tax Helper can read a value locally to flag an obvious format issue, such as an incomplete SSN. The extension does not store or transmit that value. Optional online explanations exclude entered values and run only after setup and a user request.
See exactly what is handledOffline first
Common explanations are bundled inside the extension.
Site-by-site access
Extra websites require a separate Chrome permission that can be removed.
Your own key
Optional online explanations use an API key stored only in your Chrome profile.
No hidden business model
Arc & Ledger does not sell extension data or use it for advertising.
Supported out of the box
For another tax website, open the toolbar icon and choose whether to grant access to that site only.
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Published with accountability
Tax Helper is an Arc & Ledger Accounting product. The firm is led by Burak Genc, EA, MST, an Enrolled Agent enrolled to practice before the IRS.