april is the first new company in over 15 years to secure the necessary e-file licenses to enable Americans to file in 50 jurisdictions. While we announced our product’s national readiness months ago, we’ve officially secured approvals from state systems and are now successfully filing returns nationwide—marking a historic milestone in the tax software industry. The last time a company achieved national e-file coverage was when april’s VP of Tax, Christina Taylor, led the development of Credit Karma Tax, later acquired by Square and rebranded as Cash App Taxes.
Our breakthrough was made possible by our novel use of AI to translate tax analysis documents into software code, enabling april to accelerate development and reach this coverage milestone in just four years. This same technology ensures we can quickly adapt to constantly evolving tax laws, maintaining agility in an industry known for its complexity.
Achieving nationwide e-file coverage is a critical step in disrupting the legacy tax filing industry. april’s embeddable, white-labeled tax filing experience integrates state and federal questions into a single, intelligent flow—dramatically reducing the number of questions users need to answer. With almost 1.9K potential questions to answer, this year, april’s smart routing system showed taxpayers on average 36 screens to get from start to finish including state and federal tax filings.
Taxpayers are raving about the experience, with a seasonal Net Promoter Score of 60+. More than 30 companies are live with april’s filing products, embedding our flows directly into their platforms to provide a seamless, fully branded tax filing experience within the apps taxpayers already use. From more complex tax use cases in wealth management platforms like Compound and Wavvest to repeat partners like Chime, Gusto, and Esusu, our APIs power real-time visibility into users' progress and even integrates return status updates directly into home screens and dashboards—making critical tax information more accessible than ever.