B9 already provides financial relief to tens of thousands of workers by enabling them to get their paychecks faster. Now they’re making it possible to get tax refunds faster too. Powered by a partnership with april, B9 has embedded april’s AI-powered tax filing within their app.

For many workers, tax refunds are the largest deposit they’ll receive all year. According to the IRS, the average refund last year grew to $3,167. For workers living paycheck to paycheck, that money could make a meaningful impact earlier.

But, like the paycheck advance industry before B9, filing has historically been costly and tedious. For example, for workers that must file federal and state returns with 1099 income, filing with leading platforms can easily cost over $100. And, with variable and opaque pricing, that cost may not be clear to workers until the final stages of filing, after they’ve spent considerable time inputting their information.

With B9, workers receive a maximum tax refund guarantee¹ and pay a transparent and flat $30 to file. Live support is included at no additional cost. Not only that, but B9 users will be able to utilize the data they’ve already shared within the app to file faster and more accurately, getting their refund sooner. april uses data imported and added to intelligently skip questions and save the user time, enabling an average time to file of just 40 minutes last year.

"This is the future of inclusive banking,” said Ben Borodach, CEO and Co-Founder of april. “B9 made it possible for workers to easily and painlessly get early access to paychecks, and now they’re doing the same for tax refunds.”