AI does the volume. An accountant owns the answer.
Fair question: is an AI doing your taxes? No. Here is exactly what the AI does, what it never does alone, and who is professionally accountable for your file.
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taxifi · Division of labour
Who does what
- Categorizing 412 transactions AI
- Balancing every account AI
- Reviewing the month accountant
- Advising, signing, filing accountant
Where the line sits
Most of bookkeeping is pattern recognition done at volume. Software is better at that than people. Judgment is not pattern recognition, so judgment stays human. The line is explicit, and it does not move.
What the AI does, every day
- Categorizes every transaction as it lands
- Tracks what you owe CRA as you earn
- Keeps every account balanced, continuously
- Flags anomalies and anything it is unsure about
- Drafts the monthly report for review
What it never does alone
- It never files anything with CRA
- It never gives tax advice
- It never signs a report or a return
- It never guesses; uncertain items go to a human
- Nothing leaves the building without accountant review
Who is accountable
A Canadian accountant reviews your monthly report before it is signed, answers your tax and business questions, advises on the decisions that have tax consequences, and prepares and files your returns. taxifi is CRA EFILE authorized, and the professional on your file carries the professional obligations that come with the designation: standards of practice, confidentiality, and accountability for the work.
That is the difference between accounting software with an AI feature and an accounting firm powered by AI. Software gives you tools and leaves you responsible for the result. A firm is responsible to you for the result.
If the AI is ever wrong, that is our problem to catch, and the review process exists to catch it. You are not the quality control.
Why build it this way
Books that are current
A human bookkeeper touches your file a few hours a month. The AI touches it every day. That is why your books are current every morning instead of ninety days behind.
Accountants doing accountant work
Because the volume work is automated, your accountant's time goes to review, planning, and your questions, not data entry. You get more judgment per dollar, not less.
Honest about the machine
We tell you exactly what the AI does because the answer is good. Firms that are vague about their automation are usually hiding either how little they use it or how much.
The questions everyone asks
So is my T2 done by a robot?
No. Your T2 is prepared and filed by a Canadian accountant, working from books the AI kept current and clean all year. The AI makes the accountant faster and better informed. It does not replace the accountant, and it cannot file.
What happens when the AI gets something wrong?
Uncertain items are flagged to a human instead of guessed at, and an accountant reviews the full month before anything is signed. If something still slips through, we fix it and we own it. The review exists precisely because no automation is perfect.
Do I talk to a person or a chatbot?
A person. Questions about your file are answered by the team that works on it, including your accountant. We use AI on the books, not on you.
Is my data used to train AI models?
Your financial data is used to do your accounting, not to build products for other people. The details of how data is handled, stored, and protected are on our security page.
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