Before you can create a Cash App Taxes account, you have to sign up for Cash App, a free peer-to-peer mobile payment app that lets you send, receive, spend, store, and invest money. Its account creation and login processes are slightly more complicated than with other tax apps, but this gives me more confidence in the application’s security.
Like all tax preparation services, Cash App Taxes takes control of the filing process like a human tax preparer would. It asks you questions, and you answer by checking boxes, entering data, or selecting options. It performs all necessary calculations in the background, then enters your answers on the correct lines of the appropriate IRS forms and schedules. After you provide your household’s personal information, you report your income, move on to deductions and credits, and, finally, miscellaneous tax issues. When you finish the federal section, Cash App Taxes transfers relevant data to any state returns you must file, allowing you to complete them. Before you file your return, the site reviews it for errors and potential missed deductions.
Cash App Taxes isn’t as chummy as sites like TurboTax and doesn’t converse with you. Instead, it takes a straightforward approach and goes with an almost sparse look (though it uses space better and is more visually appealing than Liberty Tax and Jackson Hewitt). I like the user experience a lot. Its no-nonsense tone and look might appeal if you just want to prepare your taxes as quickly as possible and without any fanfare or much help.
The site’s home page displays a comprehensive list of tax topics organized by type, including Family Credits, Independent Contract Work or Self-Employed, and Investments. Competitors provide separate home pages for major sections, such as income and deductions. Either approach works fine.
Navigating from this consolidated home page to individual tax topics is easy. I never got lost, and it was easy to return to the home page at any time. Cash App Taxes is blazingly fast, too. That’s one thing you give up with more expensive tax prep solutions. Those pretty graphics and other interface conventions can slow down your progress.
I’m disappointed that the site doesn’t display a running tally of your tax obligation or refund on internal pages like competitors do. The only place I saw it was on the home page.
(Credit: Cash App Taxes/PCMag)
Although you can’t import 1099s like the paid sites allow, you can upload a photo of your W-2. Qualifying customers who sold bitcoin on Cash App in 2025 can also import those transactions directly.
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