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Prepare tax documents

Gather and summarize what you need. This is not advice.

The tools below run on your computer. Most of them are free, and the local work stays on your machine.

ArchiveChat

Works offline · Free options

Not financial or legal advice. These tools only read and summarize text on your computer.

Your computer

Describe your computer

Pick the closest line. Office PC and Mini PC are estimates. Linux and a home server stay in the list. We guess the specs, then hide models that would not fit. The guess stays cautious.

I know the exact memory

2 results

Local or cloud?

Most tools here are free.

HONEST COMPARISON

Local or cloud: Prepare tax documents?

Reviewed Oct 2026

  • Privacy: Local winsTax scans stay off a public chat
  • Cost: Local winsSorting papers is free
  • Quality: Cloud winsYour tax office knows the forms
  • Ease: Cloud winsFiling happens on your tax office's site

Local AI

A local model can sort papers you already have. It does not prepare a tax return. This is not tax advice.

  • Tax papers stay on your computer
  • Useful for a contents list of what you scanned

Where it falls short

  • It is not a filing program
  • Numbers and deadlines must come from the tax office
See local tools for this task ↓

Cloud & apps

Your country's tax office is where a return is filed. A records program can hold the numbers first.

Our take

Sort private papers locally. File with your country's tax office, not with a chat model.

Choose local if…

  • You are only sorting scans
  • The papers are sensitive

Choose cloud if…

  • You are ready to file
  • You need the official forms

How to do it in 3 steps

  1. Open the model page and pick any app under Runs in, for example AnythingLLM, GPT4All or Jan. Each app page links to that maker's own guide.
  2. Open the gpt-oss 20B page and check the traffic light for a few kinds of computer.
  3. Follow that official guide. This site does not add its own install steps.

Questions

Does this upload my files?
The local tools on this page don't upload your files. The cloud options in the comparison do.
What does it cost?
Most options are free. A few apps are a one-time purchase, and a few models need a computer with more memory.
What if it will not fit?
Use Check my computer, or turn on the lighter memory filters. A red light on the model page means the file is too big.

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