Your business taxes.
Handled by AI.

Instead is the AI tax agent that prepares, reviews, and files your business returns. S corps, C corps, partnerships, and personal returns. You review and approve. The agent does the work.

Instead AI tax preparation interface

Business taxes cost too much and take too long.

CPAs charge thousands

A simple S corp return costs $2,000 to $5,000. Add a partnership and a personal return, and you are spending five figures a year on compliance alone.

Complexity creates risk

Multi-entity structures, K-1 allocations, state filings. One mistake cascades across every return. You rely on your CPA to catch it, but you never really know.

Deadlines never stop

March 15 for partnerships and S corps. April 15 for personal. Quarterly estimates in between. Extensions just delay the stress. Every year it starts over.

Business owner and CPA collaborating with Instead

Your CPA relationship. Supercharged.

Most businesses work with a CPA. Instead makes that relationship more productive. The AI agent handles preparation, research, and diagnostics. Your CPA focuses on strategy, planning, and the decisions that actually matter.

  • Shared workspace between you and your CPA
  • AI-prepared returns ready for CPA review
  • Real-time collaboration on planning and strategy
  • Your CPA spends time advising, not keying

An AI agent assigned to your business.

Your business gets a dedicated entity agent that holds context across every entity you own. The agent researches, prepares, reviews, and files. You review and approve.

  • Context across 1040, 1120, 1120-S, 1065, 1041
  • Cited research from IRC, Treasury Regs, court cases
  • Review-ready returns with workpapers
  • Autonomous diagnostic resolution
Instead entity agent interface

Automated workflows for everything your business needs.

Click run. The agent executes every step.

Tax preparation

Source doc extraction, workpaper population, return filing, diagnostic resolution, and three-way review.

Tax planning

Entity structure analysis, estimated tax projections, and year-end strategies to minimize your liability.

Return review

AI-powered review that catches errors, anomalies, and missed deductions before you file.

Tax research

Cited answers from IRC, Treasury Regs, court cases, and ATG guides in seconds.

Notice resolution

Ability-to-pay analysis, installment plans, OIC evaluation. The agent drafts the response.

Custom workflows

Your process, codified. Quarterly estimates, annual reviews, board reporting. You describe it, the agent builds it.

Instead multi-entity workspace

Multiple entities. One workspace.

Most business owners have more than one entity. An S corp, a partnership, rental properties, a personal return. Instead manages them all in a single workspace. The agent understands how your 1040, 1120-S, and 1065 interact.

  • Unified view across all your entities
  • K-1 flow-through tracked automatically
  • Cross-entity tax optimization
  • One conversation for your entire tax picture

Every entity type your business needs.

Instead learns your entities, ownership, and filing history. E-file and print for TY25 and TY26. 140+ governments.

1040
Individuals
Personal returns, retirement, capital gains
1120
C corporations
Business deductions, R&D credits, entity structure
1120-S
S corporations
Pass-through optimization, shareholder basis
1065
Partnerships
Allocations, distributions, K-1 preparation
1041
Trusts & Estates
Fiduciary returns, beneficiary distributions
Coming 2026 706 · 709 · 990 · 5500 · 2290

File tax returns nationwide.

First company in decades to receive approvals at every level of government.

Federal
IRS-approved
48+
State jurisdictions
Local
Cities supported
ALAlabama
AKAlaska
AZArizona
ARArkansas
CACalifornia
COColorado
CTConnecticut
DEDelaware
FLFlorida
GAGeorgia
HIHawaii
IDIdaho
ILIllinois
INIndiana
IAIowa
KSKansas
KYKentucky
LALouisiana
MEMaine
MDMaryland
MAMassachusetts
MIMichigan
MNMinnesota
MSMississippi
MOMissouri
MTMontana
NENebraska
NVNevada
NHNew Hampshire
NJNew Jersey
NMNew Mexico
NYNew York
NCNorth Carolina
NDNorth Dakota
OHOhio
OKOklahoma
OROregon
PAPennsylvania
RIRhode Island
SCSouth Carolina
SDSouth Dakota
TNTennessee
TXTexas
UTUtah
VTVermont
VAVirginia
WAWashington
WVWest Virginia
WIWisconsin
WYWyoming

The software is free. You pay for the agent.

Other platforms charge you for tax software and make you do the work. Instead gives you the software for free. You only pay when the AI agent works for you.

File any return

Free forever. Prepare and e-file by hand at no cost.

Run the agent

Pay per credit. The agent does the work.

Plugs into your existing stack.

Google Drive OneDrive Box Live

Coming soon: Dropbox · QuickBooks · Xero · FreshBooks · Wave · Gusto + more

Ready to handle your business taxes with AI?

See why business owners are switching to Instead.

IRS Authorized e-File Provider · SOC 2 Type II · 140+ Government Jurisdictions