Tax Solutions for Modern Platforms

About this episode

Jackson Ellis interviews Ben Borodach about how april is transforming tax interactions for consumers.

In this episode, Jackson Ellis sits down with Ben Borodach, co-founder and CEO of april, the AI-powered tax platform that is fundamentally changing how Americans interact with the tax code. Taxes have long been a "once-a-year headache," isolated from the rest of our financial lives. Ben explains how april is shattering this status quo by embedding tax intelligence directly into the apps and platforms where consumers already manage their money, from banking and payroll to wealth management.

People in this episode

Host: Jackson Ellis

Guest: Ben Borodach

Topics covered

• tax solutions
• AI-powered platforms
• financial management
• consumer finance
• tax code

Keywords

• tax
• AI
• financial platforms
• consumer tax
• wealth management

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Organizations: april

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