Findings Engine

The AI that reads every line. Then explains itself.

TaxScan's findings engine is a citation-first AI system. It doesn't summarize — it reasons against the IRC, scores its own confidence, and only forwards findings a licensed reviewer can defend.

Three pillars

What makes a finding a finding.

Coverage, citations, and confidence — every output of the engine has all three.

Full-return coverage

Every line of your 1040 and supporting schedules — A, B, C, D, E, K-1s, 1099s — is parsed and reasoned about. We do not sample.

Grounded citations

Each finding is anchored to an IRC section, IRS Publication, or Circular 230 reference. No vague "you might consider" output.

Confidence scoring

Every finding carries a 0–100% confidence score and a low / medium / high audit-risk flag, calibrated against historical IRS positions.

What we look for

A few of the IRC sections the engine reasons about.

The full coverage map runs into the hundreds — these are recurring high-impact areas.

IRC §280A — Home office

Detects exclusive-use violations and unclaimed simplified-method elections.

IRC §179 — Section 179 expensing

Flags assets that could have been fully expensed instead of depreciated.

IRC §199A — QBI deduction

Optimizes the 20% QBI calc for SSTB vs. non-SSTB and W-2 wage limits.

IRC §32 — Earned Income Credit

Detects bracket misclassifications and dependent-eligibility errors.

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TaxScan provides analytical insights. We are not a substitute for legal or tax advice. Findings are reviewed by licensed tax professionals before any amended return guidance is issued.