Simplify filing Federal Income Tax for individuals who use Form 1040EZ, by automating the transfer of their W-2 information to the form.
ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine incorporated into Snaptax.
A new application lets users capture data from W-2s using their phone camera and transfer it to a 1040EZ form with a couple of clicks.
| Name | Intuit |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, USA |
| Industry | Financial Software |
| Products and Services | TurboTax application |
| Web |
“ABBYY’s FlexiCapture Engine produced great results… They are passionate about their work.”
Amir Eftekhari,
Engineering Manager for SnapTax TurboTax, Intuit
Point, shoot, click… done! That’s how easy it is for taxpayers that use SnapTax to file their taxes this year. Powered by OCR functionality from the ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine, the new app from TurboTax literally lets users file their taxes using their mobile phones – enabling them to get the job done in a couple of minutes.
Makes filing a less taxing experience all the way around.
The elegance and simplicity of SnapTax makes filing as easy as 1-2-3.
That’s it! The app's ease of use is inherent in its appeal to users, who love being able to do their taxes on the phone.
For the team at TurboTax, partnering with ABBYY was a very positive experience. As Amir Eftekhari, Engineering Manager for SnapTax at TurboTax says, “ABBYY was extremely responsive to working with us and is committed to continually perfecting and improving their OCR capabilities. We eventually finalized a deal with ABBYY based on this level of commitment. ABBYY was willing to truly partner with us and they’re very passionate about their work.”
SnapTax has attracted a lot of attention, and ABBYY is excited to be a part of it with FlexiCapture SDK. And as Eftekhari confirms, “We considered a number of possible OCR solutions. ABBYY’s FlexiCapture Engine produced great results.”
Looking ahead, TurboTax is taking what they learned with this app and forging ahead to make it even better. “Intuit is a company built on innovation, and mobile is one of our key strategies,” said Eftekhari. “We’re looking at a lot of exciting new things for 2011 and beyond.”
Simplify filing Federal Income Tax for individuals who use Form 1040EZ, by automating the transfer of their W-2 information to the form.
ABBYY FlexiCapture Engine incorporated into Snaptax - a new application that lets users capture data from W-2s using their phone camera and transfer it to a 1040EZ form with a couple of clicks.
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