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Draft and download your tax return with CPA-GPT

CPA-GPT reads your books and drafts a federal tax return you can download as a PDF. It is a draft: review every line with a tax professional before you file.


BooksGPT is not a CPA and is not authorized to file returns with the IRS. The download consent says the same.


Open CPA-GPT


Open All pages in the left sidebar, then click Assistant and Tax returns.


The Assistant group with Tax returns active


The empty chat offers three starters:


  • Do my 2025 tax return drafts a return from your books.
  • Build a CPA hand-off package gathers the documents an accountant asks for.
  • Ask a tax question answers a question without changing the draft.


The three starter capsules and the reply box


You can skip the starters and type your own question at any time.


Answer a few questions


CPA-GPT asks for what the books cannot tell it, such as your filing status, your accounting method, and what the business does. Reply in the box or tap a suggested chip.


After each turn, the NEXT STEPS row shows what moves the return forward, such as confirming your filing status or answering open questions.


The draft report and the NEXT STEPS chips


See your return as the real IRS forms


The right pane draws the actual IRS forms. Form 1040 comes first, then Schedule C behind it, or Form 1065, 1120, or 1120-S for a partnership or corporation. Your numbers sit in the form's own boxes, and totals are computed from the lines above them.


Use Prev and Next to move through the pages, and - and + to zoom. The chip at the top shows how complete the draft is.


Form 1040 drawn from the draft, business income on line 8


Schedule C behind it, net profit on line 31


Download your draft


  1. Click Download draft.
  2. Tick I understand and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy of BooksGPT.
  3. Click Download draft again.


The download consent


The PDF downloads with a name like 2025-Sole-Proprietor-tax-return-draft.pdf, and it contains the same pages you saw in the preview.


A draft you already downloaded stays available. Download again produces a fresh copy and records a new consent.


Send it for CPA review


Click Send to CPA review to put the draft on your reviewer's queue. If CPA review is not enabled on the workspace, the button explains how to add it.

Updated on: 14/09/2026

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