An accounting startup has turned tax preparations into a Pokémon Showdown game

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April 1, 2025, 8:00 PM

• •Open Ledger has launched a new product called PokéTax, a game that helps make tax filing quite fun.
• •Instead of tax forms, users take on Tax Trainers — gym leaders — representing different parts of a tax form, such as income, deductions, and credits.
• •The game has an AI assistant that helps organize users’ responses, and players can win badges — discover new deductions — as they take on the Tax Trainers.

Open Ledger has launched a new product called PokéTax, a game that helps make tax filing quite fun. The game is an adaptation of the open source Pokémon game called Pokémon Showdown, and it helps users complete their tax forms by asking them questions. The game also has an AI assistant that helps organize users' responses, and players can win badges as they take on the Tax Trainers.

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