I was the tax office’s unpaid clerk, until I delegated it to an AI

Every summer, a shoebox wins. For about fifteen years, preparing my German tax return has cost me a weekend plus a few evenings, and quite a lot of swearing in between. Not the tax return itself: I have a Steuerberaterin for that, and she is excellent. What costs me the weekend is everything that has to happen before she can start. Remembering which receipts exist. Finding them. Naming them.…