Taxare · Web · iPhone · iPad · Launching October 2026
The catch-up tax app.
Most people who are behind on their tax aren’t disorganised. They’re avoiding a number they can’t see. Taxare shows you the number — then helps you clear the pile, one year at a time.
Eleven financial years, back to 2015–16 · never stores your tax file number
Why I built it · 01
I was three years behind. Every year that slipped made the next one feel heavier, until the pile was the problem. When I finally sat down to do it, I discovered two things: the ATO keeps a list of exactly which years it’s waiting on, and a year that ends in a refund usually carries no penalty at all. The fear was bigger than the bill. Taxare is the tool I wish I’d had — built to replace the fear with arithmetic.
What it does · 02
One number, first screen
What clearing your backlog is actually worth — or costs — across every outstanding year. It tells you which years that figure covers and which still have nothing in them.
Find out which years you owe
A short walkthrough to the exact ATO screen that lists the returns it’s still waiting for. Working from the real list beats working from memory — sometimes it’s fewer years than you feared.
One card per year
Every outstanding year gets a card with a progress ring. Do one year at a time. Watch the stack shrink.
What a late year really costs
Late-lodgment penalty and interest, worked out from the ATO’s published rates and your dates — with the plain fact that a refund year usually draws no penalty.
Questions, not a form
What you earned, who paid you, what you spent on work — asked one at a time in plain language. You never need to know which box an amount belongs in. That’s Taxare’s job.
Then you lodge — free — through ATO myTax
Taxare organises. The ATO’s own myTax lodges, for free. You stay in control of every figure. Upload a payslip or income statement and Taxare pulls the figures — and tells you whether it found a fortnight’s pay or a whole year.
What Taxare is — and isn’t · 02.1
Taxare is a tool you drive, not an adviser. All deduction guidance is general, occupation-level information drawn from the ATO’s published material. You classify and confirm every claim, and you — not Taxare — lodge through ATO myTax. Taxare is not a registered tax agent and doesn’t give personalised tax advice. If your situation is complicated, see one.
Taxare never stores your tax file number.
Questions · 03
Is Taxare free?
Pricing will be confirmed before launch in October 2026.
Is there an iPhone app?
Yes — web and a native iPhone and iPad app, both launching for the October deadline.
Does Taxare lodge for me?
No. It gets everything ready, then you lodge through the ATO’s free myTax. That’s the safest and cheapest path, and it keeps you in control.
What if I’m more than eleven years behind?
Talk to a registered tax agent — that’s beyond what a self-serve tool should handle.
Will I get a penalty?
Possibly, for years where you owed tax. Taxare estimates it from the ATO’s published rates. Years that end in a refund usually don’t attract one.