# Column Tax review (2026): is it worth it? > White-label US tax filing that banks and apps embed Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Column Tax is a US tax filing engine that banks, brokerages and finance apps embed under their own brand. Customers file federal and state returns through the partner's app or website, with an optional Expert Review product for a professional check. The company says it has been acquired by Aiwyn, a firm that serves accounting practices. - **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing - **Made by:** Column Tax - **Website:** https://www.columntax.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you are an individual, as filing is only available through a partner's account. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Column Tax's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Embedded DIY filing:** Federal and state do-it-yourself filing sits inside a partner's app or website, with details the partner already holds pre-filled. - **Expert Review:** An add-on product in which a tax professional reviews a return and leaves notes and suggestions before filing. - **API integration:** Partners connect through APIs, with public API documentation, and the vendor says it can get a partner to accepted returns in a week or less. - **Refund and accuracy guarantees:** The FAQ describes a Maximum Refund Guarantee and an Accuracy Guarantee that covers penalties from a calculation error, with terms in its Terms of Use. - **Audit support:** For a return filed through the service, the vendor says it gives guidance on an audit notice, including organizing documents and answering questions. - **Security posture:** The vendor lists SOC 2 certification, bank-grade encryption and IRS e-file authorization for its infrastructure. ## Good for - Banks, brokerages and fintech apps adding tax filing for their customers - Taxpayers whose bank or app already offers Column Tax ## Worth knowing - Individuals cannot sign up directly: filing and support are available only through a partner organization's account. - No prices are published; terms and any fee to the taxpayer depend on the partner, and pricing is sold through a demo request. - Covers US federal and state returns for individuals and small-business income that flows into a Form 1040. - The company has announced its acquisition by Aiwyn, so the product's future packaging may change. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Column Tax is white-label US tax filing that banks and apps put inside their own products. Individuals cannot sign up directly, no prices are published, and the company has announced it is being acquired by Aiwyn. - **Value for money: C.** No price is published; terms and any fee to the taxpayer depend on the partner. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Individuals cannot sign up directly, and no free plan or trial is listed. - **Features: C.** Embedded filing, expert review and an API cover US federal and state returns with Form 1040 income, but through a partner only. - **Ease of use: C.** Reached only through a partner's account, and no store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, but it works through an API that partners connect to. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Column Tax's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools - Column Tax's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 12 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 28 of 127) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Column Tax you could make: forms. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 106 of the 127 other accounting and invoicing tools grade higher. - You could make: Forms: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: SOC 2. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Forms, Public API ## Alternatives - [Cash App Taxes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cash-app-taxes): Free federal and state tax filing inside Cash App. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cash-app-taxes-vs-column-tax) - [TaxAct](https://toolgpa.com/tools/taxact): Online and downloadable tax filing for individuals and businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/column-tax-vs-taxact) - [Drake Tax](https://toolgpa.com/tools/drake-tax): Professional tax preparation software for tax firms, desktop and web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/column-tax-vs-drake-tax) - [Keeper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keeper-tax): Expense tracking and tax filing for freelancers and contractors. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/column-tax-vs-keeper-tax) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.columntax.com - https://www.columntax.com/faq - https://www.columntax.com/expert-review - https://www.columntax.com/blog/column-tax-joins-aiwyn Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/column-tax Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).