Privacy policy

The calculation runs in your browser

When you type a salary into a calculator on this site, that number is used by code running on your own device. It is not sent to a server to be computed, it is not stored against your identity, and it is not retained after you close the page.

That is a design decision rather than a policy promise, and it is checkable: open your browser's network tab while using a calculator and you will see no request carrying your income. The rates are shipped with the page and the arithmetic happens locally.

It is also why there is no account. An account exists to associate what you do with who you are, and there is nothing here that would be more valuable for having that association — the site does not sell leads, does not operate an adviser network, and does not have a paid product to target you for.

Competitors in this category frequently require registration before showing a result. That is a defensible business model and it is a different one; the reason to state ours plainly is that "free calculator" means something quite different depending on which it is.

The two things that leave your browser

Both involve the language model, and both are opt-in. It is worth being precise about them, because a vague statement here would undo the previous section.

The explanation. When you ask for a plain-English reading of your result, the computed figures are sent to a language model: income, tax amounts, rates, the state name, and the caveats that apply. Not your name, your email or anything identifying, because the site does not hold those.

The assistant. If you open the assistant in the corner and type a question, that question and the rest of that conversation are sent to the same model, along with the page you are on. Nothing is sent until you write something — opening the panel by itself sends nothing, and the conversation is not stored after you close the page.

In both cases the model never computes anything. If your question contains a salary and a state, our own engine does the arithmetic first and hands the model the finished figures; if it does not, the model has no figures and is instructed not to invent any. That is the only arrangement in which a language model belongs near a tax calculation.

Explanations are cached by rounded input combination so common profiles do not generate repeated calls; assistant conversations are not cached, because answering one person with what you said to another is worse than the saving is worth. Both are rate limited per address. If you use neither, nothing leaves the browser at all.

What is collected, and what is not

Not collected: your income, your filing status, your dependants, your address, your employer, or any figure you type into a calculator. There is no form that captures them and no database that stores them.

Collected in aggregate: ordinary web analytics, through Google Analytics — which pages are visited, roughly where visitors come from, which browser and device. It sets a first-party cookie to tell one visit from the next. This is used to decide what to build and fix, and it does not identify individuals.

Server logs, which include IP addresses as an unavoidable property of how the web works. They are used for rate limiting and security and are retained for a limited period.

Advertising. The site carries advertising, and advertising networks set their own cookies and collect their own data under their own policies. That is the part of this page over which we have the least direct control, and the honest statement is that their practices are theirs rather than ours.

Local storage may hold a preference such as a theme setting. It stays in your browser, is readable only by this site, and is not transmitted anywhere.

What you can do about it

Use the calculators without pressing explain, and nothing you type leaves your device at all. That is the strongest option and it costs you only the plain-English summary.

Block advertising and analytics with a content blocker. The calculators work identically — they have no dependency on either, because the arithmetic ships with the page.

Clear local storage through your browser to remove any stored preference. There is nothing else to delete, because there is nothing else stored.

There is no account to close and no data export to request, because there is no account and no personal data held. If that changes, this page will say so on the date it changes rather than quietly.

Questions about any of this: hola@prqdigital.com.

Questions

Do you store my income?

No. The calculation runs in your browser, so the figure is never sent to a server. You can verify this yourself by opening your browser's network tab while using a calculator — no request carries your income.

Do I need an account?

No, and there is none to create. Nothing on this site requires an email address to produce a number.

What does the AI see?

The computed figures when you ask for an explanation — income, tax amounts, rates, state name and caveats — and, if you use the assistant, your question and the page you are on. No name, no email, nothing identifying, because the site does not hold any. The model describes numbers it was given and never computes one.

Do you sell my data?

No. We do not sell or share what you enter, and there is no lead-generation business here to sell it to. The site is funded by advertising and by a paid API for businesses.

Do you use cookies?

Two kinds. Google Analytics sets a first-party cookie so it can tell one visit from the next; it measures pages, not people, and blocking it changes nothing about the calculators. Advertising networks set their own under their own policies — that is the part we have least direct control over. Beyond those, the site uses local storage for preferences such as a theme setting, which never leaves your browser.