PayPal announced a new partnership with april, a leading embedded tax technology platform, allowing U.S. PayPal Debit Mastercard^® customers  to file their 2025 federal and state tax returns for free using april's DIY tax filing service, saving approximately $160 in typical costs. With this partnership, PayPal keeps financial management in one convenient destination while expanding the suite of financial tools that help customers get more out of their money.

Customers can follow a simple step-by-step flow through april's tax engine to enter information, upload documents, and file electronically with the IRS for fast, secure processing. april delivers a frictionless filing experience that prefills information based on the data available in customer uploaded documents. For tax-filing questions, customers can use april's AI-powered chatbot or obtain live support for a fee. Through this streamlined experience, the average time to file is less than twenty minutes and april guarantees the maximum possible refund.  With PayPal, customers can pay state and federal taxes using flexible and rewarding ways to pay, receive their federal tax refund up to five days early  or deposit refunds into PayPal Savings, a high-yield savings account provided by Synchrony Bank.

"At PayPal, we're committed to giving our customers smarter, more rewarding ways to manage their money all in one centralized place, whether they are earning, spending, sending or saving," said Shanthi Sarkar, VP of Debit and Money Management at PayPal. "Our partnership with april empowers customers to manage even more of their finances in one trusted place, helping them streamline tax preparation and take meaningful steps toward setting up their finances for the year ahead."

"By connecting tax filing to where customers already manage payments, we can deliver better outcomes for both PayPal and its customers," said Ben Borodach, CEO and Co-Founder of april."Together with PayPal, we're helping millions of customers simplify an essential and often complicated part of managing their finances."