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Organize PDFs for Tax Filing

Organize the PDFs that pile up during tax season — safely. Merge, clean up, and compress to the right size for e-Tax, all without uploading to any server.

3.2 MB → 0.8 MB

Compressed to fit e-Tax's 3 MB attachment limit

Why This Takes Longer Than It Should

The hard part of tax season is that documents arrive in every possible format. Withholding slips come as PDFs from your employer, medical receipts as phone photos, brokerage statements as web downloads. Filing systems cap both the number and the size of attachments, so you can't just upload everything as-is. And the data involved — income figures, tax IDs, medical history — is exactly the kind you don't want passing through a third-party server.

What's Actually At Risk Here

  • ✓Income figures and tax ID numbers on a withholding slip don't need to travel to a server just to be merged or compressed.
  • ✓Medical receipts reveal which clinics and specialties you visited — sensitive health data that shouldn't go into a free online converter.
  • ✓Tax season also brings a spike in look-alike phishing sites. In-browser processing removes the question of where your file went entirely.

3 Steps to Get It Done

Click any tool name below to go directly to that tool.

  1. 1
    Merge PDF

    Combine withholding slips, medical receipts, and other PDFs into one file

  2. 2
    Delete Pages

    Remove blank or unnecessary pages to clean up the document

  3. 3
    Compress PDF

    Compress to meet e-Tax attachment size limits (approx. 3 MB)

Where People Get Tripped Up

These catch people out even when the steps are followed correctly. Skimming them first saves a redo.

  • Over-compressing can smear the amount fields on a receipt. Always check amounts and dates at 100% zoom before submitting.
  • Filing portals cap the number of attachments as well as their size, so merging first and compressing second usually works better than compressing each file.
  • Phone photos of receipts often come out skewed or shadowed. Cropping away the margins before converting to PDF makes them much easier to read.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the e-Tax attachment size limit?
e-Tax generally accepts files under 3 MB per attachment. Use the Compress PDF tool to reduce size easily.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Yes. Merge PDF, Delete Pages, and Compress PDF all work with scanned documents.

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