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Claude Struggles With PDF Forms In Tax Returns

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@_sholtodouglas @_arohan_ Claude is notably bad at PDF forms. When I had it look at my tax returns, it confidently misstated which lines I had filled out. I can fix this by asking the model to read PDFs as images but that’s really awkward.

9:21 PM · May 16, 2026 View on X

@shoyer @_arohan_ Huh this should be fixable

Stephan HoyerStephan Hoyer@shoyer

@_sholtodouglas @_arohan_ Claude is notably bad at PDF forms. When I had it look at my tax returns, it confidently misstated which lines I had filled out. I can fix this by asking the model to read PDFs as images but that’s really awkward.

4:21 AM · May 17, 2026 · 2.9K Views
4:25 AM · May 17, 2026 · 2.2K Views

@_sholtodouglas @_arohan_ Claude is notably bad at PDF forms. When I had it look at my tax returns, it confidently misstated which lines I had filled out. I can fix this by asking the model to read PDFs as images but that’s really awkward.

Sholto DouglasSholto Douglas@_sholtodouglas

When do you reach for other models instead of Claude? What can we do better? Hit me with all of your frustrations. dms open. If you can give me detail (e.g. specifics/transcipts) - it'll help a lot in finding out exactly what we need to do to improve the next model

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