I started QuikTax because I wanted to see whether tax software could be easier to use on a phone.
The first version was a prototype. I worked on the app flows, the MTD area and the screens for moving between quarterly information, review and submission. At that stage I was trying to work out whether the sequence made sense, rather than build every feature.
The layout and wording needed attention early on. Quarter statuses and next actions had to be readable without filling the screen with explanation. Those decisions gave me something concrete to test and change.
That was the starting point: a rough app structure and a first set of screens. Data handling and submission logic still needed more work.
The released app is covered separately in the QuikTax technical case study, including its receipt OCR and Supabase implementation.