Love among the deductions: Dating filing jointly

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Tax prep is hot.

That's the apparent (and perhaps not wholly surprising) conclusion of a recent survey of 2,700 Americans of Gen Z and millennial age by the dating app Hily, where half of young daters see people who file their taxes early as more responsible potential partners.

For about a third of young American daters of both sexes, someone who files their taxes themselves is also sexier compared to those who ask someone else to do it for them. Other results to make preparers' hearts beat faster:

• Roughly one in three young adults are likely to look for a tax preparer or accountant on dating apps to help them file their taxes during tax season.
• More respondent daters prefer to go out with someone who files taxes before the deadline than with those who files the day of or after the deadline.
• Young adults like help even from nonprofessionals for filing. Among Gen Zers, 29% say they're likely to ask their date for help with filing; about a fifth of millennials say the same.

More than half (52%) of respondents say they're not likely to decline a date during tax season to meet the deadline. A little more than a quarter (27%) are likely to go on a date during tax season to put off filing.