Tax Preparers
Business & Financial OperationsAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Very high· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.128
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.51
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 17% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Show 8 hidden tasks| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Furnish taxpayers with sufficient information and advice to ensure correct tax form completion.13-2082 | 0.040057.1 | 0.010014.3 |
Explain federal and state tax laws to individuals and companies.13-2082 | 0.020028.6 | 0.00000.0 |
Check data input or verify totals on forms prepared by others to detect errors in arithmetic, data entry, or procedures.13-2082 | 0.010014.3 | 0.040057.1 |
Schedule appointments with clients.13-2082 | 0.00000.0 | 0.020028.6 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Compute taxes owed or overpaid, using adding machines or personal computers, and complete entries on forms, following tax form instructions and tax tables.O*NET Task ID 7358 | 1.0 |
Calculate form preparation fees according to return complexity and processing time required.O*NET Task ID 7365 | 1.0 |
Check data input or verify totals on forms prepared by others to detect errors in arithmetic, data entry, or procedures.O*NET Task ID 7366 | 1.0 |
Prepare or assist in preparing simple to complex tax returns for individuals or small businesses.O*NET Task ID 7359 | 0.5 |
Use all appropriate adjustments, deductions, and credits to keep clients' taxes to a minimum.O*NET Task ID 7360 | 0.5 |
Interview clients to obtain additional information on taxable income and deductible expenses and allowances.O*NET Task ID 7361 | 0.5 |
Review financial records, such as income statements and documentation of expenditures to determine forms needed to prepare tax returns.O*NET Task ID 7362 | 0.5 |
Furnish taxpayers with sufficient information and advice to ensure correct tax form completion.O*NET Task ID 7363 | 0.5 |
Consult tax law handbooks or bulletins to determine procedures for preparation of atypical returns.O*NET Task ID 7364 | 0.5 |
Answer questions and provide future tax planning to clients.O*NET Task ID 20363 | 0.5 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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