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Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

The short answer

This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to hold steady over the next decade, with about 360 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than half of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.

AI can help with or automate about 95% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Collect taxes from individuals or businesses according to prescribed laws and regulations.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  3. Determine appropriate methods of debt settlement, such as offers of compromise, wage garnishment, or seizure and sale of property.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Check tax forms to verify that names and taxpayer identification numbers are correct, that computations have been performed correctly, or that amounts match those on supporting documentation.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  5. Examine and analyze tax assets and liabilities to determine resolution of delinquent tax problems.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Direct service of legal documents, such as subpoenas, warrants, notices of assessment, and garnishments.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

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