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Tax Preparers

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 883 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 nearly every task in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Compute taxes owed or overpaid, using adding machines or personal computers, and complete entries on forms, following tax form instructions and tax tables.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  2. Use all appropriate adjustments, deductions, and credits to keep clients' taxes to a minimum.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Furnish taxpayers with sufficient information and advice to ensure correct tax form completion.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Interview clients to obtain additional information on taxable income and deductible expenses and allowances.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Prepare or assist in preparing simple to complex tax returns for individuals or small businesses.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Step 3

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