Tax Preparer

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Interview clients to obtain additional information on taxable income and deductible expenses and allowances.95
• Review financial records, such as income statements and documentation of expenditures to determine forms needed to prepare tax returns.95
• Check data input or verify totals on forms prepared by others to detect errors in arithmetic, data entry, or procedures.95

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Advise clients on filing strategy40

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 83 puts Tax Preparer in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 15 of 16 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 1 augmentable, and 0 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: audit how much of your week sits in the exposed tasks above — then shift time toward the durable set or investigate the adjacent roles below.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $49,010median wage
• +2.0%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 81
• Accountants and Auditors 77
• Personal Financial Advisors 68
• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 93
• Credit Counselors 78
• Bank Teller 85

FAQ — Tax Preparer

What does a score of 83 mean for a Tax Preparer?

It means that, weighted across the 16 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 83 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Interview clients to obtain additional information on taxable income and deductible expenses and allowances; Review financial records, such as income statements and documentation of expenditures to determine forms needed to prepare tax returns; Check data input or verify totals on forms prepared by others to detect errors in arithmetic, data entry, or procedures. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.