Automatable

A task performed by Tax Preparers

Consult tax law handbooks or bulletins to determine procedures for preparation of atypical returns.

Green LightWorkers want it · AI can do it

Likely yes, and the people who do it want it gone. Workers rate their desire to automate this 3.8/5, and experts rate current AI capability at 4.5/5. That puts it in the Automation Green Light zone.

Worker desire to automate3.8/5

How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 5 workers).

AI capability today4.5/5

How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 2 experts).

How much human involvement should stay?

The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.

H3Equal human–AI partnership

Why workers want this automated

  • Frees up time for higher-value work60%
  • It's stressful40%
  • Reduces human error40%
  • It's difficult20%
  • Helps handle larger scale20%

How to automate this

Good news: this is a strong candidate to automate now.

Where to start

Remove the repetitive parts first.

  1. 1Template anything you do the same way each time.
  2. 2Connect your tools with a no-code automation (Zapier, Make, Power Automate).
  3. 3Use AI for the first draft, then review.

Tools that can help

Zapier or MakeTemplatesAI assistant

Know a better way, or spot an error?

Share how you automate this in real life, or correct the data. Reviewed before publishing.

This is 1 of 9 tasks studied for Tax Preparers, where workers want 89% of tasks automated.

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