Will AI replace Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents?
Estimated risk score: 79 out of 100
High replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (60 to 98).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 25 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 13-2081.00 · Business and Financial Operations
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 15 of its 25 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
- Enter tax return information into computers for processing.
- Maintain records for each case, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken.
- 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.
- Answer questions from taxpayers and assist them in completing tax forms.
- Contact taxpayers by mail or telephone to address discrepancies and to request supporting documentation.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 1 of its 25 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Direct service of legal documents, such as subpoenas, warrants, notices of assessment, and garnishments.
What the job is
Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.
Also called: Tax Examiner, Revenue Agent, Tax Collector, Tax Compliance Officer, Verifier, IRS Agent, Tax Agent, Tax Analyst.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Business and Financial Operations). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate