The AI-Native Accounting Field Guide
What could AI do in your firm?
Concrete, documented examples of accountants using AI for real work. Each entry takes a job you already do and shows it two ways: the traditional workflow, and the AI-native one, with the accountant still reviewing, judging, and signing off.
12 documented ways accountants are using AI · 4 small wins · 4 workflows · 4 new engagements
3 entries
- Medium impactTax
Catch dropped carryforwards and missing schedules before prep starts
Compare this year's documents and draft return to the last two or three years and surface what vanished, what was dropped, and what swung without an explanation.
Saves 10 to 30 minIntermediateWorkflow - Medium impactTax
Answer an IRS notice with a reconciled, ready-to-sign response
Identify the notice, calendar the real deadline, reconcile the IRS's change against the filed return, and draft the response and exhibits.
Saves 30 to 60 minIntermediateWorkflow - Large impactTax
Turn a pile of client uploads into a complete, pre-filled tax file
Get from whatever the client uploaded to an indexed, extracted, complete file, with a specific list of what is still missing.
Saves 30 to 60 minIntermediateWorkflow
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