Prepare adjusting journal entries.

“Prepare adjusting journal entries.” is a core task performed by Accountants and Auditors. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 20th by importance (#11 most important). About 87% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Analyze business or financial data. in Analyzing Data or Information
• Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prepare detailed reports on audit findings. · importance 4.6
• Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities. · importance 4.5
• Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies. · importance 4.5
• Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions. · importance 4.5
• Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required. · importance 4.5
• Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters. · importance 4.3
• Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity. · importance 4.3
• Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate. · importance 4.3
• Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations. · importance 4.2
• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. · importance 4.2
• Review accounts for discrepancies and reconcile differences. · importance 4.2
• Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office. · importance 4.2
• Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts. · importance 4.1
• Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Accountants and Auditors page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-21515,
  title  = {Prepare adjusting journal entries.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-21515}
}