Maintain knowledge of tax code changes, and of accounting procedures and theory to properly evaluate financial information.

“Maintain knowledge of tax code changes, and of accounting procedures and theory to properly evaluate financial information.” is a supplemental task performed by Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents. Among the occupation's 25 rated tasks, workers place it 13th by importance (#13 most important). About 64% 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.

• Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise. in Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time 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 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.022% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 43% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: learning
• Average autonomy of the AI: 2.8 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 97% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Collect taxes from individuals or businesses according to prescribed laws and regulations. · importance 4.8
• Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent. · importance 4.6
• Determine appropriate methods of debt settlement, such as offers of compromise, wage garnishment, or seizure and sale of property. · importance 4.5
• 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. · importance 4.5
• Examine and analyze tax assets and liabilities to determine resolution of delinquent tax problems. · importance 4.5
• Impose payment deadlines on delinquent taxpayers and monitor payments to ensure that deadlines are met. · importance 4.5
• Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved in returns, and to resolve problems with returns. · importance 4.4
• Notify taxpayers of any overpayment or underpayment, and either issue a refund or request further payment. · importance 4.4
• Maintain records for each case, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken. · importance 4.3
• Direct service of legal documents, such as subpoenas, warrants, notices of assessment, and garnishments. · importance 4.3
• Contact taxpayers by mail or telephone to address discrepancies and to request supporting documentation. · importance 4.2
• Review filed tax returns to determine whether claimed tax credits and deductions are allowed by law. · importance 4.2
• Answer questions from taxpayers and assist them in completing tax forms. · importance 4.2
• Review selected tax returns to determine the nature and extent of audits to be performed on them. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Maintain knowledge of tax code changes, and of accounting procedures and theory to properly evaluate financial information.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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