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How AI is changing the work of accountants
AI takes over data entry, reconciliation drafts and reporting prose — judgement, compliance and client trust stay with you.
60%of typical tasks can be done or assisted by AI
| Task | AI impact | How | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading invoices and receipts | AI can do most of it | OCR and AI extraction turn scans into structured data. |   |
| Explaining figures to clients | AI assists, you decide | AI drafts plain-language summaries you check and send. | |
| Spreadsheet formulas and analysis | AI can do most of it | Assistants write formulas, pivot logic and variance explanations. | |
| Tax and legal judgement | Stays human | AI can research, but responsibility and interpretation stay human. |  |
| Month-end process automation | AI assists, you decide | Workflow tools move data between bank, ERP and reports. |   |
Editorial estimate based on today’s tools — not a prediction about jobs disappearing. Most jobs change; few vanish.