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Business & Finance · Updated Aug 2026

Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
68/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
58/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Collect taxes from individuals or businesses according to prescribed laws and regulations.High
74
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.High
72
Direct service of legal documents, such as subpoenas, warrants, notices of assessment, and garnishments.High
74
Determine appropriate methods of debt settlement, such as offers of compromise, wage garnishment, or seizure and sale of property.High
71
Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved in returns, and to resolve problems with returns.High
73
Maintain records for each case, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken.High
73
Examine and analyze tax assets and liabilities to determine resolution of delinquent tax problems.High
57
Notify taxpayers of any overpayment or underpayment, and either issue a refund or request further payment.High
73
Contact taxpayers by mail or telephone to address discrepancies and to request supporting documentation.High
73
Answer questions from taxpayers and assist them in completing tax forms.High
73
Investigate claims of inability to pay taxes by researching court information for the status of liens, mortgages, or financial statements, or by locating assets through third parties.High
72
Review filed tax returns to determine whether claimed tax credits and deductions are allowed by law.High
72
Review selected tax returns to determine the nature and extent of audits to be performed on them.High
72
Maintain knowledge of tax code changes, and of accounting procedures and theory to properly evaluate financial information.High
72
Impose payment deadlines on delinquent taxpayers and monitor payments to ensure that deadlines are met.High
32
Examine accounting systems and records to determine whether accounting methods used were appropriate and in compliance with statutory provisions.Medium
60
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Collect taxes from individuals or businesses according to prescribed laws and regulations.74
  2. Direct service of legal documents, such as subpoenas, warrants, notices of assessment, and garnishments.74
  3. Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved in returns, and to resolve problems with returns.73
  4. Maintain records for each case, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken.73
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Impose payment deadlines on delinquent taxpayers and monitor payments to ensure that deadlines are met.01
  2. 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.02
  3. Determine appropriate methods of debt settlement, such as offers of compromise, wage garnishment, or seizure and sale of property.03
  4. Maintain records for each case, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken.04
  5. Examine and analyze tax assets and liabilities to determine resolution of delinquent tax problems.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency83
Physical dependency22
Adoption pressure72
Labour-market resilience55
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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