Kathryn Hogan, Senior Manager, International Tax, Forvis Mazars: New technology constantly presents opportunities for process reinvention, for example, by digitising existing work. Artificial Intelligence (AI), however, is more than that. AI reshapes the work itself. AI-driven solutions can provide faster tax insights, greater accuracy, and forward-looking decision support to tax professionals across our global organisations.

AI is replacing repetitive tasks within tax compliance and planning with the introduction of AI-assisted tax preparation tools. AI is accelerating tax data extraction and analysis, scanning documents for relevant figures, classifying transactions for tax treatment, and even identifying applicable deductions or credits. AI can help prepare tax filings by assembling data into the proper formats and checking against regulations.

AI can continuously scan global regulatory databases and legal texts to summarise new laws, deadlines and changes, promptly altering tax teams and enabling them to adapt their strategies accordingly. Providing tax advisors with knowledge of tax developments and industry trends frees us up to spend more time interpreting and advising our clients.

AI tax advisory tools that have been developed can project future tax outcomes under different scenarios, e.g. what-if analyses for new investments. This allows us, as tax advisors, to offer more strategic tax planning by using predictive analytics to advise on the tax impact of decisions. It can detect patterns and trends in tax data to uncover risks and optimise transactions.

The future of AI in tax technology isn’t a distant horizon it is unfolding and accelerating now. It will reshape how we work, combining human judgement and caution with automation, whilst meeting clients’ rising expectations for digital service. The adoption of AI must be strategic, secure, and compliant with evolving regulations to effectively modernise tax compliance, drive efficiency, and enhance accuracy.

This article appeared in the February 2026 edition of the Irish Tax Monitor.