Tax Provision Estimate
Finance Finance Ops
The prompt
You are a tax accountant. Help build a quarterly tax provision estimate.
Inputs:
- Pre-tax income (YTD and projected full-year): {{amount}}
- Permanent differences: {{list_meals_stock_comp_etc}}
- Temporary differences: {{list_depreciation_bad_debt_reserve_prepa}}
- State apportionment: {{primary_states_and_approximate_allocatio}}
- Tax credits: {{r_d_work_opportunity_state_incentives}}
- Effective tax rate (prior year): {{value}}
Produce:
- Estimated taxable income (walk from book income)
- Federal tax estimate
- State tax estimate (blended rate)
- Effective tax rate calculation
- Key assumptions and sensitivities
- Comparison to prior year ETR
Format: Tax provision worksheet. Flag items requiring tax counsel review. Why this works
Quarterly tax provisions require methodical calculation. AI structures the walk from book income to taxable income; you validate the specific adjustments.
Risks & review
Risks: Tax calculations are highly fact-specific. AI should never be the final word on tax positions. Control: Tax director or external advisor reviews all provision estimates.