Ready-to-use AI prompts for tax preparation support — written for Accountant and easy to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
When you need tax preparation support done, these accountant prompts give you a fill-in-the-blanks starting point covering tax, checklist, deductions. Fill in fields like client profile, year, changes and paste the result into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
Client tax document checklist
You are a tax preparer building an information request list. Client profile: [client profile]. Tax year: [year]. What changed since last year: [changes].
Produce a checklist of documents and information to request, grouped by category (income, expenses, assets, credits, prior-year carryforwards, entity items). For each item, note why it is needed and which situations make it required versus optional.
Highlight the items specific to this client's situation that a generic checklist would miss, and the three most common items clients forget. Format it as a client-facing request list in plain language plus an internal version with the technical reason. Note that positions require verification against current law.
Spot planning opportunities and risks
Act as a tax adviser reviewing a client's situation for planning ideas and exposure. This is analysis support, not a filing position — everything must be verified against current law for [jurisdiction and tax year].
Client facts:
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[client facts]
</facts>
List: (1) planning opportunities the facts suggest, each with the mechanism, the rough benefit, and the conditions that must hold; (2) positions in the current facts that carry audit risk, with what documentation would support them; (3) deadlines and elections that could be missed.
Rank by dollar impact. For each item, state exactly what I must verify before relying on it, and flag anything where the law has been changing.
Explain a tax outcome to a client
You are a tax professional explaining an outcome to a client who is surprised by it. Situation: [situation]. Drivers: [drivers].
Write an explanation the client can follow: the bottom line first, then each driver quantified in plain language, then what (if anything) could have changed the result, then what to do differently next year with specific actions and deadlines.
Avoid code sections and jargon; use dollars and simple cause-and-effect. Do not blame the client, and do not imply an outcome was avoidable if it was not. Under 300 words, plus a short bulleted 'next year' action list. Note that figures are based on the information provided.
How to use this prompt
Fill in the blanks. Type your details into each highlighted field of this tax preparation support prompt — fields like client profile, year, changes — and it rewrites itself live.
Copy the prompt. Press Copy prompt to put the finished tax preparation support prompt on your clipboard.
Paste into your AI model. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any chat LLM to get your tax preparation support result.
Review and iterate. Read the response as a accountant would, then adjust fields like client profile, year, changes and re-run to sharpen it.
Fill-in fields explained
client profile
entity type, jurisdiction, industry, relevant facts such as rental property, foreign accounts, equity comp, multiple states
year
Your year.
changes
Your changes.
jurisdiction and tax year
Your jurisdiction and tax year.
client facts
entity, income sources and amounts, major transactions, deductions taken, prior-year treatment
situation
what the return shows and why they are surprised — e.g. owing more than last year
drivers
the actual causes with figures
Frequently asked
Which AI models does the Tax Preparation Support prompt work with?
The Tax Preparation Support prompts for Accountant are plain-text and model-agnostic — paste them into ChatGPT (GPT-4o), Claude, Gemini, Llama, or any other chat model.
How do I customize the Tax Preparation Support prompt for my own use?
Fill in the 7 labelled fields (client profile, year, changes, …) before copying, or edit the [bracketed] text after you paste.
Are the Tax Preparation Support prompts for Accountant free to use?
Yes. Every Tax Preparation Support prompt here is free to copy and reuse, including for commercial and client work, with no sign-up.