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File federal tax return — compliance processFile federal tax return

very complexguided manual🔁 annual⏳ has async waits

Prepare the annual federal corporate tax return (Form 1120) and file with the IRS.

Tax filing requires a CPA. System compiles financial data, tracks deadlines, coordinates with accountant.

Current agent ceiling

An agent can run 3 of 7 steps — 1 of them behind a human approval gate ⏸

Irreducibly human (3): CPA prepares return (2-3 weeks) (needs a human); Review draft return (needs a human); CPA files return with IRS (needs a human)

No workaround yet (1): Pay any tax due (manual form/portal — no API path)

How it runs

Route-coded block flow: emerald = agent, amber = manual form/portal, red = needs a human. ⏸ approval gate · ⏳ async wait.

01Export financial data from QBO

agent
QuickBooks Online logoQuickBooks Online39↗

or:Digits logoDigits47·Xero logoXero44

3 API calls
  • GET /v3/company/{id}/reports/ProfitAndLoss
  • GET /v3/company/{id}/reports/BalanceSheet
  • GET /v3/company/{id}/reports/GeneralLedger

02Send financials to CPA

agent
Gmail⏸ approval gatemedium risk
1 API call
  • gmail.users.messages.send

03CPA prepares return (2-3 weeks)

human
⏳ asynchigh risk

04Review draft return

human
⏸ approval gatehigh risk

05CPA files return with IRS

human
IRShigh risk

06Pay any tax due

manual form
IRS⏸ approval gatehigh riskdo it yourself: IRS payments ↗

07File copy in records

agent
Google Drive

Context the agent needs first: recent transactions · 1099s · cpa

The market options

Each role resolves against its arena’s live leaderboard — the default is the process’s canonical vendor, alternatives ranked by agent-readiness.

Accounting & Bookkeeping →1 step

Simulate this process

simulated dry run from the mapped process — no real calls are made
For agents Process manifest (JSON)·/llms.txt