Tax Experts: $55-$145/hr from AI Labs & Fintech

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$55-$145/hr tax and advisory work, on your schedule

Review AI-generated tax positions, returns, and planning the way you'd review work before signing it. Flag the position that won't survive an audit, the credit misapplied, the basis calculation that's wrong. The judgment that keeps a client out of trouble - and what you'd never put your PTIN on - is what AI labs need.

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Hi, we're Zac and Jack, the founders of Terac. We want to talk to you directly, because you are the most important part of what we're building.

Terac is a community of experts. People who have spent years getting good at something specific and hard. The world is about to need more of you, not less. As AI takes on more of the world's work, the bottleneck shifts to the people who actually know what they're talking about.

Expert labor is the rarest resource in the world right now, and it is shockingly hard to find. The companies that need a tax CPA's eye on an aggressive deduction spend weeks chasing people, paying placement fees, and settling for whoever is available. Meanwhile thousands of qualified people are sitting with knowledge that no one ever asks for.

That gap is what we're here to close. Every project that lands on Terac is routed to the people who actually know the answer, on their schedule, paid fairly, and only when the work is verified. No middleman taking a cut of your time. No vague gigs. No chasing checks.

We care about every single person in this community. If you join Terac, you're not a row in a database to us. We read the feedback. We answer the emails. We will fight for you when a customer is being unreasonable, and we will be honest with you when something on our side is broken. The quality of this panel is our entire company, and we owe you a serious bar.

If you've made it this far, here is what we're asking: claim your profile. Put your expertise on the record. Let the world's most ambitious teams come find you for the work only you can do.

Zac & Jack

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Tax questions

Still curious? Write to us at support@terac.com.

Partnership and pass-through taxation is one of the areas where AI models make the most errors, so your sub-specialty is directly valuable. You would likely review model-generated explanations of basis calculations, at-risk limitations, and Section 704(b) allocations, and flag reasoning that is technically wrong or misleading to a practitioner.

An inactive or retired CPA license is acceptable for most tax evaluation work, because the credential establishes your domain expertise rather than authorizing you to practice on behalf of a client. If an opportunity specifically requires active licensure, that requirement will be stated in the opportunity description before you apply.

No. The work involves evaluating and annotating AI-generated content, not advising a real taxpayer or signing a return. You are acting as a subject-matter reviewer, not as a preparer or enrolled representative, so Circular 230 preparer obligations and independence rules do not attach to this work.

Most tasks involve reviewing AI-generated written explanations of tax concepts, model-constructed step-by-step calculations (for example, QBID phase-out under Section 199A or AMT adjustments), and screener-style reasoning traces where the model works through a hypothetical fact pattern. You would not be reviewing real client returns or live preparatory work product.

Yes. Enrolled Agent status is a recognized federal tax credential that demonstrates the same core competency the work requires, and EA specialists who focus on representation, collection, or IRS procedure are particularly useful for evaluating model outputs in those areas. You would apply through the same process as a CPA and be matched to opportunities that fit your background.

Why your expertise matters

Tax law is one of the most rule-dense, jurisdiction-specific domains AI models routinely get wrong: a model that confuses IRC Section 199A's W-2 wage limitation with its unadjusted basis alternative, or misapplies the passive activity loss rules under Section 469, can produce advice that triggers penalties, underpayments, or IRS scrutiny. Your ability to catch a subtly wrong Form 1040 position, spot a hallucinated treaty provision, or judge whether a research credit calculation follows the four-part test is not reproducible by a generalist. Frontier labs need CPAs and enrolled agents who can evaluate AI-generated tax analysis the way they'd review a junior associate's work product before it goes out to a client.

How pay works

Rates toward the top of the $55-$145/hr band go to practitioners with active CPA licensure or EA credentials, demonstrated experience in high-complexity areas such as international taxation, partnership allocations under Section 704(b), or M&A transaction cost analysis, and the ability to write precise, actionable feedback on AI output rather than just marking it right or wrong. All work is fully remote and asynchronous, billed by verified task completion rather than scheduled hours, so you choose the volume that fits around busy season and client commitments.

What the work looks like

A sample of the tax and advisory work you would pick up. Every project is scoped, remote, and paid on verified completion.

Review an AI-generated Schedule K-1 allocation memo and flag any misapplication of the substantial economic effect rules under Treasury Regulation 1.704-1.
Evaluate a model's explanation of the qualified business income deduction and correct any errors in how it handles specified service trades or businesses at various income thresholds.
Create a worked example of a like-kind exchange under Section 1031, including boot recognition and adjusted basis calculation, showing each step the way you would walk a client through it.
Assess whether an AI-drafted response to a hypothetical IRS CP2000 notice applies the proper burden-of-proof standards and references the correct penalty abatement provisions.
Annotate a model-generated state nexus analysis for a multi-state retailer, noting where it conflates economic nexus thresholds with physical presence standards across specific states.
Write a reference solution for a complex net operating loss carryforward scenario under the TCJA rules, including the 80% limitation and the elimination of carrybacks for most taxpayers.