The Effectiveness Of AI In Tax Analysis With Travis Thompson | Sideman & Bancroft LLP – Tax Authorities

26 April 2022

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“Blue J gives younger attorneys and associates the chance
to spend more time on analysis, more time creating better work
product. It’s going to improve your employees’ work-life
balance because they’re not spending hours upon hours on tax
research. Instead, they can spend more time being mentored by
partners and senior leaders.”

– Travis Thompson, Tax and Criminal Law
Associate

How do AI solutions benefit today’s tax practitioner? What
role does AI play in the future of tax law? That’s what we
explore in The Effectiveness of AI in Tax
Research
, a webinar hosted by Blue J CEO, Benjamin Alarie,
featuring tax attorney, Travis Thompson.  

Travis Thompson is a Tax and Criminal Law Associate at Sideman
& Bancroft LLP, based out of San Francisco, California. Mr.
Thompson is an experienced tax attorney who handles all aspects of
taxpayer controversies against the Internal Revenue Service and the
Department of Justice. Mr. Thompson represents clients in
litigation in the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts
of Appeals, and California state courts. He has drafted petitions
for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court and
represents clients in various white collar criminal defense
cases. 

Mr. Thompson has been a longtime advocate for the use of AI in
the tax practice. In this Fireside Chat, we hear from him about the
following:

  • AI in tax research and how it directly
    impacts accuracy, efficiency and client
    relationships
  • Implementation of Blue J Tax into post-secondary
    education and the expectations of next generation
    practitioners for their firms
  • The current shift to AI in tax practice, the response
    so far of AI skeptics and the future of tax analysis and
    research

You can watch the recorded session below to hear from Mr.
Thompson himself on the effectiveness of AI in tax research.

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