It's the end of my first year of trading for one of my companies. I decided to put Claude Cowork and Codex to the test. Wow!
First I asked it to go into my QBO account and analyse some of the expense categories and identify any misanalysed expenses my bookkeeper had made.
Done ✅
Before I could reanalyse I needed some new Chart of Account entries (such as Intangible assets and Amortisation). I asked it to set them up for me. "Oh... and while you're at it, go through the default sales tax settings for each Chart of Account item and check it is correct for my company."
Done ✅
I then needed to pay a dividend and account for it, but there was no "Dividend paid" in the CoA. And I wasn't 100% sure if that should be an Equity or Expense item (yes, I know, I'm a Chartered Accountant and should know better!). Anyway, the AI told me and then offered to set it up for me correctly in the CoA. And then do the journal for me.
Done ✅
I then went into the Claude Excel add in and ask it to build out for me the work in papers sheets so I could pass onto my accountant together with the QBO file, so they could finalise and file my statutory financial statements. Minutes later...
Done ✅
Next job for my agentic AI... analyse my QBO file and complete all the entries for my work in papers file.
I'll let you know how I get on.
👇 Tell me below... how are you using AI to automate your work? Are you using agentic AI yet? Do you prefer Claude Cowork or Codex?