Available with: Microsoft 365 Copilot for Finance
A day in the life of Emma Income Tax Compliance Manager
Day in the life
Available with: Microsoft 365 Copilot for Finance
Day in the life
Emma has several new emails from 3rd parties in relation to tax returns. Instead of reading through each email, she uses Copilot to summarize recent emails about tax returns.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat2
Example prompt: Summarize recent email threads about tax returns and list action items.
Emma reviews the final tax analysis using Copilot for Finance in Excel to check for any inconsistent formulas.
Copilot in Excel
Example prompt: Explain the formula used to calculate deprecation for Contoso.
Emma requests Copilot to create a list of all the emails and chats related to the Contoso tax return. She uses Copilot in Outlook to draft replies to an email thread with the tax preparation team.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat2
Example prompt: Summarize all the conversations about the Contoso return in my emails and Teams messages.
Emma receives an email to say the Tax Returns are ready for her review. Emma verifies the accuracy of tax return data using an OCR model she built in AI Builder instead of manually retyping it.
Copilot in Power Automate
Example prompt: Extract the information from a structured document.
Emma uses Copilot for Finance in Excel to highlight any differences between the financial analysis and tax return. She asks it to highlight the variances and then adds the table to an email.
Copilot in Excel
Example prompt: Add a formula column in ‘Section D: Total Assets’ showing the difference between the financial analysis and tax return data.
Emma uses Copilot in SharePoint to get answers about previous tax returns without having to open the large pdf files.
Copilot Studio Agent
Example prompt: What was the opening cash balance on the US income tax return for Contoso?
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