What an AI Accountant Handles (and What Still Needs You)

The numbers side of a business is mostly repetition: the same categories, the same month-end, the same "what was this charge?" An AI accountant is built for exactly that repetition — and knows where it should stop and ask you. In My Headquarters that's Miles, your bookkeeping teammate.

What it handles

• Categorizes transactions based on the vendor and your past choices — you review a tidy list, not a blank screen.
• Reconciles the month against the statements and exports you share, and flags anything that doesn't line up.
• Drafts plain-English summaries — "spend was up 14% in July, mostly software renewals" — ready to forward.
• Drafts the chase-up notes for missing pieces (statements, approvals) so you're not writing the third reminder — you approve before they send.
• Flags the weird stuff: duplicate charges, a subscription that doubled, a vendor you've never seen.

What still needs you

• The final sign-off. Anything that touches a filing needs a human who's accountable.
• Judgment calls. Was that dinner a client meal or a night out? Only you know.
• Anything regulated. Tax positions aren't a place for an unreviewed machine answer — that's for you and your tax professional.

The pattern that works

Draft-only. The AI prepares everything and waits for your approval; you review and click go. You get the hours back without giving up control of the numbers.

That's how My Headquarters is built — nothing is filed or sent until you approve it. See the plans. This article is general information, not financial or tax advice.