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Building self-improving tax agents with Codex

OpenAI Blog · 2026-05-27

OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete built a self-improving tax agent using Codex that automates tax filings, iteratively improves its own accuracy, and accelerates professional tax workflows.

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Topics: ai-agentstax-automationcodexself-improving-systems

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  • OpenAI partnered with Thrive and Crete to develop a tax filing agent powered by Codex capable of automating end-to-end tax filings.
  • The tax agent is designed to self-improve, iteratively increasing accuracy over time rather than operating as a static system.
  • Codex-based agents can be productively applied to professional, regulated domains such as tax preparation to measurably accelerate specialized workflows.

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See how OpenAI, Thrive, and Crete built a self-improving tax agent with Codex, automating filings, improving accuracy, and accelerating workflows.