Accountants: Smarter than AI? Prove it.
The models shaping the future of AI are only as rigorous as the accounting experts behind them. Apply your expertise where it matters, and get paid to do it.
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This is not busywork.
The most advanced language models still misapply accounting standards, invent disclosure requirements, and confuse debit-credit logic in complex transactions. You're the professional filter that catches what machines can't — one disclosure at a time.
Three steps.
No overhead.
Apply & Qualify
Complete a short accounting reasoning assessment. We evaluate your ability to identify misapplied standards, catch journal entry errors, and verify financial statement logic. No résumé required — your technical judgment speaks.
Get Matched
Based on your background and assessment results, you're matched to projects in your areas of expertise. Financial reporting, tax, audit, consolidation, and forensic accounting are all available depending on your areas of expertise.
Work & Get Paid
Complete tasks on your own schedule. Each task has clear analytical specifications and a defined scope. Payment is per-task, processed weekly, starting at $50/hour.
What you'll actually do.
Write a prompt
Craft precise accounting prompts designed to probe the boundaries of model reasoning. Not trivia, but questions that expose misapplied standards, flawed journal entries, and hallucinated disclosure requirements.
Review AI output
Evaluate model-generated financial analysis line
by line. Identify hallucinated earnings figures, misapplied discount rates, and logical gaps in risk assessment frameworks.
Write the correct solution
Author a complete, analytically rigorous financial analysis that demonstrates the correct reasoning. This helps the model learn what sound accounting judgment actually looks like.
Where models need you most.
These are the accounting domains where current AI systems consistently produce material errors. Your expertise directly addresses the hardest open problems in accounting AI.
Revenue Recognition (ASC 606)
Evaluate AI reasoning about the five-step model, performance obligations, variable consideration, and timing of recognition. Verify correct application of principal-vs-agent analysis and contract modification accounting.
Lease Accounting (ASC 842)
Review model outputs on lease classification, right-of-use asset measurement, discount rate selection, and modification accounting. Catch errors in the lease-vs-nonlease component allocation and reassessment triggers.
Business Combinations (ASC 805)
Assess AI-generated acquisition accounting, including fair value allocation, goodwill calculation, bargain purchase analysis, and measurement period adjustments. Verify correct treatment of contingent consideration and in-process R&D.
Financial Statement Consolidation
Evaluate reasoning about variable interest entities, intercompany eliminations, noncontrolling interests, and equity method investments. Identify errors in consolidation entries, particularly around foreign currency translation and step acquisitions.
Tax Accounting (ASC 740)
Review model outputs on deferred tax asset/liability calculations, valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, and intraperiod tax allocation. Verify correct application of the more-likely-than-not threshold and effective tax rate reconciliation.
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Accounting Students
MAcc candidates and advanced accounting students with strong foundations in financial reporting, audit methodology, and tax compliance.
Public Accountants
Big Four and mid-market audit and tax professionals looking for flexible, intellectually engaging work outside busy season.
Controllers & CFOs
Industry accounting leaders applying financial reporting expertise and GAAP knowledge to AI training data on their own schedule.
Internal Audit & Compliance Professionals
Risk, compliance, and internal audit professionals with deep knowledge of control frameworks, regulatory requirements, and financial reporting standards.
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People love the work.
A few threads from contributors who’ve been at it for a while.
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u/NaToKy24
What I love most about DA: it's an actual meritocracy
What I absolutely love about working at DA is the meritocracy. The higher the quality of your work, the higher the reward.
Creating complex coding scenarios, doing deep analysis of models, and synthesizing results are all part of my daily routine, and I love it.
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u/textartguy
Belated Milestone Post
Been working since March 2024. I honestly feel so lucky to have both found this job and to have been able to keep it for so long.
I thought I might make a few grand max at the start.
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u/Sharp-Sherbert-4194
100K!
Hit 100k the other day! I do this full time. Not what I originally intended when I signed up, but I've managed so far.
I started as a generalist but I have coding work too.
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u/Emelody_cellobabe
DA has seriously changed my life
This work has opened up so many opportunities for me and is now enabling me to work full-time independently.
I started as a generalist, then passed the coding eval and have more often than not had plenty of work.
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u/E13AN0R
Just hit 75k!!
Started almost a year ago and have just hit this milestone :) I had just graduated from uni when I started doing this and it was a lifesaver whilst I was looking for graduate jobs.
I'm based in the UK and I have a Master's degree in physics so I do a mix of specialist stem, coding, and sometimes generalist projects.
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u/LeatherScience633
DA saved me, and I wish I could say thanks
In just 2 months I have already paid off my debt that would have taken me around an year to pay back. I can also leave my extra jobs and actually focus on my passion instead.
Working for them has been the best thing to happen to me so far.
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u/CharacterBlood1495
Hit the 10k mark in one month : )
I have earned 10k in a month (my first month started at the end of April). I needed this and will definitely continue working with them.
I plan to keep working and be able to pay for a masters maybe in the fall.
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u/OhLemons
Broke 130k this month!
I love that I can switch between coding tasks and those with rubrics, and that the work is always changing, so it never gets boring.
The taxes hurt, but it is worth it to help support the services like free healthcare here in Canada.
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u/paranormalisnormal
$40k - I Love You Data Annotation <3
Data Annotation has saved my ass financially and allowed me to help out my loved ones. Couldn't ask for a better job.
I've been working about 2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for just over 2 years.
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u/PossibilityNo1696
200k Club
Treated DA as pretty much full time for the past 3 years and its been a god send for me.
I've saved a huge amount of money working from home, managed to work on a part time masters degree, and also been able to spend more time on myself.
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u/Responsible-Fly-3808
My personal experience with DA [CODING]
In less than 2 months I've made a little over $20k, which honestly still feels surreal typing out.
A lot of it feels like real engineering/problem-solving work — debugging code, evaluating implementations, reasoning about edge cases.
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u/MCSquareGlobe
Actually can help pay student debt now
This made living as a grad student actually affordable. In 2 weeks I just over doubled what I normally make.
Half of what I need to do in grad school is writing, so writing practice has been well needed.
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u/physicsandwolves
100k club
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Thanks DAT, I've been able to live an awesome life because of this job. Traveled to 28 countries, built a wrap around deck for my mom, created a massive garden, and so much more!
You can do it too, keep up the good work people!
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u/neverenoughpepper
Jumping on the Milestone bandwagon
It's been a long, almost 3 year journey. Coder, self taught, and the first year or so was really, really tough. But I have no words for how thankful I am for DA.
I've had some amazing jobs in my life, but none compare to the constant challenges and rewards of this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? Here we answer the most common questions.
You'll work on tasks that help AI perform better, like reviewing responses, checking accuracy, refining prompts, and rating outputs. No coding or technical background needed.
Projects vary but commonly include reviewing AI-generated text, ranking responses, checking facts, labeling data, and reviewing content in specific subject areas. All focused on improving real production AI systems.
This is ideal for people with strong reasoning skills, attention to detail, and subject-matter expertise who want flexible, remote work with real impact. Researchers, students, professionals, and independent contributors who enjoy analytical work and want to contribute to advancing AI systems.
This is a flexible, task-based contractor role. You work remotely on your own schedule, focused on output quality rather than hours logged. There is no long-term commitment required, and you can work as much or as little as you choose.
Get ahead in a changing workforce.
No recruiters. No interviews. Just meaningful work and real compensation.