Voucher entry
Accountant · Bookkeeper
“Voucher entry” (Accountant) was largely replaced by AI in 2022, after AI entered in 2014.
AI enters
2014
Largely replaced
2022
Replacement progress
100%
Technology / key factor
Receipt OCR + automated bookkeeping
What this task is
Accountants enter invoices, receipts and bank slips into the finance system one by one, choosing the right accounts, amounts and descriptions to create the journal vouchers.
How AI replaces it
From around 2014, receipt OCR and e-invoicing spread, and accounting software began reading documents and generating entries by rule. By 2022, manual voucher entry was largely replaced.
What stays human
Accountants now review entries flagged by the system, maintain the automatic posting rules, and handle unusual transactions that the software can't classify correctly on its own.