What OPR’s new AI guidance means for how tax work gets priced Robert Schulte · CEO, Exactera On June 24, 2026, the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility issued Alert 2026-19, “Introductory Guidelines for Responsible AI Use in Federal Tax Practice.” Most of the profession is reading it as a compliance checklist. I read it as validation of a… The post The IRS Just Made the Case Against Hourly Billing appeared first on Exactera .