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October 2, 2026
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Mercor study: AI models beat 12 licensed CPAs on simplified accounting tasks, but top score on full APEX benchmark is 61
A Mercor study found AI models beat 12 licensed CPAs on simplified tasks from the APEX Accounting Benchmark. On the full 160-task benchmark, the top model, Claude Opus 5.5, meets 61.8% of grading criteria, and no model fully solved almost 60% of tasks.