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Tax deadline management & compliance alerts with GPT-4, Google Sheets & Slack

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2/3/2026
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AI-Driven Tax Compliance & Deadline Management System

Description

Automate tax deadline monitoring with AI-powered insights. This workflow checks your tax calendar daily at 8 AM, uses GPT-4 to analyze upcoming deadlines across multiple jurisdictions, detects overdue and critical items, and sends intelligent alerts via email and Slack only when immediate action is required. Perfect for finance teams and accounting firms who need proactive compliance management without manual tracking. 🏛️🤖📊

Good to Know

  • AI-Powered: GPT-4 provides risk assessment and strategic recommendations
  • Multi-Jurisdiction: Handles Federal, State, and Local tax requirements automatically
  • Smart Alerts: Only notifies executives when deadlines are overdue or critical (≤3 days)
  • Priority Classification: Categorizes deadlines as Overdue, Critical, High, or Medium priority
  • Dual Notifications: Critical alerts to leadership + daily summaries to team channel
  • Complete Audit Trail: Logs all checks and deadlines to Google Sheets for compliance records

How It Works

  1. Daily Trigger - Runs at 8:00 AM every morning
  2. Fetch Data - Pulls tax calendar and company configuration from Google Sheets
  3. Analyze Deadlines - Calculates days remaining, filters by jurisdiction/entity type, categorizes by priority
  4. AI Analysis - GPT-4 provides strategic insights and risk assessment on upcoming deadlines
  5. Smart Routing - Only sends alerts if overdue or critical deadlines exist
  6. Critical Alerts - HTML email to executives + Slack alert for urgent items
  7. Team Updates - Slack summary to finance channel with all upcoming deadlines
  8. Logging - Records compliance check results to Google Sheets for audit trail

Requirements

Google Sheets Structure

Sheet 1: TaxCalendar

DeadlineID | DeadlineName | DeadlineDate | Jurisdiction | Category | AssignedTo | IsActive
FED-Q1     | Form 1120 Q1 | 2025-04-15   | Federal      | Income   | John Doe   | TRUE

Sheet 2: CompanyConfig (single row)

Jurisdictions          | EntityType  | FiscalYearEnd
Federal, California    | Corporation | 12-31

Sheet 3: ComplianceLog (auto-populated)

Date       | AlertLevel | TotalUpcoming | CriticalCount | OverdueCount
2025-01-15 | HIGH       | 12            | 3             | 1

Credentials Needed

  1. Google Sheets - Service Account OAuth2
  2. OpenAI - API Key (GPT-4 access required)
  3. SMTP - Email account for sending alerts
  4. Slack - Bot Token with chat:write permission

Setup Steps

  1. Import workflow JSON into n8n
  2. Add all 4 credentials
  3. Replace these placeholders:
    • YOUR_TAX_CALENDAR_ID - Tax calendar sheet ID
    • YOUR_CONFIG_ID - Company config sheet ID
    • YOUR_LOG_ID - Compliance log sheet ID
    • C12345678 - Slack channel ID
    • tax@company.com - Sender email
    • cfo@company.com - Recipient email
  4. Share all sheets with Google service account email
  5. Invite Slack bot to channels
  6. Test workflow manually
  7. Activate the trigger

Customizing This Workflow

Change Alert Thresholds: Edit "Analyze Deadlines" node:

  • Critical: Change <= 3 to <= 5 for 5-day warning
  • High: Change <= 7 to <= 14 for 2-week notice
  • Medium: Change <= 30 to <= 60 for 2-month lookout

Adjust Schedule: Edit "Daily Tax Check" trigger:

  • Change hour/minute for different run time
  • Add multiple trigger times for tax season (8 AM, 2 PM, 6 PM)

Add More Recipients: Edit "Send Email" node:

  • To: cfo@company.com, director@company.com
  • CC: accounting@company.com
  • BCC: archive@company.com

Customize Email Design: Edit "Format Email" node to change colors, add logo, or modify layout

Add SMS Alerts: Insert Twilio node after "Is Critical" for emergency notifications

Integrate Task Management: Add HTTP Request node to create tasks in Asana/Jira for critical deadlines

Troubleshooting

| Issue | Solution | |-------|----------| | No deadlines found | Check date format (YYYY-MM-DD) and IsActive = TRUE | | AI analysis failed | Verify OpenAI API key and account credits | | Email not sending | Test SMTP credentials and check if critical condition met | | Slack not posting | Invite bot to channel and verify channel ID format | | Permission denied | Share Google Sheets with service account email |

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Tax Deadline Management & Compliance Alerts with GPT-4, Google Sheets & Slack

This n8n workflow automates the process of managing tax deadlines, generating compliance alerts, and notifying relevant teams. It leverages Google Sheets for data storage, integrates with a custom API (likely for GPT-4 interaction), and uses Slack and email for notifications.

What it does

This workflow streamlines tax compliance by:

  1. Scheduled Trigger: Initiating the workflow on a predefined schedule (e.g., daily, weekly) to check for upcoming deadlines.
  2. Retrieve Tax Deadlines: Fetching tax deadline information from a specified Google Sheet.
  3. Process Data with Custom Code: Executing custom JavaScript code to process the retrieved data, potentially filtering, transforming, or preparing it for further analysis.
  4. Generate Compliance Alerts (via HTTP Request): Sending an HTTP request to an external API (likely an OpenAI GPT-4 endpoint or similar AI service) to generate compliance alerts or insights based on the tax deadline data.
  5. Conditional Alerting: Evaluating the generated alerts or data to determine if a notification is required.
  6. Notify via Slack: If an alert condition is met, posting a message to a designated Slack channel to inform the team.
  7. Notify via Email: If an alert condition is met, sending an email to specified recipients with the compliance alert details.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

  • n8n Instance: A running n8n instance.
  • Google Sheets Account: Access to a Google Sheet containing your tax deadline data.
  • OpenAI API Key (or similar AI service): Credentials for an API that can generate text-based compliance alerts (e.g., GPT-4). This is inferred from the directory name and the presence of an HTTP Request node likely interacting with such a service.
  • Slack Account: A Slack workspace and a channel where alerts will be posted.
  • SMTP Server/Email Service: Configured email credentials within n8n to send email notifications.

Setup/Usage

  1. Import the Workflow:
    • Copy the provided JSON code.
    • In your n8n instance, go to "Workflows" and click "New".
    • Click the "Import" button (cloud icon) and paste the JSON code.
    • Click "Import".
  2. Configure Credentials:
    • Google Sheets: Set up your Google Sheets credentials to allow n8n to read from your spreadsheet.
    • HTTP Request (AI Service): Configure the HTTP Request node with your API key and endpoint for the AI service (e.g., OpenAI). Ensure the request body and headers are correctly set up to send the tax data and receive the generated alert.
    • Slack: Set up your Slack credentials to allow n8n to post messages to your workspace.
    • Send Email: Configure your email credentials (SMTP) in n8n.
  3. Customize Nodes:
    • Schedule Trigger: Adjust the schedule to your preferred frequency (e.g., daily at a specific time).
    • Google Sheets: Specify the Spreadsheet ID and Sheet Name where your tax deadline data is located.
    • Code: Review and modify the JavaScript code to match your specific data processing needs and the structure of your Google Sheet data.
    • HTTP Request: Adjust the URL, headers, and body of the HTTP request to correctly interact with your chosen AI service for alert generation.
    • If: Customize the conditions in the "If" node to define when an alert should be triggered (e.g., if (alert_level === 'critical')).
    • Slack: Configure the Slack message content and the target channel.
    • Send Email: Set the recipient email addresses, subject, and email body.
  4. Activate the Workflow: Once all configurations are complete, activate the workflow.

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