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In this month’s Small Firm Q&A column, Stephanie Otero, CPA, AICPA vice president–Small Firm Advocate, provides guidance on getting started with AI, riding the waves of transformation, and focusing on the most important things.

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Agentic accounting has arrived: What’s hype and what’s real?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving beyond chatbots and into accounting workflows. A new generation of agentic AI tools can plan, execute, and adapt as they complete tasks, raising expectations for what automation can do inside firms and finance departments. What can agentic AI realistically do today and what challenges are there in its implementation? Find out in this Journal of Accountancy sponsored report.

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LATEST NEWS

AICPA members to vote on two proposed bylaw amendments this fall

FASB updates investment company fair value reporting standard

PCAOB finalizes simplified quality control amendments

Risk response often doesn’t match the threat or the opportunity

AICPA seeks IRS clarity on AI guidelines, CPA fees

CFO hires increasing; average age of hires decreasing

Congress approves funding bill that maintains IRS budget

FEATURED ARTICLE

How small firms can start with AI, handle change

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Features

How CPAs can expand from tax into personal financial planning

A recipe for sanctions: AI-hallucinated citations in tax

2026 tax software survey

A CPA playbook to help prevent disaster fraud

Strategic planning for tax advisory

SPONSORED REPORT

Agentic accounting has arrived: What’s hype and what’s real?

From The Tax Adviser

What today’s clients expect from their CPA and how firms are responding

2026 tax software survey

A risk framework for AI use in tax administration and preparation

Current developments in S corporations

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