November 2026 - Journal of Accountancy

CPAs must understand AI’s limits, test its outputs, and keep professional skepticism firmly in human hands.

Four firms share examples of using artificial intelligence to assess risk, prepare data, and flag anomalies in ways that save time and money.

A CPA and business performance coach shares four questions to help accounting and finance professionals find purpose and joy in their work.

Because of the expanded excise tax on excess compensation, applicable tax-exempt organizations may need to rethink the structure of leaders’ and key employees’ pay packages.

Understanding where an answer comes from ensures you’re ready when a partner, a client, or an examiner asks how you made a judgment call.

Firms seeing the greatest success with AI are building a strong technology foundation rather than simply adding more tools.

AI now assists with product classification to tax categories, certificate capture and validation, address cleansing, monitoring statute and rule changes, anomaly detection, notice triage, and forecasting nexus risk, which reduces manual effort and cycle time while improving consistency.