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5 E’s for leading through change in the accounting profession
Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, a pioneering former AICPA chair, reflects on lessons from her parents, growth as a leader, and the importance of lifelong learning. Listen to the podcast episode or read the transcript.
What Binance’s $6.3B crypto hack means for CPAs
Binance’s $6.3B crypto hack exposed gaps in custody and controls. See what CPAs can learn about hot wallets, proof of reserves, and digital-asset risk.
IRS official signals additional guidance on AI, practitioner fees
The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) plans additional guidance on artificial intelligence and practitioner fees after concerns from the AICPA and other groups about language in earlier guidance. Speaking at the AICPA National Tax Conference, the OPR’s director said the agency was not suggesting practitioners must reduce fees simply because AI improves efficiency.
How small firms can compete in the talent game
Larger organizations may offer more resources and structure, but small firms can offer something just as powerful: the opportunity to contribute, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
Sales tax doesn’t have to be this hard
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.
How CPAs are putting AI to work in audits
Four firms share examples of using artificial intelligence to assess risk, prepare data, and flag anomalies in ways that save time and money.
Why AI needs to show its work
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.
How to craft the CPA career you want
A CPA and business performance coach shares four questions to help accounting and finance professionals find purpose and joy in their work.
How firms make AI adoption work for them
Firms seeing the greatest success with AI are building a strong technology foundation rather than simply adding more tools.
AI raises the stakes for auditor judgment
CPAs must understand AI’s limits, test its outputs, and keep professional skepticism firmly in human hands.
Turning member insights into policy
From IRS notices to AI attestation, AICPA advocacy relies on member experience to push for practical policy solutions that serve CPAs, taxpayers, and businesses.
The trust imperative in the age of AI
Mark Koziel, CPA, CGMA, president and CEO of the AICPA and CEO of the Association of Certified International Professional Accountants, discusses how CPAs have an opportunity to help organizations, investors, regulators, and the public know that they can trust what AI producing.
AICPA proposes improvements to SOC 2 trust services criteria
Feedback is being accepted through mid-January on proposed updates to the framework used by CPAs to evaluate controls over an organization’s information systems.
AI is reshaping finance jobs rather than eliminating them, survey finds
Just 3% of CFOs report actively reducing headcount where AI has replaced work in the finance function, although few organizations are yet in position to fully implement AI across all workflows.
AICPA partners on new offering that assures AI systems and agents
The first-of-its-kind assurance certification, developed with the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company, is in a piloting phase and is expected to fully launch in early 2027.
A Raven’s-eye view on interest rates, jobs, and the U.S. economy
Ahead of appearances at two AICPA conferences, a Baltimore-based economist shares his outlook on interest rates, jobs, AI, and the broader economy. He also explains why economic trends often look different depending on where you’re standing.
AI and the audit: AICPA publishes practice aid to assist auditors
A new practice aid covers the impact of organizations’ use of artificial intelligence in financial reporting and the impact of audit firms’ use of AI in audit engagements.
Recasting retirement: 3 ways AI is changing client-adviser conversations
What questions should financial advisers expect to hear from clients newly armed with artificial intelligence tools, and how can they answer the call to strengthen their position as essential experts?
Using an Excel agent to clean, validate, and reconcile data
Follow step-by-step how an agentic AI tool prepares 59,157 rows of general ledger data for audit use in about 10 minutes.
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