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November 1, 2026

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.

November 1, 2026

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.

November 1, 2026

AI raises the stakes for auditor judgment

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

November 1, 2026

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.

November 1, 2026

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.

November 1, 2026

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.

November 1, 2026

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.

October 1, 2026

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.

August 1, 2026

Ask the Expert: Context and AI

Q Why does AI still feel hit-or-miss for me? A Folks tend to focus on the prompt, but truly great results depend on the “context” you can provide. Tax questions without facts are just hypothetical. A tax question with the client’s partnership agreement, the prior year’s return, and the relevant Treasury

August 1, 2026

How to set up a simple automation in Zapier

This article walks you through connecting two apps in Zapier.

August 1, 2026

Real-life ways small firms use AI

Learn how four practices with fewer than 10 employees deploy artificial intelligence to expand capacity, do faster research, and more.

July 21, 2026

Are finance leaders moving too fast on agentic AI?

While more than 9 in 10 senior finance leaders in a recent survey said they’re under career pressure to demonstrate a return on agentic AI investment, the ROI may be slowed by an emphasis on speed above all.

July 9, 2026

From estate planning to AI: Managing CPA liability

A coauthor of the JofA’s Professional Liability Spotlight column discusses the risks for CPAs related to the Great Wealth Transfer, how accountants can serve as a “critical guardrail” for clients, and the key components of an effective AI policy. Listen to the podcast episode or read the Q&A.

July 1, 2026