Technology

We've heard it many times over the last few years: machines will not—cannot—replace human accountants. Today's technology is not sufficient to create the apocalypse scenario many dread, but what about tomorrow's?

The artificial intelligence revolution is here, transforming how accountants serve clients, manage workflows, and compete for talent.

The rise of AI has led to firms spending less on people and more on tech, a trend that our AI experts believe is likely to continue into 2026, according to answers to our annual AI Thought Leaders survey.

Sax LLP, a top 100 firm, concluded its investigation after a data breach in 2024 and determined that the personal data of as many as 220,000 people has been exposed.

Those with AI skills are said to make more, but how much more? Also, how have our actual experts been using AI in their own lives? We find out in this second part of our look at the AI Thought Leaders Survey.

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Accounting's top influencers look back at the profession's biggest shifts.

As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "What has been the most important change in accounting during your career?"

In this first installment in a multipart series from our annual AI Thought Leaders survey, we asked our experts which processes will likely be automated by AI this year and which will remain in human hands.

While CFOs focus on external growth threats, a more insidious drain often operates undetected within their own finance departments.