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Small Businesses At The Center Of Bots Vs Accountants

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Separate reports from The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), published last April, also demonstrated the changing nature of corporate finance: While the Big Four accounting firms’ advisory and consulting revenue jumped by a combined 44 percent since 2012, revenue from straightforward auditing for the firms rose just 3 percent in that time.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Every Day Is Fools’ Day For Some Accounting Employers; McKinsey Now Paying People to Leave | 4.1.24

Going Concern

Related to this I suppose, Alaska Public Media did a story on the city of Anchorage having some municipal audit problems : A long overdue financial audit of Anchorage’s bookkeeping may keep the city from getting tens of millions of dollars in grant money. who founded and runs the accounting technology community Realize.

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ChatGPT Can Pass the CPA Exam But Here’s What It Can’t Do (Yet)

Going Concern

Haven’t they been saying for at least ten years now that 95% of accountants will be replaced by 2030? There are already AI tools out there doing the more menial tasks accountants, bookkeepers, and interns once did. Prompting will become the new Googling, those who create good prompts get the best output.

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