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Intuit debuts AI agents for QuickBooks

Accounting Today

In the months ahead, Intuit plans to debut more AI agents for larger growing businesses to tackle more complex tasks: Payroll Agent: Proactively collects time and attendance data from employees and runs payroll when needed.

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Tax Firms Without AI Strategies Will Fall Behind (and Fast), New Study Warns​

CPA Practice

OBannon A new study from Thomson Reuters comes with a stark warning to the tax and accounting industry: firms without artificial intelligence strategies could fall irrevocably behind in the next 12 months as competing firms leverage the technology to transform faster, serve better, and hire smarter.​

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Optimism declines among accountants

Accounting Today

The shift signifies growing apprehension across Main Street accounting firms serving as advisors on tax, payroll and compliance decisions amid a backdrop of historic tariff actions, continued inflation and unpredictable tax and trade policies.

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Transforming tax preparation: How SurePrep revolutionized this CPA firm

ThomsonReuters

Let’s take a look. The c hallenge: Time- c onsuming, m anual d ata e ntry Like many accounting firms, Madsen, O’Meara and Company was consumed with manual data entry and struggled to manage their workload during tax season given the high volume of work and limited staff.

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Tax workflow for accounting firms: Best practices and automation tips

ThomsonReuters

If there is one thing accountants and tax preparers know for sure, it’s that an efficient tax workflow is key to remaining competitive in an increasingly digital tax and accounting landscape. To achieve this, many forward-looking accountants and tax preparers are shifting toward a fully digital tax workflow.

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Mississippi, Texas storm victims get tax relief

Accounting Today

It also applies to 2024 contributions to IRAs and health savings accounts for eligible taxpayers and to estimated tax payments normally due on April 15, June 16 and Sept. In Texas, penalties on payroll and excise tax deposits due on or after March 26 and before April 10 will be abated as long as the tax deposits were made by April 10.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: Sick excuses

Accounting Today

EDT 6 Min Read Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email By any other name; poor Service; a saga continues; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Rockford, Illinois: Tax preparer Gretchen Alvarez, 49, has pleaded guilty to preparing and filing false income tax returns. million payroll tax scheme.

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