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Client vs Accountant: The battle for AI authority

Accounting Web

Practice strategy Tags Accounting Excellence Artificial intelligence Clients

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Protecting Your Financials Starts with Closing the Books Right

Shay CPA

Closing your books is more than just an accounting formality—it’s a safeguard for your business’s financial integrity. For many early-stage tech companies, where growth is rapid and every transaction counts, ensuring that your records remain unaltered once finalized is crucial for accurate reporting and decision-making. In this post, we discuss why it’s essential to secure closed books with passcodes, the risks associated with making unapproved changes to prior periods, and best practices for ha

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Renew Group: Breaking Free from the Broken Business Model

Canopy Accounting

In this episode of Canopy Practice Success , KC Brothers hosts Shannon Vincent and Colin Dunn—co-founders of Renew Group—to explore the broken business model that plagues many accounting firms. Drawing from decades of experience in public accounting and advisory, Shannon and Colin discuss how traditional firms are often bogged down by the wrong clients, outdated pricing structures, and unsustainable workloads.

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Wolters Kluwer Enhances CCH AnswerConnect With New AI Capabilities

CPA Practice

The latest update introduces generative AI document summarization and a new dynamic tools directory, enabling users to uncover insights faster, reduce research time, and make more confident decisions.

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You upgrade everything else. Why not your close process?

You wouldn’t keep using a 2009 flip phone - so why settle for outdated close processes? It’s time for an upgrade. SkyStem's Guide to Month-End Close Software walks you through what today’s best tools can do (and what your team shouldn’t have to deal with anymore). Get smart, fast, and a whole lot less stressed when it’s time to close the books.

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HCM executive discusses how AI is transforming compliance, auditing, and employee experience

ThomsonReuters

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform industries, payroll is emerging as a key area ripe for innovation. Yutaka Takagi, Principal Product Evangelist at isolved, believes AI is not just a futuristic concept for payroll — it’s already reshaping how companies process pay, ensure compliance, and enhance employee experience. In a recent interview, Takagi shared insights into how AI is being integrated into payroll systems, the strategic advantages it offers, and the challenges

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3 minutes with Paul Barnes

Accounting Insight

Introducing Paul Barnes, Managing Director at MAP, The Digital Agency Finance Function. How did you get into the world of finance? I graduated from university in Manchester in 2008 with an Accounting and Finance degree. I went on to work for 3 firms over the next five years, before setting up my own firm. What’s the best part of your job? I really enjoy seeing young people develop into mature professionals.

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Shleifer Case Highlights Tax Trap for the Unwary

Withum

Receiving notice that you are being audited by the IRS is stressful, but losing an IRS audit that you should have won is far worse. That’s what happened to the Shleifers. They made procedural errors in their refund claim and subsequent audit that later prevented them from asserting a valid argument in court. The mistake – they failed to comply with an esoteric tax rule known as the variance doctrine.

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CPA develops tools for accountants with dentist, veterinarian clients

Accounting Today

Bassim Michael has created Practice Gauge, a cloud-based analytics platform for his fellow accountants to use with their dentistry and veterinary clients.

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Canopy vs. Karbon: Which is Better for Your Firm?

Canopy Accounting

When you’re running an accounting or tax practice, choosing the right software can be the difference between, “I’ve got this,” and, “Why is everything on fire?” The right platform should be efficient, scalable, and make your life easier. Two big names in the space—Canopy and Karbon—are often compared. Both offer modern solutions to help accounting professionals manage clients, automate workflows, and streamline communication.

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In the blogs: Get yourself ready

Accounting Today

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AI In Accounting: A Practical Roadmap For Smarter AP

Speaker: Gerald Ratigan

The accounts payable (AP) function is evolving and AI is leading the charge. As finance teams face rising invoice volumes and expectations for speed and accuracy, AI-powered automation has shifted from a futuristic concept to the most practical solution. But for finance leaders, success isn’t just about selecting the right tools, it’s about implementing the right strategy.

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Cybersecurity for Employee Benefit Plans: How to Align With DOL Best Practices

Withum

Employee benefit plans are a growing target for cyber threats due to the volume and sensitivity of the data they hold. From participant Social Security numbers and medical histories to financial and payroll information, this data is highly valuable to bad actors and often dispersed across multiple third-party vendors. In response, the Department of Labor (DOL) expects plan fiduciaries to take a proactive approach, maintaining strong cybersecurity programs and assessing their effectiveness annual

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AI and Your Firm: How Should We Be Thinking About Its Impact?

Ryan Lazanis

AI is moving fast, and many fear the future. Here’s my take on what might actually change in your firm as adoption and maturity grow. The post AI and Your Firm: How Should We Be Thinking About Its Impact? appeared first on Future Firm.

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Tech's response to the rise of check fraud

Accounting Today

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K1x Adds 1099 Data Extraction to AI-Powered Tax Automation Platform

CPA Practice

The fintech company announced July 1 the launch of Aggregator Plus, a new product upgrade that adds automated Form 1099 data extraction to K1x's AI-powered K1 Aggregator tax platform.

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Stop Budget Burnout: A Better Way to Grow Your Nonprofit in 2026

Speaker: Sean Yoder

Nonprofits are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate financial accountability while continuing to expand their impact. Traditional budgeting models often fall short, reinforcing silos, limiting flexibility, and stalling growth. Enter collaborative budgeting: a dynamic, team-driven process that enables smarter resource allocation and builds financial resilience at scale.

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Inside the Senate version of the OBBBA

Accounting Today

A look at the key tax provisions of the semi-final version of the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Alpine Mar Acquires Elliot Melamed PA in Florida

CPA Practice

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CFOs split on impact of Trump tax bill

Accounting Today

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M&A Update: Investment Banking 2025 Quarter 1 Report

Withum

Insights from Withum’s Investment Banking 2025 Quarter 1 Report Download Guide How is Middle Market M&A trending? With the everchanging M&A market, we’ve put together this report to keep you informed on the latest trends and activities we have been seeing within the Middle Market M&A world. View the report to gain an understanding of: current M&A activity, M&A valuation trends, industry segment happenings and private credit markets.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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Armanino uses AI to develop data warehouse service

Accounting Today

The Top 25 Firm plans to launch a data warehouse service for smaller organizations this year and has been using AI to develop some of its rollout strategies.

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QuickBooks to Implement International Payments Fee

Insightful Accountant

At the end of May Insightful Accountant told you about price hikes coming to QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop as well as both Online Payroll and Desktop Payroll.

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Supporting Mental Health in the Accounting and Tax Profession

CPA Practice

Behind the spreadsheets, filings, and budgets lies a growing concern in the accounting and tax industry: burnout is real and it's on the rise.

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New Square Connector by QuickBooks

Insightful Accountant

Because Insightful Accountant reviewed Intuit’s previous Connect to Square App as one of the apps in our eCommerce App Comparison within the last year, and scored that App below many others in the comparison, we wanted to bring you up to date.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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FRC’s AI audit guidance, Xero dashboard and price hike, MTD confidence

Accounting Web

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Tariff Impact on U.S. Prices Expected to Come This Summer

CPA Practice

The Fed has held off on lowering interest rates this year—despite intense pressure from President Donald Trump—in part to determine whether tariff-driven price hikes might evolve into more persistent inflation.

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Ensure insights from the coalface are heard

Accounting Web

Finance & strategy

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Microsoft 365 Users Are Inexplicably Abusing Reply All in 2025, Sitting Through Too Many Meetings

Going Concern

The last time we covered the Microsoft Work Trend Index report was two years ago when they crunched Microsoft 365 data and discovered that Teams is the biggest productivity killer at work. In case you missed that article and don’t want to click through to read it, here are the highlights: Sixty-eight percent of people say they don’t have enough uninterrupted focus time during the workday.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Trump's tax bill set to help SoFi, other private student lenders

Accounting Today

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Maximizing HubSpot CRM Value With Integrated Marketing Systems

Withum

Are Disconnected Systems Hurting Productivity? Boost Growth with Integrated Marketing Systems by Optimizing Your HubSpot CRM. Fragmented and disconnected tech stacks don’t just hurt marketing – they can hinder your entire revenue team. If your business already uses HubSpot but isn’t leveraging its full potential, you’re likely leaving value on the table.

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House GOP hardliners warn of a delay to tax vote

Accounting Today

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GOP Leaders Work to Convince House Holdouts on Trump Tax Bill

CPA Practice

Republicans were scrambling Wednesday to salvage their “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill amid a revolt from conservatives over the measure’s growing price tag.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.