Chris Gaetano is the technology editor for Accounting Today. He brings with him more than a decade of experience covering the accounting profession as part of the NYSSCPA's Trusted Professional. Prior to that, he was a local news reporter at Greater Media Newspapers in New Jersey. He graduated from Rowan University, in Glassboro, NJ.
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The Big Four firm announced a new formalized engineering career path, offering a dedicated avenue for advancement based on technology skills and leadership.
Organizations with mature agentic AI governance frameworks are in the distinct minority, but this hasn't stopped leaders from rushing to implement the technology this coming year in a wide variety of applications.
April, a tax solutions platform, announced a partnership that will allow debit card holders to file their 2025 federal and state tax returns for free on PayPal's platform.
Professional development platform MyCPE One announced the release of a new skills assessment platform with an AI-powered anti-cheating monitor.
Recent data finds that a significant fraction of accounting firms are changing their organizational structures to optimize for AI, especially when it comes to junior roles.
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The number of organizations that have deployed AI agents grew twofold in the past year, sparking changes in hiring patterns and market dynamics.
While AI has increased gross productivity, net gains have been eroded by the time and effort needed to review and correct AI outputs.
The software will be used by both the firm's professionals and its clients to collaboratively manage corporate tax engagements in the same platform.
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Experts shared the tools, trends and technologies they think will shape the next 12 months in accounting. We have included the full text of a broad selection of predictions here.
Experts shared the tools, trends and technologies they think will shape the next 12 months in accounting.
More AI integration — but with better governance — and slimmer tech stacks are top of mind for experts in accounting technology.
AI is nowhere near even approaching anything resembling sentience. But if it were, would it be ethical to make it do accounting tasks? We examine the question of AI freedom in our final part of our AI Thought Leaders series.
Corporate performance management solutions provider OneStream has agreed to be acquired by Hg Capital, a technology investment firm.
The deadline for submissions to Accounting Today's 2026 Top New Products list is end-of-day Friday.
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 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.