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.
Industry experts seek the potential causes of the sudden demise of Botkeeper, from accounting firm M&A to changes in AI, and beyond.
Plus, TaxRock announces 2.0 edition; MyCPE One launches comprehensive learning and development services; and other accounting tech news and updates.
Payroll data from Gusto finds that small businesses that use AI more tend to hire slightly more people, but this does not necessarily favor younger people in their early career, or those in heavily AI-exposed occupations.
AI-enabled fraud has become so sophisticated more than one-third of senior internal audit leaders aren't even sure whether or not their organizations have been the targets of any attempts.
Sage announced the latest version of its Sage Intacct solution, which now features AI agents for finance intelligence and data imports.
The vast majority of professional auditors have expressed concern that AI tools, while helpful, risk undermining professional judgment and eroding the trust people have in the profession entirely.
Halfpricesoft, an accounting and payroll solutions provider, updated its ezW2Correction software to assist with file corrections for 2015 to 2025 tax forms.
Plus, new Emburse tool uses AI to prevent errors before they start; Bill touts new agents, enhancements to existing ones.
The independent nonprofit is devoted to helping professionals move past hype and into concrete practical implementations of artificial intelligence technology.
Grant Thornton has sold its quality management application qm.x to accounting AI software company Tellen, though the firm will keep using it.
Oracle NetSuite introduced a host of new features and capacities built around agentic AI covering both process automation and data-driven insights.
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has decided to pursue guidance for applying current standards to uses of emerging technology, like AI.
The tax solutions provider isn't aiming to compete with CPAs.
Bookkeeping automation solutions provider Botkeeper is closing down. The company made the announcement over the weekend.
Accounting's 'Inspector Gadget,' David Cieslak, looks at major trends in accounting technology for 2026.
Big Four KPMG announced that the employees and founders of AI development platform PrivateBlok will be joining the firm to further scale its AI capacities.
The shift will happen gradually starting this summer until December, when QBOA will be discontinued.
The new Pilot AI Accountant claims to run the entire bookkeeping and financial reporting process with zero need for human intervention.
Plus, Sage rolls out AI enhancements for reporting, AP, sales; Datarails launches Spend Control solution for contract visibility.
Accrual, a tax prep and review platform for firms that launched today with $75 million in funding, already supports every federal and state tax form, as well as the unstructured data to fill it.