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The discourse surrounding the future of accounting has largely centered on automation, AI and digital transformation. Yet many firms face a more immediate issue.

Lewis Group CPAs acquired specialty-trades accounting firm Atlas Accounting Group in April, expanding its presence in the Pacific Northwest

Will the profession wait for the AI equivalent of 1929 before applying what it already knows? The answer begins with examining what the current AI assurance landscape provides and what it does not.

Technology is not replacing accountants. But it is changing what accounting work involves, and the change is further along than most realize.

Regional Leader Abbott, Stringham & Lynch acquired San Jose, California-based ArightCo.

The American Institute of CPAs sent a list of nearly 200 recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service for the IRS's 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan.

Most firm owners focus on the revenue lever they have pulled their whole career, but they may never have touched the other lever.

Plus, Xero announces XeroForce custom AI agent builder; Emburse releases new AI purchasing agent; and other news and updates from the accounting tech world.

Plus, WICPA elects new chair; RSM announces a big slate of leadership appointments; Weaver names a new head of its India ops; and more firm and personnel news.

Public accounting firms are having their own awkward conversation between the firm they built and the firm they now need to become.