Oracle expands NetSuite AI Connector Service; Digits launches mobile app; Daylit releases AI AR agent; and other news and updates from the accounting tech world.

Organizations seem to be going all in on AI, not only planning huge investments in it this year but making these investments central to their growth strategy, even amid other economic headwinds.

Minimizing time spent on tasks like bookkeeping and focusing on advisory work freed me to deliver more value to clients and build a more scalable practice.

Basis announced the appointment of Kenji Kuramoto, founder of Acuity, which last year merged with 13 other firms to form Sorren, as its managing partner in residence.

While AI controls are important, organizations should not pursue one-size-fits-all blanket applications, especially when differentiating between matters of governance versus technology.

Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rulebook for how accountants approach tax services

Plus, Dext launches Dext Assist AI; Acumatica announces Acumatica 2026 R1; and other news and updates from the accounting tech arena.

The AI-focused accounting automations solutions company released a new tax prep agent that it claims completes returns from start to finish in the manner of a human tax preparer.

Accordance launched its new Accordance for Academia program, which involves partnerships with universities to use AI to help train the next generation of CPAs.

A journalist with no coding or tax prep experience at all has created his own tax filing app but needs experts to stress test it since all the code was written by AI.

The number of accounting jobs that list AI skills in some form or another has jumped dramatically in the course of just one year, going from 18% to 30%.

Once implemented, agentic AI delivers measurable improvements across planning, forecasting and financial reporting.

A majority of accounting firms say they are changing their messaging around pricing as clients increasingly question their cost models in the age of AI efficiencies.

The Internal Revenue Service's efforts to leverage artificial intelligence are running into obstacles thanks to the severe cuts in staffing and budgets.

For many firms, a technology that was meant to make things better may instead prove to be yet another tax season headache.

Accounting and IT departments have long been working in silos, which often leads to numerous operational challenges. Accountants taking on the role of tech advisors can bridge this gap.

The average growth rate for accounting and financial services firms has fallen from an all-time high of 13% to less than 10% today, the lowest in five years.

Paul Griggs, CEO of PwC, said they plan to adjust billing model to factor in AI, potentially without even a human professional in the loop, and added that if any humans have a problem with it they have no place in this firm.

AI can now do most of the boring work, which raises the question of what the humans will be doing. According to vendors featured during the IMA's Technology Showcase, the answer is reviewing the work the AI does.