Accountants are no longer just educating clients about tax law, but actively dismantling AI-generated fiction before it turns into audit-triggering liability.

Guidance from the IRS on AI captures only part of the picture. The obligations it describes are real and enduring. What it does not fully address is how the frameworks for meeting them were built for a different generation.

AI will change the first few years of an accounting career but doesn't reduce the need for people who understand the numbers. In many ways, it raises the bar.

AI technology is new, so it feels like it should demand a new kind of governance. It doesn't. The profession already has the answer inhouse.

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The Institute of Management Accountants discussed the pros and cons of artificial intelligence with officials, including the new leader of the PCAOB.

AI severs confidence from correctness. Finding the areas that require scrutiny is much harder precisely because the output looks excellent everywhere.

Among other things, the IRS's preliminary AI guidelines call for firms to exercise due diligence on AI outputs and pass AI-related savings on to clients.

The AI Native Accounting Foundation announced the winners of its first-ever AI Native Accounting Awards.

Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi declared today that, going forward, accountants are the customer not the channel and consequently they will be serving them as the customer.

AI has become the No. 1 way to fake receipts for expense fraud. Before then, people generally relied on specialized templates from sketchy websites.

Firms everywhere are searching for ways to seize first-mover advantages, or at least prevent competitors' AI use from becoming disruptive.

The IRS has been offering live chat applications and automated chatbots, but their incorrect answers could prompt taxpayers to file incorrect tax returns.

AI can be a helpful starting point, but accounting professionals and other specialists are still essential for making an informed decision about entity type.

Starting with AI, a number of new developments are making the professional landscape feel stranger than ever.

Firms are sourcing new solutions from field staff to expand their tools and upskill their professionals. But they aren't just throwing together programs and calling it a day.

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The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee report calls for sustained IRS funding, human-centered design, fraud prevention and preparer regulation.

Here's why every AI-powered tax initiative starts with a document problem — and what to do about it.