Automation

Finance departments often suffer from costly turnovers and are plagued by manual-task inefficiencies.

A recent study has suggested that, as robots increasingly intertwine with the economy, a small tax ranging from 1-3.7% of their value may help address some of the disruptive effects.

Does your accounting or CPA practice accept electronic payments by credit and debit cards? How about automated check handling?

Accounting leaders who still think they can buy their firm's software off the literal shelf may ironically create more problems than they solve.

Intuit Tax Advisor, ProConnect Tax, ProSeries and Lacerte have been enhanced in time for the tax season with a number of new features.

Alation announced the release of its new Connected Spreadsheets solution, which allows for the direct import of data from multiple sources into a spreadsheet.

In this edition of The Frontier, Dr. Sean Stein Smith explains why some accounting work has been more difficult to automate due to lack of standardization between cases.

As the profession increasingly embraces technology, will something vital be lost along the way? Or will we see the full realization of the profession's promise to be a trusted advisor?

Rapid acceleration of accounting and finance technology has redefined the status quo of both workflow and operations for financial professionals.

The spend management solutions company announced a solution built for accounting professionals.

In this edition of the Frontier, Gayle Heskiel, COO of Net at Work, talks about the rise of outcome-based pricing and the changes required to get there.

The number of products said to be using AI has grown, but in this installment of The Frontier, some experts say its capabilities may be oversold.

Plus Sage Intacct announces its partner awards; EarMark releases new CPE service for teams; and other news and updates from the accounting technology arena.

While a growing number of tasks are automated, accounting leaders say there's no reason to fear an implosion in the profession's headcount.