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.

The traditional spreadsheet model of financial planning is officially broken. It did not break quietly, and it was not broken by a single event.

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.

Professionals are not only overwhelmed because they work long hours, but because they operate within unstable systems.

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

The tool, called the Enterprise Attractiveness Score, evaluates 10 dimensions similar to what PE due diligence teams consider when putting a price on a firm.

For years, tax firms have talked about moving beyond compliance and offering more strategic advice. Clients want that shift, too.

Firms are sourcing new solutions from field staff, which serves to both expand their available tools and upskill their professionals. But like any other project, they aren't just throwing together programs and calling it a day.

Juneteenth; ERP programs; compliance drift; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Bookkeeping, tax and outsourced CFO services company Pilot announced Meridian, which is said to perform the full scope of bookkeeping and financial reporting.

Gusto's newest release is focused on the accounting practice management arena: six new AI agents designed specifically for business development for CPA firms.

Many firms aren't prepared for the shift in capacity that's coming. The next few years will sort firms into those that used this moment to grow, and those that didn't.

The finance AI conversation has been dominated by capability. The next one is about governance, and most of the agents shipping in 2026 will not survive it.

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