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Change management related to technology, including the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), ranked as CPA firms’ leading issue by expected impact in the next five years, according to the latest CPA Firm Top Issues Survey.

The gap between projected and actual return could widen further with increasing investments in complex new tools.

Finance teams are uniquely positioned to restore confidence by pairing AI tools with human judgment, stronger oversight and practical upskilling.

Six months after President Donald Trump warned states not to regulate artificial intelligence, they are increasingly doing just that.

AI will not turn difficult clients into organised ones overnight. It will not make missing receipts appear, stop clients ignoring deadlines or remove every awkward conversation from practice life. But according to Prashant Ganti, vice president of product strategy at Zoho, that is not where AI's most immediate value lies.

Blue J, the leading AI-powered tax research solution, and CPA.com, the trusted partner in accounting and finance transformation, today released the second annual AI Tax Research Solution Outlook Report, examining how AI-powered tax research adoption is reshaping accounting firms and changing how practitioners work.

AI can speed things up for finance teams, but Kevin Phillips says teams need to keep questioning the answers rather than accepting them too quickly.

Over half of recruiters say AI has had a positive impact on hiring, but the majority have caught or suspected AI-enabled candidate fraud in the past year, according to a new report.

Practitioners are ramping up their use of AI to support deal strategy.

New research reveals 48% of employees incorrectly identify AI-generated workplace messages, with 74% confident in their wrong answers.

New data shows gains in decision-making and FP&A, while other data points to ongoing accounting workflow inefficiencies.

Overcoming today’s weighty business challenges demands a re-assessment of automation’s cutting edge, EY counsels.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can transform accounting workflows if you can translate what you need done into commands AI can understand.

Larger finance departments view their return on artificial intelligence as even less impactful than smaller ones do.

Savings could be around the corner for CFOs who invest more of their budgets in technology upgrades, the results of a new survey suggest.

Concerns about workforce and data readiness are commonly cited for artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives failing to substantially boost company bottom lines, but a recent survey of nearly 1,000 business leaders revealed an unexpected leading cause — and a lack of response to that cause.

DualEntry’s CFO unveils insights from testing 19 AI models on 101 accounting tasks to evaluate their accuracy and efficiency. The results, he writes, “should concern CFOs buying into the hype.”

Senate Bill 5, a wide-ranging proposal, passed despite objections over the bill’s complexity and a last minute strike-all amendment.

So far, organizations are more likely to license general-purpose AI tools than compensation-specific ones to help with pay benchmarking.

As the class of 2026 prepares to enter the workforce, new research from talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half reveals what today's professionals say matters most for early career success. According to a survey of more than 1,300 experienced workers, 36% believe new job seekers should be prepared to demonstrate knowledge of AI tools when applying to roles and 37% caution against using AI to overstate skills or experience.