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Knowledge and skills gaps are the top barriers to progressing certain strategies related to cybersecurity concerns, a new global report shows.

The accounting profession now lives in a world awash in software solutions, ranging from your typical everything-but-the-kitchen-sink suites to the best of breed in handling one very specific process, and everything in-between.

Wire transfer fraud, typically perpetrated via business email compromise, is a known risk to all types of businesses, including CPA firms. When a CPA firm handles client money, additional risk ensues.

An overwhelming majority of companies are spending more on information technology (IT) year over year, but many of those companies aren’t aware that they’re in the majority.

Cyber incidents are continuing their upward trajectory in 2025, and in this environment, CPA firms are particularly vulnerable to an attack.

AccountingWEB research indicates that firms are divided on whether their software delivers value for money, with small practices experiencing a faster return on investment than their larger counterparts. Respondents also see internal software, such as practice management, in a more favourable light.

Four decades after its debut, finance chiefs say Excel’s consistency, flexibility and shared language keep it central to corporate finance even as AI reshapes the tech stack.

With a bit of time, training and technology, it’s possible to upgrade your engagement letters to create a more automated, better-connected way of working where firms get more value.

CFOs should push audit firms on technology, workforce quality and regulatory readiness, according to a new report from the representing body of Pennsylvania CPAs.

Most people download finance apps to check their balances, transfer money, and maybe pay a bill. But it turns out these apps are interested in much more than just finance-related activities. Cybernews has analyzed 44 of the top finance apps and the permissions they request.

With more than half of UK taxpayers planning to use artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT to help with their self assessment tax return, accountants are preparing for a new kind of tax season.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) today announced the launch of its new NASBA CPA Mobile App (App), designed to give CPA Exam candidates a convenient, mobile-friendly way to prepare for, apply to, and stay informed about the Uniform CPA Examination—anytime, anywhere.

Most workers are using tools not provided by their employers, and few see any type of internal oversight.

Finance professionals expect to scale agentic AI within the next three years, but few employees in a new global survey are open to being managed by AI agents.

Security incidents involving shadow AI accounted for 20% of data breaches globally and were more expensive for companies to resolve.

Globally, nearly three-fourths of corporate reporting professionals use artificial intelligence tools daily. Companies with greater AI integration are able to use time savings to focus more on strategy.

Unlike robotic process automation, intelligent process automation has advanced AI that can assist with judgments previously only CPAs could handle.

The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners today reminded tax professionals about the federal mandate to have a Written Information Security Plan (WISP) designed to help protect them against threats from identity thieves and data breaches. IRS provides resources to help with this process.

Productivity is lacking in the workplace, according to a Microsoft survey, with technology posing both as the problem and the solution.

Just about eight in 10 of respondents in a recent survey by enterprise tech firm Zuora said their finance teams are “swamped” with manual tasks.