AI Tools & Trends for US CPAs & Tax Professionals

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Jul 24, 2026

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How One CPA Cut Close From 18 Days to 5

A solo EA cut his monthly close from 18 days to 5 using an AI-native platform, while AI-generated comments are flooding the IRS's public rulemaking process — and KPMG and a top-15 firm are both betting on building their own AI instead of buying it off the shelf. Let's dive in.

Alex Ronald

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Jul 17, 2026

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Canopy Just Automated the Whole Tax Season Handoff

Jul 14, 2026

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One Firm Just Scored AI Tax Work 0 Out of 13

Jul 10, 2026

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A Court Ruling Just Opened a Path to Billions in Client Refunds

Jul 6, 2026

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IRS Circular 230 Guidance Says You're on the Hook for Every AI Mistake

Jul 3, 2026

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Wesley Turns Two Weeks of Bookkeeping Into One Day

Jun 30, 2026

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Microsoft just put close checklists inside Excel's Copilot

The IRS just put AI use in tax practice on the record

Jun 25, 2026

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The IRS just put AI use in tax practice on the record

Three things converged this week that solo and small-firm CPAs can't treat as background noise: the IRS put AI compliance on the record, a16z-backed Kinter is automating close work inside ERPs, and weekly AI use for tax research doubled to 60% in a single year. Let's dive in.

$143 billion in accounting fees under reconsideration — and clients are already moving.

Jun 23, 2026

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$143 billion in accounting fees under reconsideration — and clients are already moving.

The IRS's own chatbots are giving wrong answers, Thomson Reuters just put a $143 billion number on what AI underdelivery costs accounting firms, and Suralink shipped agents that run audit testwork the moment a file lands.

Only 5 of KPMG's 45 AI Citations Checked Out

Jun 19, 2026

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Only 5 of KPMG's 45 AI Citations Checked Out

Pilot just launched an AI bookkeeper its CEO says matches a seasoned staff accountant, and a forensic audit found that only 5 of 45 citations in KPMG's flagship AI report were accurate — the rest were fabricated, distorted, or too vague to verify. Let's dive in.