Technology

AI won’t replace accountants, but inertia might

The accountants I speak to aren’t worried about AI replacing them. They’re worried about being left behind by firms...

04 August 2026 • By John Munden

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The AI question your clients are asking is the wrong one

Almost every owner I speak to now has a question about AI. It is nearly always the wrong question, writes Nitesh Roopa.

15 July 2026 • By Nitesh Roopa

Technology

Focus on strategy, not speed, as AI reshapes the practice of accounting

Practitioners should resist the temptation to view artificial intelligence adoption as a race against competitors,...

09 July 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Technology

Eliminating unnecessary friction from your firm’s tech usage

Reducing bloat in the tech stack and finding solutions that integrate are foremost priorities for accounting firms...

09 July 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

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BlackLine launches agentic financial operations model for CFOs

Enterprise software provider BlackLine has launched a solution for Australian CFOs to support finance teams'...

25 June 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

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Intuit QuickBooks deepens partnership with Employment Hero for Payday Super

Intuit QuickBooks has strengthened its collaboration with global AI-powered employment platform Employment Hero to...

25 June 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

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SavvyWise raises $1.56m to accelerate R&D on Australian tax-specific AI models

Tax AI platform SavvyWise has closed its equity crowdfunding raise with nearly $1.56 million from 469 investors, which...

19 June 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Technology

Accounting firms’ AI investments moving beyond ‘just clerical tasks’

New research from The Access Group has revealed the “inevitability of going past AI being a nice-to-have” for daily...

11 June 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Business

‘Deliberate’ transitions to advisory needed

To make the shift to advisory-based services more sustainable and trustworthy, accounting firms must use AI and...

10 June 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Technology

New tech requires new processes, not a retrofit of outdated approaches

The biggest gap that organisations struggle with culturally is the acceptance that they need to take the opportunity...

09 June 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

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Accountants ‘don’t want to be left behind’ in the age of AI

Accounting professionals who aren’t already immersed in the use of AI are “a bit of an outlier,” according to one...

04 June 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Technology

‘Elevation’ the real opportunity for accountants using AI

No client has ever said, ‘What I really want is faster data entry’. Accountants are better placed than perhaps ever...

04 June 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Business

The need for accountants to be open-minded and willing to change

Through resilience, creativity, and the ethical use of new tools, the next generation of accountants can transform...

02 June 2026 • By Matthew Taylor

Technology

Ignition, FYI team up for new integration

Revenue and billing automation platform Ignition and cloud-native practice and document management platform FYI have...

28 May 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Technology

The AI budget conversation your firm needs before 1 July

The firms I see building real capability aren't necessarily spending more. They're spending with more discipline,...

25 May 2026 • By Andrew Cooke

Technology

‘We’re here for the very long term’, says SavvyWise founder

Just as there were ‘Xero millionaires’, Drew Pflaum wants to create ‘SavvyWise millionaires’ who financially benefit...

18 May 2026 • By Jerome Doraisamy

Technology

The silent cost of AI efficiency: the judgement imperative

In part two of this two-part series, we unpack how accounting firms protect expertise in an AI-first world, writes...

14 May 2026 • By Andrew Cooke

Technology

The AI confidence gap holding Australian small businesses back

Australia’s 2.59 million small businesses are the engine room of the economy. When they use AI well, they grow faster,...

12 May 2026 • By Suzy Nicoletti