How technology, systems and software are changing business
Commentary and analysis on accounting, finance and markets — not financial advice or accountancy advice. Where a topic touches on markets or trading specifically, that's noted directly in the piece.
Inside an AI-Assisted Bookkeeping Pipeline: From Receipt to Draft Accounts
A walk-through of what an AI-assisted bookkeeping pipeline actually looks like end to end — and the specific points where a person still has to step in.
Continuous Reconciliation vs. the Month-End Close
Real-time bank feeds are making the traditional month-end close optional for a growing share of businesses. What changes when reconciliation happens continuously instead.
What AI Adoption Actually Does to a Firm's Turnaround Time
AI genuinely speeds up the mechanical stages of accounting work. What that does — and doesn't — do to a firm's overall turnaround time.
AI-Assisted Bookkeeping and the Judgement That Doesn't Automate
AI is highly accurate at the mechanical layer of bookkeeping. That accuracy can quietly erode the judgement layer it was never designed to replace.
Making Tax Digital and AI: Toward Continuous Compliance
Making Tax Digital set the requirement for continuous digital records. AI-assisted bookkeeping is what's making it realistic to actually meet that requirement well.
The Future of Accounting in an AI-Assisted World
AI won't replace accountants. It will remove the parts of the job that were never really accounting in the first place — and raise the bar on the parts that are.
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