Accountants don’t always have the reputation of being change makers and early adopters of technological innovation – when in fact the opposite is true. From the introduction of double entry accounting ...

More than 300,000 U.S. accountants and auditors have left their jobs in the past two years, a 17% decline, and the dwindling number of college students coming into the field can’t fill the gap. The ...

A noticeable percentage of accountants are not OK. A recent survey from Thomson Reuters that polled professionals in the legal, tax and accounting fields found that about 28% of tax and accounting ...

Accountants need to invest in technological change that will attract the next generation of accounting talent and reshape the economics of the field.

At a time when automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly transforming the accounting landscape, critical thinking remains a uniquely human skill that machines cannot replicate. Critical ...

Higher pay is necessary to attract more people into accounting jobs (“Accountant Pay Climbs Sharply,” Business & Finance, March 30). Also, artificial intelligence can reduce tedious accounting work, ...

Actively recruiting accounting students on campus is still the best way to build a talent pipeline in an increasingly competitive environment. To better connect with the best students and attract them ...

Kayla Missman specializes in making complicated topics more approachable. She has eight years of experience in journalism, editing and marketing, allowing her to dive into interesting topics and ...

Bookkeeping is the systematic tracking, recording and organizing of daily financial transactions for businesses, companies or organizations. Proper, meticulous bookkeeping allows organizations to ...

Leigh Olphin got fed up at work recently while trying to learn how to use new AI automation software. So the 37-year-old accountant did what she often does when she returns home from a stressful day: ...