Technology

5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2026

Technology April 30, 2026 

5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2026

Technology is rapidly reshaping the accounting and tax profession. AI, automation, unified tech stacks, and cloud-based platforms are moving from emerging ideas to everyday tools, changing how firms operate, collaborate, and serve clients.

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April 2, 2018 

How the IRS Wants to Spend Its 2018 Budget

Enforcement is at an all time low. I have been doing this for 24 years, and when the U.S. government isn’t obtaining the revenue they are supposed to, the result is that the IRS becomes fully funded, and gets out of control.

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March 31, 2018 

Everything You Know About Electronic Payments is Wrong

Between 2010 and 2013, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) reported a 17% percent drop in organizations use of checks to make B2B payments. That’s 17% of businesses using fewer checks and making more invoice payments through alternative ...

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March 28, 2018 

Canopy Receives $30 Million in New Funding for Cloud Tax Services

Led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Pelion Ventures, University Growth Fund, and EPIC Ventures, the additional funding will support Canopy’s momentum in disrupting the $100B+ tax software and ...

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March 27, 2018 

Are You Preparing Your Firm for the Gig Economy?

The gig economy is already here. And hopefully your senior leadership and talent leadership are working together to develop the strategies and plan on how to take advantage of it. Because you will feel the impact sooner rather than later, and whether ...

Dustin Hostetler

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March 26, 2018 

Eide Bailly Partners with Secuvant for Cyber Security Services

Eide Bailly and Secuvant will coordinate their client services and sales activities to ensure that all existing and prospective clients of Eide Bailly are familiar with what new cyber security capabilities the two companies will jointly be offering ...

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March 23, 2018 

There are Thought Leaders Among Us

The term “thought leader” has been around since the late 1800s, which makes me really happy because I was afraid it was something that was made up in the past couple of decades, like “paradigm shift” and “think outside the box.”

Gail Perry

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March 23, 2018 

SAP Concur Provides Real-Time Visibility and Spend Control with New Concur Budget

According to a recent Oxford Economics report, strong profitability and revenue growth are tied to effective cost control. However, managing spend is increasingly complicated. Over the last 15 years, travel spend alone has doubled to more than $1.2 trillion[1]. Employee-initiated spend is today the second-largest expense in organizations[2]. These are spending categories, ranging from entertainment,...…

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March 22, 2018 

Blockchain is a Database, Get Over It

There is a mania surrounding the blockchain technology which underlies cryptocurrencies– it is surrounded by a boundless enthusiasm, and based on the breathless excitement, one might believe that it is the cure for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and the ...

Brian Tankersley

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March 22, 2018 

Apps We Love – Eldercare

Our niche practice focus this month is Eldercare, so the time is right to consider how technology is helping us care for our parents, grandparents, and other elderly people in our lives. We culled the CPA Practice Advisor community for recommendations ...

Gail Perry