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Plus: Suralink's full audit AI is live, one control gap remains and SaaS margins are breaking down.

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AI cut the research time. The billing model didn't follow. Here's what 1,000 tax pros said.

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They set a 12-month cap with defined KPIs. If the benchmark wasn't hit, the vendor was out.

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The gap isn't which tools you use. It's whether you redesigned workflows or just layered on top.

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Gartner asked 183 CFOs about AI impact. The answer is a 77-point gap that isn't about the tools.

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Brokers filed 1099-DAs with zero cost basis for transferred crypto. Here's what CPAs need to do now.

Jim Smart https://www.nexairi.com/author/jim-smart/ https://www.nexairi.com/dispatch/2026/06/05/your-firm-uses-ai-it-has-no-policy-for-it/ 2026-06-05T08:00:00.000Z 2026-06-05T08:00:00.000Z

Thomson Reuters surveyed 1,700 accounting pros. Most use AI daily. Most firms have no written rule about any of it.

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KPMG's 75% usage target got gamed. Here's how to build a metric that means something.

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Three in four finance teams run AI. Fewer than half can explain what it decided or why.

Jim Smart https://www.nexairi.com/author/jim-smart/ https://www.nexairi.com/dispatch/2026/05/29/billcom-cut-700-jobs-check-these-3-things-now/ 2026-05-29T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-29T08:00:00.000Z

Vendor risk in your AP stack, a Big Four AI signal and the judgment gap no one is talking about.

Jim Smart https://www.nexairi.com/author/jim-smart/ https://www.nexairi.com/dispatch/2026/05/27/copilot-reconciles-accounts-what-to-test-this-week/ 2026-05-27T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-27T08:00:00.000Z

Two Copilot Finance Agents went live in Excel this week. Here's what to activate before month-end.

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ProAdvisor ends in 2027. Check certifications, pricing and client subscriptions before then.

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Meta cited AI to cut headcount. CFOs who cannot show the same proof are in a weaker position.

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Xero's agent builder is here, AICPA audit rules just changed and seat count is the wrong ROI metric.

Jim Smart https://www.nexairi.com/author/jim-smart/ https://www.nexairi.com/dispatch/2026/05/15/39-more-errors-when-finance-teams-run-4-agents/ 2026-05-15T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-15T08:00:00.000Z

BCG measured what happens when finance teams run 4+ AI agents at once. The error rate is 39% higher.

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126 systems and no governance plan. The IRS's AI audit expansion has outrun its oversight structure.

Jim Smart https://www.nexairi.com/author/jim-smart/ https://www.nexairi.com/dispatch/2026/05/11/pcaob-puts-audit-ai-on-the-standards-clock/ 2026-05-11T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-11T08:00:00.000Z

The regulator flagged audit tech as a research priority. Standards are coming — document now.

Jim Smart https://www.nexairi.com/author/jim-smart/ https://www.nexairi.com/dispatch/2026/05/08/uber-burned-its-ai-budget-in-4-months-the-cfo-fix/ 2026-05-08T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-08T08:00:00.000Z

Finance teams think seat counts are the win. Uber shows why that breaks before the year ends.

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Claude for Financial Services is the most specific AI-finance spec sheet Anthropic has published.

Jim Smart https://www.nexairi.com/author/jim-smart/ https://www.nexairi.com/dispatch/2026/05/04/finance-teams-waste-13-hours-weekly-checking-ai/ 2026-05-04T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-04T08:00:00.000Z

A Sage and IDC study puts a number on how much trust finance pros don't have in their AI tools yet.

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