
Is Technology a Threat to Accounting?
You’ve probably heard that the recent development in technology, particularly the artificial intelligence (AI) in accounting software, is a threat to your job as an accountant. Questions such as “Should I hire an accountant or is accounting software enough?” is not uncommon in forums, Q&A sites, and the like. A simple Google search of the keyword “automation and accounting” would even yield links to articles and videos saying that technology is slowly killing the number crunchers in the industry. We beg to disagree. Technology in accounting--that is the accounting software--is by no means created to eradicate accountants in the field. Instead, we regard it as a tool to take off the menial, repetitive tasks off of your shoulders. (We talked about this before too.) What does that mean? To illustrate,…