AI in Accounting
AI explained by accountants, for accountants
AI is a tool with real capabilities and real limitations. Your job is to understand it well enough to use it well, supervise it correctly, and explain it to clients — without the hype.
AI Foundations
For someone who knows accounting but not AI — plain English, no hype
What Is AI?
A practical definition — not the sci-fi version
Machine Learning vs Rule-Based Systems
Why auto-categorization feels different from a formula
How LLMs Work
Tokens, training, and inference — in plain English
Neural Networks Explained
Enough depth to supervise AI without becoming a data scientist
AI Limitations & Hallucinations
Critical for professional use — confident wrong answers
Prompt Engineering Basics
How to ask AI for work you can actually use
Agentic AI and AI Agents
When AI stops answering and starts doing the work
AI in Accounting Practice
Where AI actually shows up on the job — bookkeeping through audit
AI in Bookkeeping
Auto-categorization, receipt scanning, and bank feeds
AI in Tax Prep
What tools claim vs. what professionals still own
AI in Audit
Anomaly detection and fuller transaction testing
AI in Financial Analysis
Earnings summaries, ratio narratives, and board packs
AI in Accounts Payable
Invoice processing and three-way match automation
AI and the CPA Role
What changes in the profession — and what doesn’t
AI Tools for Accountants
Practical workflows — written to be updated as tools change
Excel Copilot for Accountants
CLEAR prompts, practical workflows, and controls for AI-assisted workbooks
Using AI for Reconciliations
Matching rules, candidate queues, exceptions, and controls for AI-assisted reconciliations
AI for Financial Reporting
Close checklists, variance bridges, disclosure evidence, and controls for AI-assisted reporting
Evaluating AI Tools as a CPA
Vendor due diligence, data-flow maps, confidentiality, tax-data rules, pilots, and proportional approval
Career, Ethics & the Bigger Picture
What students and practitioners actually worry about
Will AI Replace Accountants?
Task change, labor-market evidence, and a career strategy that stays accountable
Skills That Stay Human
Judgment, skepticism, evidence literacy, ethics, communication, and controls
AI Ethics in Accounting
Integrity, objectivity, confidentiality, competence, and accountable human judgment
Regulating AI in Finance
How oversight is catching up to the tools
Practice AI Supervision
Train judgment under pressure — Audit the Bot, Hallucination Hotline, Prompt Dojo, and Agent Desk. Dynamic scenarios every run.
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