But What Has AI *Actually* Done For Us? | AI Adoption & Accountant News This Week

In this week’s Digi-Tools in Accrual World - sponsored by Xledger, we ask the big question: What has AI actually done for us?  ...Well so far anyway. How are accountants and bookkeepers actually using these tools to make their work and lives better? From smarter tax tools to automated audit prep, the answer might surprise you. Tune in for real-world examples of AI adoption in UK accountancy, plus the latest accountant news:  • How accounting firms are using AI (email triage, Excel coding, audit docs, tax memos)  • Countingup’s SmartTax AI trained on £10bn of data  • IRIS buys Instead – US-based AI tax prep platform  • Ravical raises €7.3m to challenge Silverfin with AI-native tooling  • Caseware acquires LeaseJava to boost lease accounting automation  • Airwallex lands £300m Series F for global expansion  • Builder.ai collapses after revelations it’s not really AI… We also introduce Scoro’s PSA platform (think.. operating system for your business)  and what it offers scaling firms trying to ditch disconnected spreadsheets. If you’re an accountant wondering how to approach AI adoption or curious what AI for accountants actually looks like, this one’s for you. 00:00 Coming Up… 01:03 Welcome to Digi-Tools in Accrual World podcast App news 05:32 Real-life examples of AI in accountancy 14:07 Airwallex raises £300m to build global banking future 16:43 Caseware acquires LeaseJava to boost lease accounting 19:41 IRIS invests in AI-powered tax management platform Instead 23:15 Puzzle and Joiin team up for multi-entity consolidation 24:52 Ravical tipped to challenge Silverfin in practice tech 28:22 Ravical secures €7.3m to develop AI-native firm tooling 35:23 Countingup unveils Smart Tax AI assistant 37:36 Introducing Scoro 49:22 Outro #AIAdoption #AIAccountants #AccountantNews #AccountingTech #FintechNews #SmartTax #PracticeManagement #Scoro #Airwallex #IRIS #Caseware #BuilderAI #Ravical #DigiTools #AccrualWorld