Like the year before it, 2026 will be a year of great change as the accounting profession continues its digital transformation journey. Accounting Today reached out to roughly 150 practitioners, vendors, consultants and advocates who provided us their predictions on how all that change will unfold.
While the particulars varied, certain strong patterns began to emerge, such as a strong focus on AI governance, a demand for tangible results for their AI investments, and consolidation of tech stacks. We explore these themes in detail here, but there were many others that, while not exactly fitting these motifs, nonetheless were compelling. Below is a selection of some of the 2026 predictions that most captured our attention.
Thank you to everyone who sent us their thoughts.
You can read our deeper examination of the trends
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