AI Native Accounting - Digits

Accounting’s Biggest Shift in 100 Years

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

If AI can deliver the outputs, why would clients still pay for the accountant?

⁠Allan Koltin⁠, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, joins ⁠Kacee Johnson⁠ to explore how accounting firms must evolve from service providers to value creators in a rapidly changing landscape.

They also explore:

Why firms heavily dependent on compliance may see revenue decline

Private equity is moving from large firms to mid-sized and even smaller firms

Why the “talent shortage” may solve itself as the nature of work shifts

Many firms are held back by partnership models that can’t make fast or tough decisions

The AI Advantage Accounting Firms Aren't Seeing Yet

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

We may be overestimating AI adoption today, and underestimating its long-term impact.

Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, Founder and CEO of KET Solutions LLC and past Chair of the AICPA, joins Kacee Johnson⁠ to explore how leaders are preparing for a more AI enabled profession.

She challenges traditional views on ROI by shifting the focus from cost savings to productivity and impact, and explains why AI fluency requires dedicated time to learn rather than just pressure to adopt.

PE, M&A, and AI: What Accounting Firms Need to Know Now for 2026

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Complexity in accounting has never been higher and neither has opportunity.

With Top 100 firms growing 8.58%, Daniel Hood, Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Today, joins Kacee Johnson to unpack why firms below $1B are outperforming the broader market.

They also discuss how cross-selling improves client retention and increases revenue per client, and why growth is funding technology investments rather than technology driving growth.

How MCPs Will Change Accounting in 2026

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

If you only learn one thing about accounting tech in 2026, it's MCPs.

EVP of K2 Enterprises and NMGI’s co-founder & CEO Randy Johnston joins Kacee Johnson for a grounded conversation on what's real and what's noise in AI for accounting right now.

They cover:

• MCPs replacing APIs and why every platform will have one

• The surprising swing back to single-vendor suites

• Why large-size firms are loosing clients to mid-size firms

• The client migration from big firms to the mid-market

First episode under the AI Native Accounting Foundation. Awards nominations open at ainativeaccounting.org.

Why Younger CPAs Are Essential to AI Readiness

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

What does responsible AI look like inside the world’s most trusted profession?

Susan S. Coffey, CEO of Public Accounting at the AICPA, joins Kacee Johnson to explore the non-negotiable guardrails for AI in accounting and how the profession can innovate without compromising its standards.

They also get into:

• Why AI in accounting must remain auditable

• Why reverse mentoring with younger professionals accelerates AI fluency across firms

• How CPA education is shifting from knowledge to application

From Bookkeeping to Advisory: How Top Firms Reposition CAS for Growth

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

CAS practices are growing 30% annually. But most firms still can't scale past bookkeeping.

In this episode, Kane Polakoff, Partner and CAS Practice Leader at CohnReznick, shares how they are approaching AI adoption with discipline, transparency, and professional responsibility.

In this episode, we cover:

The AI question clients are already asking firms
How and when to be transparent about AI use
Why CAS growth often slows inside firms
What drives sustainable CAS growth at scale

Get this right, and you'll build client trust competitors can't replicate.

The Trifecta: 2030 Playbook for CPAs with Jeff, Dan & Craig

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Three of the most influential builders in modern accounting software explain the shift every firm will feel as AI reshapes the profession, both in the near term and the decade ahead.

In this episode, Dan Wernikoff (Intuit QuickBooks), Craig Walker (Digits), and Jeff Seibert (Digits) sit down with Kacee Johnson to break down what’s actually coming next.

You’ll hear them discuss:

How AI goes far beyond the cloud shift accountants lived through
The automation of month-end close expected by 2026
What 96% AI accuracy actually means for bookkeeping and review
What is expected of accountants as firms go AI-native by 2030

The Transformation Economy: A CPA’s Guide

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

As AI accelerates work automation, how do accounting firms prove their value? Ron Baker, co-founder of Threshold, joins Kacee Johnson to explore ‘outcome focused accounting’. In this episode, they dive into: • designing firms around long term transformations rather than hours. • why trying to be all things to all clients undermines firm effectiveness. • tracking client impact through time saved, time invested, and transformation KPIs. • linking financial guidance to clients’ broader aspirations like health and purpose

Low-Code AI: The Future of Accounting?

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

On AI Native Accounting, Kacee Johnson sits down with Joe Woodard, founder & CEO of Woodard Group and trainer of 125,000+ accounting professionals, as they explore ways accountants can move past skepticism and take practical steps to integrate AI into their workflows.

How low-code AI tools replicate a decade of manual efficiency gains
Global trends showing which countries and firms will face the sharpest disruption
Why accounting, like the ministerial profession, hinges on connections that no algorithm can replace

AI-fying Accounting: What Every CPA & CFO Must Know

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

On AI-Native Accounting this month, host Kacee Johnson sits down with Lindsay Stevenson, Chief Transformation Officer at BPM (Top 50), to unpack how her teams moved from curiosity with AI to ~80% daily Copilot usage and what broke along the way.

Grassroots rollout that beat a formal “AI committee”
How BPM handles duplicated agents, ROI, and a faster intake than the PMO
What late adopters should do this quarter