Can AI really save your firm hundreds of hours? Sure, if you don't mind it also confidently making things up like your most confident grad, the one who's never wrong and also never right. Aly and Andrew get into the nitty gritty of adopting AI in their own practices without letting it run wild, and what the Tax Practitioners Board actually expects from you day to day, because "vibes based compliance" is not a strategy.First, the unglamorous stuff nobody wants to talk about at drinks but absolutely needs sorting, an AI policy that says what's approved and what's banned, data security limits so client details don't end up somewhere they have no business being, and consent that's baked into your engagement terms instead of a nervous afterthought. Then the practical bit, Microsoft Copilot inside the Microsoft stack versus a dedicated tool like Claude on an enterprise plan and you control the settings, sharing and guardrails. Plus building shared skills so the whole team is working off the same prompts, templates and tone, instead of ten people quietly reinventing the wheel in ten slightly different ways.Then it gets real, how to stop AI turning learning into copy paste, why a human still needs to check the work, no exceptions, and how you win over the team members who are overwhelmed, sceptical, or straight up not here for the ethics of it. We close with the reality check, should your KPIs even change yet, what ROI actually looks like this early, and why we're all quietly bracing for the vendors to jack up prices the second we're hooked.If this hit the spot, subscribe, send it to the firm owner still doing this all by hand, and leave a review so more accountants find it.AAAA IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUR SPONSORSPinch Payments helps Australian businesses get paid faster without the usual follow-up fatigue. With direct debit, card payments, payment plans and accounting software integrations, Pinch makes it easier to automate invoice collection and cut down admin.TOA Global Where you can hire elite talent for your accounting team.FuseSign Digital Signing, Done Simply. FuseSign is an affordable, intuitive and easy to use Digital Signing platform. Greater Control, Greater Flexibility, Greater Client Experience.FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIALSwww.accountingadventures.com.auAccounting Adventures (@accadvpodcast) | InstagramAccounting Adventures | FacebookAccounting Adventures | LinkedInAly & Andrews All Aussie Accounting Adventures (@accadvpodcast) | X Email: [email protected] US OUTALL IN Advisory | Your squad of award-winning accountants, tax wizards, and business visionaries, perfectly tailored to elevate your biz. Let's soar together! Illumin8 | Purpose-led cloud-driven accounting humansMUSICENTENTE (@ententemusic) | InstagramPRODUCTIONDavid Easton (@davidjeasty) | Instagram

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