Client data security is a concern for accountants using AI. Experts at the Practice Management Conference unpacked why human behaviour remains the weakest link.

Getting staff buy-in and hiring people with a continuous learning mindset is critical to thriving in the AI age. This, according to speakers at the annual Practice Management Conference.

The age of AI is upon us. For accountants, creativity is the only limit to the kinds of use cases that are now possible, something our upcoming annual practice management conference aims to explore. 

Building and maintaining a successful business depends on having contented customers. Repeat business comes from happy customers, and keeping existing customers is simpler and less expensive than finding new ones.

Tax practitioners know they need to use accounting software, but what is the right level for you? We asked Ettean Smit, the director at SmartPractice, for some advice.  

Accounting professionals have helped businesses steer through the COVID outbreak, the unrest in July 2021, and recent KZN floods, supporting SMB resilience in difficult times. Throughout these challenges, accountants in practice are also coming to grips with disruption in their profession. 

This week Accounting Weekly looked at risk, resilience, and turning adverse situations into successful situations. These are three takeaways we got from writing the articles.

They say you should never let a good crisis go to waste. André Marais seems to have taken the adage to heart. During Covid, when most saw despair, he saw an opportunity. He launched Numberwize, an accounting firm serving clients in Gqeberha and the Garden Route.