Early Access: AI in Accounting 2026 Benchmark Report
In 2024, most accounting firms were still deciding whether AI belonged in their practice. Today, 71% are using or testing AI with positive results, including 39% higher revenue per employee reported by firms actively using the technology. Yet nearly two-thirds still have no formal AI policy.
Based on a survey of 206 accounting and tax firms, plus 224 businesses like the ones they serve, Rightworks’ benchmark report tracks how AI has changed the accounting profession, and how firms are managing the risks that come with it. Use the findings to build an AI strategy your team and your clients can trust.
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What’s Inside the Report
- How firms are using AI now. AI has moved beyond research. Firms are using it to automate tasks, build reports, and support tax work. See what they’re handing off and where they’re taking it next.
- Where the time savings come from. Three in four firms using AI save two or more hours a week. Find out which work is giving those hours back.
- The small-firm divide. Many of the smallest firms are holding off on AI entirely. Learn why, and what it could cost them.
- Why trust is the new top barrier. Firms’ biggest AI worry has shifted from “How do we use it?” to “Can we trust it?” Get the five practices that help firms use AI with confidence.
About the Research
In October 2026, Rightworks conducted a seven-minute online survey of 430 respondents nationwide, 206 firms and 224 small to mid-sized businesses, to measure AI knowledge, usage, applications, and governance. Results are compared with Rightworks’ previous AI study of 200 firms, conducted in September 2024.