Taxation (Tax) stories
Celonis and Microsoft link Agent 365 with process intelligence to help firms govern AI agents, track impact and avoid pilot purgatory.
Syspro opens marketplace to help manufacturers and distributors add partner software for analytics, AI, eCommerce and compliance.
OpenAI and PwC partner on AI agents for finance chiefs, targeting planning, reporting and controls across core workflows.
apexanalytix brings supplier risk checks to AI tools with Qubiton, opening access to 280 million company records via APIs, chatbots and MCP.
PocketSmith opens Australian guide to open banking as Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer Jason Leong seeks to ease privacy concerns over data sharing.
Rivermate folds Eos, Serviap and Hightekers EOR into one global platform spanning 38 legal entities and more than 180 countries.
Tata Steel deploys more than 300 AI agents with Google Cloud to speed up maintenance, customer service and back-office work worldwide.
Sovos hires Self Financial veteran David McCann to steer global technology push as it scales AI-driven tax compliance tools for multinational clients.
Intuit's QuickBooks is under pressure as AI start-ups push automated bookkeeping, forcing accounting software to prove it can do more than digitise ledgers.
Xero unveils AI-native finance platform and JAX assistant to cut admin for small firms, with accountants and bookkeepers also in line for gains.
Boman Group launches five-day Zhejiang trade mission for Australian startup founders, with Alibaba and Unitree visits, plus meetings in Hangzhou and Taizhou.
CRA used 19 AI systems this tax season, with a generative chatbot handling 445,000 chats as online tax filing topped 95.6 per cent.
Australian SMEs brace for Budget, with MYOB saying tax relief, lower red tape and cost-of-living support could decide hiring and investment.
Digital assets spur a surge in Australian SMSF set-ups, with younger investors driving record fund creation and holdings reaching AUD $3.2 billion.
New Zealand small firms are being urged to join up systems and security year-round, as 42% say tax season is their most stressful period.
Employment Hero brings its managed employment model to the UK, promising SMEs lower compliance burdens as HeroForce handles payroll, tax and statutory duties.
Float rolls out AI-driven transaction coding for Canadian businesses, aiming to cut month-end admin with HST, GST and PST automation.
MYOB data shows Australian SMEs using AI are expanding 2.8 times faster, as the software firm flags a widening adoption gap and skills shortage.
SoloTruth and Axon Ivy roll out an asset management platform that uses RFID, GPS and inspections to curb ghost assets and errors.
Only 3% of 18- to 24-year-olds see payroll as strategic, as Cezanne HR warns of a recruitment and succession challenge for employers.
