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How TaxDome and Juno Just Changed the Tax Tech Game

TaxDome unveils AI-driven workflow to Challenge Aiwyn, Canopy, Karbon.

**Workflow warriors:** Juno’s Haase, left, and TaxDome’s Radzinsky

By CPA Trendlines Research

TaxDome and Juno are launching the accounting industry’s first fully integrated, end-to-end tax workflow solution, an automation-powered platform uniting proposal to payment under a single login.

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The rollout lands at a pivotal moment in a fiercely competitive practice management software market, where venture capital, artificial intelligence and consolidation are redrawing the digital map for tax and accounting firms.

ADVISORY & CONSULTING

Higher Wages, Fewer Jobs: A New Era for CPA Staffing

AI and India Replace U.S. Staff in CPA Industry Shakeup.

**The great restructuring:** After the pandemic rebound, hiring gradually slows, finally going negative this year.

By CPA Trendlines Research

The nation’s tax and accounting firms are cutting job rosters even as they’re aggressively raising wages, signifying a structural retrenchment redefining how firms produce and deliver services, according to a new study by CPA Trendlines Research.

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U.S. firms are scaling back staff-level roles, favoring automation and offshore operations. Generative AI and cloud platforms now perform tasks once handled by entry-level staff, including reconciliations, bookkeeping, and basic tax prep. Simultaneously, more firms are offloading transactional services to overseas teams, particularly in India, in response to domestic labor shortages and cost containment efforts.

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Shopify’s Head of Global Marketing Goes to Avalara

Avalara also hires CIO from Airtable.

By CPA Trendlines Research

Avalara has named Adrianna Burrows executive vice president and chief marketing officer, and Shahan Parshad senior vice president and chief information officer.

The appointments are part of the company’s push to support international expansion and strengthen its AI-powered tax compliance platform.

Burrows will lead global marketing and report to President Ross Tennenbaum. She most recently served as head of global marketing at Shopify. Her previous roles include CMO at PayScale, Cornerstone OnDemand, and Stack Overflow. At Microsoft, she managed the global launch of Windows 10 as general manager of Windows Global Marketing.

ADVISORY & CONSULTING

Big Four Vets Launch $300M PE-Backed, AI-Powered CFO Advisory Firm

Born for scale, built to sell, and run like a tech company.

**Unity Advisory:** Ex-PwC UK Managing Partner Marissa Thomas and former EY UK Chair Steve Varley.

By CPA Trendlines Research

A new $300 million entrant is challenging the Big Four’s lock on Fortune 500 advisory—and it may be the next big thing.

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Unity Advisory, a London-based firm launched by former EY UK chair Steve Varley and ex-PwC UK managing partner Marissa Thomas, is taking direct aim at the CFO suite with a venture capital mindset, AI at its core, and no legacy constraints.

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

DOGE, Palantir and the IRS: What Could Go Wrong?

**Palantir and the IRS:** Musk, left, Thiel, right

Who’s watching the IRS code?

By CPA Trendlines Research

The IRS’s Unified API Layer may be the cornerstone of a digital-first tax administration, even as key voices inside and outside the agency raise red flags about transparency, security, and oversight.

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The partnership with the tech industry is triggering a new kind of scrutiny, not over software performance, but civil liberties. At the center of that concern is Palantir Technologies, a data analytics company that confirms it will work with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and the IRS on the API infrastructure. READ MORE →

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