The 8 Mega Trends Every CPA Needs to Understand before 2026
What happens to accountants when AI agents run the economy.
By CPA Trendlines Research
For most of the past decade, “digital transformation” meant faster systems, better dashboards, and incremental automation layered on top of human decision-making. By 2026, that framing will no longer hold.
The defining shift now underway is not simply more technology, but who—or what—executes economic activity. Across finance, operations, compliance, and professional services, autonomous systems are moving from support roles into execution roles. Software is no longer just informing decisions. it is initiating them.
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That transition is reshaping how work is done, how risk is distributed, and how trust is established. It is also quietly repositioning the tax and accounting profession—from recordkeeper and reviewer to certifier of machine-driven outcomes.
CPA Trendlines believes eight mega trends will define 2026—not as isolated developments, but as a converging system change. READ MORE →
