Topic: Technology, Digital & AI

AGN Global Business Voice: Practice Management

Between April and September 2023, the AGN EMEA IT Committee surveyed members across the world through the ‘Digital Maturity Survey’. The purpose of the research is to support members by revealing common issues, key challenges and members progress on their journey to digital transformation. The survey also provides valuable benchmarking information allowing members to assess their relative position helping to inform their own strategy.

AGN Global Business Voice: International Business Issues

There is a widespread acknowledgement of the value that ChatGPT brings to customer service, enabling quick responses to common queries and streamlining communication with clients. But it also has to be recognised that the tool is imperfect.

AGN EMEA Tax Committee News

AI has begun to play a large part in the accounting industry, with some of the larger players in the market embracing it and heavily investing in it as an integral part of their standard service offering.

What impact could AI have on how we work in the future? Should AGN firms start to embrace AI now?

Contributed by: Meaden & Moore.

Every two years, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) publishes its Report to the Nations, which highlights key fraud trends. New to the study in 2022 were statistics on the role cryptocurrency plays in fraud. Here are the details.

Futurist Dimitri Dimitriadis captured the attention of delegates at the AGN World Congress 2022 in Athens, with his two-part session titled “Future is a human invention – Future Mindset and how to be futureproof. In this article, Dimitri explains what the Metaverse means for accounting professionals and how firms can enter the Metaverse.

AGN Global Business Voice: International Business Issues.

What are the practical implications of the metaverse for business owners? In part one, we looked at the metaverse concept as famously espoused by Mark Zuckerberg in 2021. The metaverse appears to hinge on integrating a range of existing technologies, such as virtual reality and blockchain. Still, it also requires the development of ‘web 3.0’ (web three-point-zero) – technology that could be five to 10 years away.

AGN Global Business Voice: International Business Issues.

What is the metaverse, and why it might mean radical change for business? The idea of the metaverse hit the global popular conscience in 2021 when Mark Zuckerberg announced that the name of the holding company for his various sub-brands would change from Facebook to Meta.

Welcome to the final part of this GBV series seeking to demystify the world of the cryptocurrency – valuable fiscal tool or fantasy investment vehicle with no intrinsic value?

Accounting for Cryptocurrencies – Can the Opinion of the German Tax Authorities Be a Model?

Bitcoin was originally intended as a commercial tradable currency that everyone could use day-to-day.