08/27/2026
AI can categorize your transactions, match your receipts, and draft your month-end close faster than any person can. That part is real, and it's worth using.
The trouble starts when the output gets treated as a final answer instead of a first pass. A handful of miscategorized transactions can quietly skew a quarterly estimate for months, and nobody notices until the numbers are already in a filing.
Automation that speeds up data entry is a different thing from automation that makes a tax decision. Entity structure, owner pay, and how you respond to a specific tax situation all need judgment that a pattern in your transaction history can't supply.
The full post covers which tasks are safe to hand off, where to build in a human review step, and what happened to a consulting firm that skipped one. Read it here: https://busadvisory.com/what-can-i-automate-in-bookkeeping-safely/