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AI Ethics, Tax Tools & Agentic AI: What’s Changing in July 2026 1 Credit

AI Ethics, Tax Tools & Agentic AI: What’s Changing in July 2026 1 Credit

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    August, 2026

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    Information Technology

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Learning Objectives

  • Identify AI developments that impact accounting, tax, assurance, and advisory work.
  • Recognize risks related to data privacy, accuracy, ethics, and professional liability.
  • Explain how AICPA ethics concepts apply to AI-enabled accounting and finance workflows.
  • Assess the role of agentic AI and specialized tools in assurance, SOX, internal audit, and tax research workflows.
  • Apply responsible AI practices using approvals, traceability, human-in-the-loop supervision, and documented governance.
  • Identify skill-building and AI playbook considerations that support firm-wide AI projects.

Course Overview

AI continues to reshape accounting, finance, tax, assurance, and advisory workflows, making it important for professionals to stay current on new tools, risks, and practical use cases. This July 2026 update focuses on current AI developments that affect accounting and finance teams, including where AI is creating value and where implementation challenges remain.

The course reviews AI ethics, AICPA ethics considerations, firm workflow changes, human-in-the-loop supervision, documented AI governance, and responsible use of client data. It also covers agentic AI and specialized tools, including an assurance-focused demonstration of Petual for SOX and internal audit control testing, along with tax research demonstrations using Ask Feather and BlueJ compared with Copilot-style prompts.

Major Topic:

  • July 2026 AI developments for accounting and finance
  • AI implementation successes, risks, and strategy
  • AI ethics, AICPA responsibilities, and governance
  • Agentic AI and specialized assurance tools
  • SOX and internal audit control testing with Petual
  • Tax research demonstrations using Ask Feather and BlueJ

Participants will gain practical insight into how Artificial Intelligence can be used more responsibly and effectively in accounting and finance settings. The course also highlights strategy, efficiency, AI certifications, AI playbook considerations, and skill-building opportunities to support firm-wide AI projects and better judgment about when AI should and should not be used.

On Demand Credits for All Qualifications

License details Credits Status
Information Technology for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1 CPE Approved
Information Technology for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) 1 CPE Approved
Information Technology for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) 1 CPE Approved
Information Technology for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) 1 CPE Approved

Additional Information

Credit

1

Course Level

Update

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study

Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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About Instructor

Joe Oringel

Joe Oringel

Managing Director, Visual Risk IQ

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Joe Oringel is a co-founder and Managing Director of Visual Risk IQ, a risk advisory firm that has helped hundreds of internal audit and compliance teams see and understand their data using off-the shelf software like Tableau, SQL, Python, and PowerBI. He is also a co-founder of Service AI, an AI-powered start-up that is building and commercializing an email-reading software robot that prioritizes and dispatches IT help desk tickets with limited human intervention.

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