Automation and the Accounting profession

• Main Authors: GOH, Clarence, SEOW, Poh Sun, PAN, Gary
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Accountants; future prospects; technology; Accounting; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1640; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2667/viewcontent/AUTOMATION_ACCOUNTING_PROFESSION_2017_IS.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Automation poses a threat to many of the tasks that are performed by accountants today. Certainly, many emerging technologies have already begun to perform tasks that have traditionally been performed by accountants. For example, advancements in cloud-based accounting software now make it much easie...