3 accounting trends that won’t go out of style

My passion for accounting is a mix of nature and nurture. It is (literally) in my DNA — my grandmothers were accountants, and the night I was born my mom had been sorting punch cards to manage the general ledger for the largest defense contractor in D.C. I chose to follow the accounting and technology path set by my parents and grandparents. Over my career, I’ve had the benefit of working for and with accountants, and in the midst of another busy season and two-year anniversary of the pandemic, it seems like a natural point to reflect on the past and discuss predictions on what’s to come.

While the past two years have brought one massive change after another, I believe the accounting profession has more opportunity than ever before: by meeting clients’ emerging needs, adding more value through insight and improving their quality of life through technology.

Change is exciting and essential for progress, but it can also feel overwhelming. In periods of intense transformation like this, it can be helpful to focus on what stays the same — the foundational base of the house that holds strong even as furnishing and design trends go in and out of style.

These are the foundational trends that even the metaverse won’t change: