The 2024-2025 Accounting Report is Now Live!

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The long-awaited latest edition of the Accounting Report is finally here!  

The accounting industry is growing, with an anticipated 130,000+ growth every year in the US alone. However, what’s often overlooked is the pivotal role technology plays in powering, and improving the efficiency of accounting firms, as well as how it affects the clients’ experience and overall satisfaction with their accounting firm.  

Technology is one of the silent heroes of the accounting industry. With a significant investment in this space over the last decade, the way accounting firms use and adopt technology has changed.  

The other big trend affecting the accounting industry is the acute qualified staffing shortage, with a trend for accounting firms looking remote and offshore to try and staff their firm, whilst maintaining great client experiences.  

It is important that as accountants you are across the latest trends, players and use-cases that accounting technology provides to their firm.  

In its 4th year, the Accounting Cloud Report covers the 2024-2025, growing our data reference points an impressive 30% this year, creating our most comprehensive in-depth report ever. Analyzing over 26,000+ data points, this year’s report covers important topics such as: 

  • The impact AI is having on cybercrime 
  • How globalization and the staffing shortage is impacting where firms work  
  • The most popular applications across 14 categories  
  • Where accountants are choosing to work  
  • PLUS, we reveal the most popular accounting software in the world  

In addition to the above we also provide short extracts from the most popular apps as to why they are the accounting industry’s top picks. This truly is the only industry report which can provide definitive insights into the most popular applications, and the trends of accounting firms.  

Don’t miss out, make sure to download the report today.  

Download it here.

 

 

 
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