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Guess who owns AI risk now? CFOs

Thursday, January 29, 2026

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Here's what we got today: 🧮 CFOs now own AI accountability. Good luck with that. 🤖 AI as the new junior accountant. Coffee breaks? Not anymore. 📜 Agent Melio's AI makes AP/AR easy. Your invoicing nightmares? Poof, gone.

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I picked up my kid on time. In April.

I picked up my kid on time. In April.

My daughter's school lets out at 3:15. During tax season, I used to miss pickup every single day. "Sorry, sweetie. Work." Over and over.


I wasn't lazy. I was buried. Manual data entry. Chasing documents. Returns that took hours each.


That's not being dedicated. That's just bad process.


This year I used Taxfyle's TXF Intelligence.

The AI sorts the documents. Extracts the data. Flags what's missing.

Returns come back review-ready in minutes, not hours.


I left the office at 3pm last Tuesday. My kid noticed.


Try Taxfyle. Get your afternoons back.

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Write Onboarding Welcome Messages
**Role:** You are a professional in an accounting firm creating resources, checklists, or scripts to streamline internal operations or client communication. **Action:** Write or generate a resource related to **Write Onboarding Welcome Messages** using clear, professional, and concise formatting. **Context:** - Audience: small accounting firm teams or clients - Goal: improve consistency, clarity, and professionalism - Tone: confident, professional, and approachable - Style: markdown format with bullet points, numbered lists, and headings - Output Length: 200–400 words