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TaxStatus is pulling live IRS data?!

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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Here's what we got today: 🎯 TaxStatus now pulls real IRS data and your manual reviews are sweating 🔄 AuditBoard rebranded while Thomson Reuters quietly hit 1 million AI users 💸 CFOs burned millions on AI pilots until they discovered AP was the answer all along

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If you own a CPA firm, tax season probably isn’t beating you. Follow-ups are

If you own a CPA firm, tax season probably isn’t beating you. Follow-ups are

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