AI for Accountants (CPE Course)

CPE Credit: 2.5 hours

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $30

Course Description
The AI for Accountants course provides accountants with a comprehensive understanding of how artificial intelligence is transforming the accounting industry, as well as how to leverage AI tools and methodologies to enhance decision-making, accounting efficiency, and strategic insights.

Author: Steven Bragg

Course Number: AC1178

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize how prescriptive analytics can be used in accounting.

  • Recall the limitations of deep learning models.

  • Recognize the AI technologies that can be used in transaction processing.

  • Specify how AI can be used in audit sampling.

  • Recall the different types of learning that AI systems use.

  • Recognize why structured data is especially useful for AI in an accounting setting.

  • Recall the manner in which natural language generation can support accountants.

  • Recognize the problems with an excessive reliance on historical data in AI models.

  • Specify how computer vision can be applied to accounting.

  • Recall how data preprocessing improves AI models for accounting.

  • Specify the regulatory concerns when using AI within accounting activities.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Accounting

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date: June 2025

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

Program Refund Policy: For more information regarding administrative policies concerning complaints, refunds, and other matters, see our policies page.

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AccountingTools, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.

AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.