There's no shortage of AI tools promising to handle your bookkeeping, prepare your taxes, and manage your finances. Upload your bank statements, connect your accounts, and let the algorithm do the rest. These tools are genuinely useful. They can categorize transactions, flag anomalies, generate reports, and automate repetitive tasks. I use AI tools in my own practice. They make certain work faster and more efficient. But there's a gap between what AI can do and what a financi

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