Accounting business is the one who often rely upon outdated processes and paper from decades because of which this industry is not known for being technologically savvy. However, due to the pandemic situation, the industry has shifted their gears and many accounting businesses are planning to shift online in a remote work setting.

The challenges which come on their way is that in order to work with digital technologies that meet their workflow needs, accounting practices have to stitch together an array of disparate apps and systems. It will be key to minimize disruption for their own clients, too, including small businesses and individuals as CPAs and accounting practices upgrade their own back offices. Accountants' clients can also face challenges when adopting digital tools just because the accounting process can be slow to embrace technological innovation.

When it comes to embracing the change of digitization, like the migration away from paper checks, accounting industry will continue to face resistance on multiple fronts. In order to manage the entire customer interaction, it is mandatory to bring all the processes together in a single, integrated solution.

When it comes to accounts receivable (AR) and accepting payments, the core of CPAs' client base is often small business owners or older individuals that are not necessarily technologically savvy who can weigh heavily on accounting firms' back offices.

The steps to modernize accountancy practice:

Following are the points to modernize accountancy practices

• - From cloud-based accounting software to artificial intelligence and automation, there are so much innovation taking place because of which accounting firms should make their decision wisely before investing in technology. However, for better accounting practice, investing in the right type of technology is very much essential.
• - Therefore, to build an understanding of exactly what different technologies do, every firm should emphasis on providing better education which will help in knowing the benefits of different technologies, and the processes to improve.
• - Firms will have particular technological gaps that need to be addressed for both long and short-term goals to be achieved. Focusing on individual business goals will help in making sure that the attention is on right solutions and will also provide structure to digital transformation strategies.
• - It is essential for every firm to remain ahead of the competition and being prepared for whatever is on the horizon. Every firm should think about various technological developments coming next and evaluate how future innovations could be used to improve the way clients are serviced and anticipate their future needs. This way, every accounting firm should be operationally prepared lead the profession in the technologically driven world of the future.

Some of the tools which help in increasing the productivity are as follows:

• - To know about the growth of business, financial statement plays a major role as this will help in making strategy of company.
• - Cost accounting will help in analysing the exact cost of company products and resources as it will help management to plan for the future accordingly.
• - Budgetary control will help in future financial needs estimation and arrangement can be made according to an orderly basis.
• - Revaluation accounting will help in representing the capital properly with asset value.
• - The management problems can be removed by using statistical techniques.