The state of the profession

One of things that I always like to do once the judging of the Taxation Awards is out of the way is to share some reflections on the year’s entries and give my impression of the current state of our profession. It goes without saying that the awards process is completely confidential and that nothing I say here will refer to particular firms or individuals. Within those constraints however there is still a lot that can be said.

This is the year of AI

This time last year we were beginning to wake up to the possibilities of AI. In my review article last year I said: ‘But the issue for firms of all sizes is how the AI revolution will change the fundamentals of what we do. I think that it is fair to say that at the moment nobody is quite sure of...