Digitalization Era: How Is The Future Of Accountants?

Authors

  • Sugeng Riadi Politeknik Negeri Batam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30742/equilibrium.v18i1.1972

Keywords:

Accountants, Artificial Intelligence, Society 5.0

Abstract

This study aims to determine the accounting profession in the future, will it still exist or will it disappear? Increasingly advanced technology and the era of computerization have made the tasks and jobs of accountants replaced by machines. The development of big data and artificial intelligence has an impact on the accounting profession. This research method uses qualitative methods with data collection techniques using indirect interviews including literature review. Researcher as a key instrument in this study. The results show that accountants need to be prepared in the face of the digital era. Some accountant jobs will be replaced by machines and robotics. However, there is an accounting profession that will remain. In addition, Accountants must learn about the increasingly complex changes in information technology.

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2022-05-31

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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2022): April

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