The Accounting Podcast

Treasury Declares US Insolvent, AI Does Taxes (with Kenji Kuramoto)

Apr 1, 2026
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Kenji Kuramoto
Kenji Kuramoto, Managing Partner in Residence at Basis and founder of Acuity, brings AI-for-accounting expertise. He walks through AI agents that can do end-to-end tax prep and bookkeeping. Short takes cover CAS automation, how pricing and staffing may shift, token-based billing and AI FinOps, and the tech powering accounting agents.
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ADVICE

Create AI FinOps Services To Manage Token Spend

  • Start tracking AI token usage now and build FinOps expertise; firms can offer AI FinOps as a service to clients.
  • Measure token burn per workflow, model costs into pricing, and consider charging for token consumption or managed token budgets.
INSIGHT

Tokens Are Words And Hidden Costs Can Accumulate Quickly

  • A token roughly maps to a word; models charge for input and output tokens and often reread conversation context, inflating costs.
  • Current token costs feel low but may be subsidized; firms should not assume perpetual low pricing.
INSIGHT

Xero Embeds Claude To Let AI Work Directly With Books

  • Xero's multi-year Anthropic partnership embeds Claude into Xero and lets Claude access Xero data in-chat for analysis.
  • This mirrors Intuit's strategy and accelerates consolidation of accounting workflows inside vendor-linked AI chat interfaces.
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