Proposed regs cap eligible investments at 0.1% in annual fees and require an unleveraged US equity index fund until the year the child turns 17. Seven million accounts are already open.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption66
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives68
- Confidence56
A new Office of Conservation Easements centralizes enforcement strategy while the uniform settlement initiative ends. The terms did not change; who has to start the conversation did.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption32
The Aug. 19 update splits the OBBBA's statutory rewrites from mere clarifications, and ends reliance on a 2020 proposed rule that let CFC income pad adjusted taxable income.
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap
Roughly 75% of CPAs retire within 15 years and up to 40,000 practices need new owners, while private equity absorbed about 875 firms in a decade. Sellers are the abundant side.
Reality
- Evidence48
- Adoption24
John Larson and Bill Cassidy both lost primaries and exit Congress in four months, with the trust fund set to empty in 2032 and benefits scheduled to fall 22.5 percent.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap
Gartner expects global AI spending to rise 46% in 2026. The best model in one CFO's accounting test finished 80% of tasks, and that number decides where automation stops.
Reality
- Evidence22
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap
A CPA Practice Advisor column argues size generates the third-party authority signals LLMs trust. If that holds, midsize firms cannot outspend it, because the signals are not for sale.
Reality
- Evidence16
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap
A survey of 1,000 U.S. workers finds delayers outnumber accelerators by better than two to one, and half say they are behind on savings or have not started.
Reality
- Evidence34
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap
Private equity touched more than 500 accounting firms in 2025, up from fewer than 80 in 2021. Most deals now defer part of the price for two to three years, on metrics the buyer controls.
Reality
- Evidence20
- Adoption30
A wealth-data vendor counts 187 unregistered family offices in Texas alone, with public ties to at least 1,033 transactions. Regulators and co-investors are both working without the file.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap