Accrual

What is Accrual?

Accrual is an intelligence platform built for accounting firms. It applies AI to tax preparation, audit, advisory and firm operations, and includes Arc, which the vendor calls your firm's agent.

Key capabilities of Accrual

• Tax preparation: prepares individual, trust and partnership returns end to end
• Audit support: evidence, testing and workpapers aligned to firm methodology
• Advisory workflows: month-end close and reporting from source to delivery
• Arc agent: handles research, reporting, analysis and automation
• Traceable evidence: connected systems with traceable evidence management
• Firm context: works with the systems the firm already uses

How Accrual works

Arc connects to the firm's existing systems and context, then carries out research, reporting, analysis and automation tasks. For tax, returns are prepared end to end, and for audit, evidence and workpapers follow the firm's own methodology. Staff review the output before it is delivered.

Who uses Accrual?

Accounting firms. The vendor lists Aprio, Armanino, Clark Schaefer Hackett, Creative Planning, H&R Block, Springline Advisory and Stephano Slack. Armanino reports thousands of returns in 2026, a 60% cut in preparation hours and a 15-minute median draft time.

Accrual pricing

Accrual does not publish pricing. Firms contact the vendor for a quote.

Accrual alternatives

Truewind offers AI bookkeeping and finance for startups, Datarails FP&A Genius targets finance teams in Excel, and Earnix serves insurers and banks. Accrual is built for tax and audit work inside accounting firms.