Vendor Moves.

Montreal's Beeye treats capacity as the problem to solve, resource planning across a whole firm. Wolters Kluwer builds scheduling intelligence into the practice, and the automation and staffing layers, read as capacity, point the same way.

Caseware launches Verity, Countable relaunches Luka, and Sage rebuilds Intacct around named agents. Different companies, one convergence: agents inside the workflow, learning the firm's method, with a human kept accountable.

Karbon and Ignition harden their pricing as practice-management software becomes a fixed cost of running a firm. Intuit uses its Toronto event to make an economic argument against the billable hour. Both moves point the same direction.

Two of the most-used platforms in Canadian accounting firms released AI agent products this month. Karbon's Kai is built into its practice management platform. Countable's Luka handles year-end engagement prep. Neither requires a new workflow. Both are worth understanding before buying.

QuickBooks Online Accountant will be sunset by December 2026. The Accelerate plan and Books Close add-on move to paid billing on July 1, 2026. The ProAdvisor Program is being replaced by Intuit ProPartner Accountants in early 2027. Also: AI is now a first stop for tax questions — and the risk to your clients is real.

Three moves worth knowing: CPA Canada shifts to voluntary membership — and the Big Seven move in. The Intuit 2026 AI Impact Report surfaces the 69% adoption figure. Regulation 105 non-resident withholding relief extended to June 30.

Xero launches an AI-native OS and announces an Anthropic partnership. Sage logs three C-suite changes in six months. QBD 2024 confirmed as the last non-Enterprise Desktop release. Botkeeper is acquired by Xendoo. CaseWare publishes IDC research on AI adoption. FreshBooks positions for Canadian market share.