When the General Ledger Becomes a Bottleneck: Why Property Accounting Breaks Under Scale
Accounting changes once a portfolio grows. Five hotels feel straightforward enough. Ten feels busier, but is still workable. Somewhere around the next jump, though, the ledger starts dragging its feet. Nothing dramatic happens. The month just feels heavier. More entries are waiting. More corrections are floating around. More reports need one more look before anyone […]
6 Accounting Challenges Every Franchise Restaurant Faces And How AI Is Finally Solving Them
Franchise restaurants never struggle with textbook accounting problems. Their issues carry more weight because the store runs fast, the margins sit tight, and the parent brand expects clean numbers without excuses. Anyone who has opened the books after a long shift knows how one minor fault grows into trouble that does not stay quiet. A […]
Inside the Black Box: 5 Ways Your Hotel Is Losing Revenue without Realizing It.
Most operators know the feeling. Your hotel runs well, the team does its job, month-end closes without any delay, and nothing in the daily reports suggests trouble. Yet the results never appear. Strong weeks don’t lift you as much as they should, and in softer periods, your STR position drops more than the market can […]
What the Fastest-Growing Accounting Firms Are Doing with AI in 2026 That Everyone Else Isn’t
2026 is shaping up to be the year when AI stops feeling experimental and starts drawing a visible line between firms that continue to grow and those that hover in place. Most firms are using some form of AI now, whether built into their accounting platform or scattered across a few automation tools. Yet the […]
AI Tutors for Bookkeepers: How Intelligent Agents Are Elevating Accounting Teams
Imagine if every new bookkeeper had a quiet mentor sitting beside them. One that explains why transactions fit certain categories, shows where a deposit missed reconciliation, and teaches patterns that only senior accountants usually notice. That kind of guidance has always required time, patience, and people. Now it lives inside the software itself. Training new […]
Accounting Firms Are Expanding Capacity Without Hiring. Here’s How AI Accounting Is Making It Happen
For years, accounting firms operated under a fixed equation where client growth required headcount growth, and no amount of process refinement could escape that math. Workloads rose faster than teams could absorb, manual tasks accumulated in every corner of the workflow, and hiring cycles failed to keep pace with the demand placed on staff. The […]
Five Accounting Workflows Every CPA Firm Should Automate First to Instantly Boost Their Margins.
The accounting profession is facing a structural talent shortage, with a large part of the workforce nearing retirement and burnout already widespread. At the same time, client expectations continue to rise every year. Faster turnarounds, real-time visibility, and higher advisory value have already become the baseline. Caught in the crossfire of growing demands and shrinking […]
October Edition: What’s New at Docyt for Accounting Firms
We’ve added powerful updates to help accounting firms like yours work more efficiently — saving time, automating repeat tasks, and delivering accurate financials with less manual effort. Here’s what’s new in Docyt Accountant Copilot last month: HANDS-OFF BOOKKEEPING Auto-Redirect Transactions (Re-Prediction Based on Supporting Documents) Docyt customers are getting cleaner books with less manual work. […]
Hiring Headaches or Workflow Gaps? Why the Best Firms Are Solving Capacity Issues With AI, Not Headcount
A few weeks ago, Jason Staats ran a poll asking accountants if they were open to new opportunities. Hundreds clicked yes. The comments told the rest of the story: talented people feeling boxed in by firms that can’t seem to keep up. Every firm leader reading that poll felt it. The scramble for staff, the […]
How Real-Time Data and Automation are Transforming Hotel Budgeting and Forecasting
Budgeting and forecasting in hospitality is like building on land that never quite settles. One moment it’s stable; the next, it moves—bookings fluctuate, labor costs creep up, utility bills rise overnight, and markets may shift for no reason. What makes it more complicated is that budgeting plans and projections are often built on data that’s […]
How AI Accounting Automation and Real-Time Analytics Can Help Hotels Weather Economic Recessions
Few industries feel the first impact of an economic slowdown like hospitality. High inflation, rising utility and energy costs, reduced discretionary spending, currency fluctuations, or global disruptions—the causes of an economic slowdown can be one or many. But whatever the trigger, the first signs are often seen in the hospitality industry. And the signs are […]
Why Subledgers Are the Future of Accounting Automation – and How Docyt is Leading the Way
For decades, the general ledger was treated as the single source of truth, a final authority/destination where every number eventually landed. However, as the volume and complexity grew, the idea of a single ledger holding the weight has gradually proved impractical. Firms now manage layers of data that never truly fit inside one ledger. The […]