Accrual

What is Accrual?

Accrual is an AI platform for accounting firms that prepares tax, audit, client accounting and advisory work for review. Its tax products prepare complex 1040, 1041 and 1065 returns around the firm's existing tax engine, with every figure traced to source. Arc, launched September 22, 2026, is an agent that firms assign multi-step work across their connected systems and then review.

Who it's for

Accounting firms preparing complex individual, trust and partnership returns, with tax professionals reviewing and approving the work. Armanino is a named customer across 6 offices. The audit and advisory products are in early access.

Key features

• 1040 and 1041 preparation: interprets source documents, populates workpapers, handles complex K-1 activity and flags what needs attention
• 1065 partnership workpapers: depreciation, Section 199A, Section 163(j), allocations, capital accounts, Section 754 basis and multi-state K-1s and PTET computed deterministically
• Tax engine sync: roll forward from and push approved work to the firm's tax engine, with a live Form 1065 and K-1 preview
• Client requests, reminders, documents and e-signatures connected to the return, plus IRS and state notice remediation suggestions
• Arc agent: launched with 20 agents for common firm workflows; firms can teach their own processes, save them as reusable agents and schedule recurring work
• Audit (evidence, testing and workpapers to the firm's methodology) and advisory month-end close and reporting in early access
• Security per the vendor: SOC 2 Type II, US-only hosting, no model training on customer data, AES-256 encryption, Microsoft and Google SSO
• Accrual cites a 60% reduction in preparation hours and a 15 minute median draft time at Armanino (vendor claim, October 2026)

Integrations

Accrual works alongside the firm's existing tax engine, which stays authoritative, and Arc works across connected systems; Accrual does not publish a list of supported tax software.

Recent updates

• September 22, 2026: Accrual launched Arc, an AI agent platform for accounting firms: practitioners give Arc an objective, approve its plan and review the completed work, such as workbooks, client reports and workpapers. It launched with 20 agents, and firms can save their own processes as reusable, schedulable agents. ^[7]

Pricing

Pricing not published; Accrual asks firms to get in touch (sales@accrual.com) (from the vendor's public pages, last checked October 28, 2026; confirm with the vendor)

Sources

1. https://www.accrual.com/
2. https://www.accrual.com/tax/individuals
3. https://www.accrual.com/tax/partnerships
4. https://www.accrual.com/arc
5. https://www.accrual.com/security
6. https://www.accrual.com/contact
7. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260922708174/en/Accrual-Launches-Arc-Assign-the-Work.-Review-the-Results.

Last checked: 2026-10-28