AI tax assistant to ease pressure on UK accountancy firms

FD Intelligence today launches TIA™, the tax intelligence assistant helping professionals cut complex UK tax research from hours to minutes. 
TIA™ uses Agentic AI to actively augment UK tax teams dealing with investigations, disclosures, or time-critical technical queries, amid rising workloads, talent shortages, and increasing compliance demands. 
Early adopters report significant efficiency gains, including 80% reduction in time spent on compliance tasks and 50% increase in advisory productivity. 
Andrew Guy FD Intelligence CEO says: “Accounting firms across the UK are under real pressure with fewer new entrants, advisers pulled in too many directions, and senior partners stepping back earlier than expected.
Meanwhile, workloads keep rising and regulation is only getting more complex. With TIA™, we believe tax professionals can reclaim control, deliver more value to clients, and future-proof their firms.” 
Unlike generic AI systems, TIA™ is trained on HMRC manuals, UK legislation, case law, and technical guidance, allowing it to deliver structured, reference-backed answers. 
Guy explains: “Generic AI isn’t tuned for UK tax, so its outputs can be incomplete or inaccurate. TIA™ changes that by applying Agentic AI designed to parse complex information, surface risks, and provide reliable analysis.” 
Offered as an easy-to-use self-service tool, TIA™ provides instant answers to technical tax queries, identifies risks and issues, summarises case law and legislation, and enables collaborative use across tax teams, while enterprise security keeps client data safe and compliant. 
Tax practices are using TIA™ to draft research notes, file notes and client emails in minutes, respond instantly to day-to-day questions, and support strategic planning decisions. 
Guy adds; “TIA™ isn’t about replacing human judgement. It’s about removing the friction in tax work, like the manual trawling and drafting, so professionals can focus on strategy, insight, and client growth.” 
Guy concludes; “Agentic AI is no longer a laboratory concept. It’s becoming a foundation technology. For tax firms, the question is how fast they can adapt because the pressures are not easing.”