Know how AI is used inside the software your firm relies on.
The AIGAS Vendor Transparency Programme gives accounting firms a single, consistent way to understand how AI is used in the software they buy — sourced directly from the vendors.
What the programme is, and what it is not.
The programme is a disclosure framework. It does not certify that a product is safe, or endorse it as a good fit for your firm. Those judgements remain yours.
“This vendor has provided evidence of their AI governance controls.”
Firms can compare disclosures in a consistent format and make their own informed decisions.
“This software is safe.”
The programme is not a safety guarantee, seal of approval, or endorsement. Responsibility for tool selection remains with the firm.
The answers accountants are already asking for.
Right now, firms are working out AI governance without knowing what their own software is doing. Every vendor listing answers the questions that matter.
Does the product use AI, and where?
Which AI models and providers are used?
Is client data used to train models?
Can AI features be disabled by the firm?
Is human review required for outputs?
Where is prompt and output data stored?
Does the vendor have a published AI policy?
What cyber security certifications are held?
A sample vendor profile.
Every vendor in the programme will have a profile in this format. Consistent, comparable, and sourced directly from the vendor.
Ledgerline Cloud
Cloud bookkeeping & ledger platform · UK
Four levels of disclosure.
Vendors progress from a basic profile to a fully reviewed transparency position. The programme launches at Levels 1 and 2. Level 3 opens as it matures. Level 4 is on the roadmap.
Basic vendor profile. Confirmed identity, product category, and contact.
Vendor has completed the AIGAS transparency questionnaire.
Disclosures have been reviewed and evidence examined by AIGAS.
A future formal certification level, currently under design.
Help shape the industry’s first AI vendor transparency framework.
Software companies that sell into UK accounting firms can register interest in becoming founding participants. Founding vendors have direct input into the questionnaire before it is finalised.
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Positioned as an AIGAS founding participant, not a general listing
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Input into the transparency questionnaire before it is finalised
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Visibility with UK accounting firms actively looking for governed AI
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A defensible way to demonstrate you take AI governance seriously
Founding member commitments
What founding vendors sign up to
- Complete the transparency questionnaire
- Disclose AI use in accounting-facing products
- Keep disclosures current as products evolve
- Participate in founding-member roundtables
- Accept the AIGAS code of conduct
Firms want answers. Vendors have them. AIGAS is the format.
AIGAS is the only accounting-sector framework assessing both firms and the AI-enabled software they use. The Vendor Transparency Programme makes that real.