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2027 Top Advisor Awards Are Now Open

Written by William Murphy | Oct 13, 2026, 5:45:00 AM
The 2027 Top Advisor Awards opened this past Thursday night at 10:00 PM Eastern, October 8, 2026. That means Applications and Nominations (by third parties)for this year's awards are currently being accepted 

The 2027 Top Advisor Awards

For 2027, the Insightful Accountant Top Advisor Awards will recognize the Top 100 U.S. ProAdvisors, the Top U.S. Up-n-coming ProAdvisors, the Top U.S. Tax Advisors and the Top International ProAdvisors.

Applications and Nominations: 

  • All U.S. applicants use a single application form regardless of the U.S. award category they are seeking.
  • All International applicants, regardless of their country of residence, use a different application from than that used by U.S. applicants. 
  • Applicants are not required to complete their applications in one sitting; they can supplement their applications on a come-and-go basis, allowing them to enter training and certifications as earned, or record apps as used (referred to vendors or implemented for clients).
  • Applicants will have until March 2, 2027, to begin an application.
  • All applicants must have completed and submitted their formal applications by not later than 11:59 PM Pacific on March 16, 2027, whether they were nominated by a third party or applied directly.
  • Nomination forms allow third parties to nominate their favorite Advisors. The nomination period by third parties ends at 11:59 PM Pacific on February 2, 2027.
  • Qualified applicants will appear on ballots during the voting period which will begin one-to-two weeks after the close of applications.
 Awards Eligibility: 
 

  • - All applicants, or nominees for the U.S. Awards must be residents of the United States, or its' territories.

  • - All applicants, or nominees for the International Awards must be residents of a country other than the United States, or its' territories.

  • - All applicants must have an active client practice or clients they support using Intuit accounting or Tax products, regardless of their country of practice.

  • - All ProAdvisor Award applicants must have a current ProAdvisor Certification issued by their country of practice*

  • - All Tax Advisor Awards must hold Intuit Tax Academy Certification or hold ProAdvisor Certification with a 'ProAdvisor Academy Tax Training certificate of completion'.

Additional details regarding eligibility can be found within Insightful Accountant by searching '2027 Top Advisor Awards,' or within the official U.S. and International Advisor Application forms.

The 2027 Top Advisor Awards Portal to Nominate or Apply for the 2027 Top Advisor Awards is now open and can be found HERE. or by using the QRCode below:

 

  

Our 2027 Award Program Sponsors

Sponsors are the lifeblood of these awards; without sponsors, the Top Advisor Awards would not be possible. We want to both acknowledge and thank our 2027 Award Sponsors.

 

 

 

About Insightful Accountant’s Top Advisor Awards

Since its inception, Insightful Accountant has been the awarding entity and administrator for the ProAdvisor Awards Program, which recognizes the best QuickBooks ProAdvisors worldwide.

In 2026, the program was renamed theTop Advisor Awards when Insightful Accountant launched the Top U.S. Tax Advisors (who are not required to be ProAdvisors) into the overall awards program.

Applicants for these prestigious programs are ranked based on their performance across various criteria, measuring everything from QuickBooks knowledge to utilizing the best tools & partner apps within the QuickBooks ecosystem that contribute to solid practice growth. Tax Advisors will be held to similar standards based upon Intuit’s Tax-offering ecosystem.

Intuit, QuickBooks, and the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program have participated in a sponsoring advisor capacity every year since the inception of the awards. (Insightful Accountant actively monitors the nomination and application process to determine candidate qualification and equivalency and coordinates with Intuit officials and the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program should questions arise.)

 Footnotes and Disclosures:

* - equivalency is based on the certifications Intuit has reported to us at the time the application form was developed for the 2027 Awards, or that we are subsequently notified of (in the event of any change) during the Awards Application period. Intuit QuickBooks, and the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program, have sponsored these awards in an advisory capacity every year since inception of the awards; they consult on the current certification standards (and their equivalents) for ProAdvisors (including related nomenclature) used around the globe. 

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