Custom Solutions

Custom AI Automation Solutions for Tax Professionals

When off-the-shelf AI workflows aren't enough, we build custom automation solutions designed around your firm's specific processes, software, and client workflows.

No long-term contracts required — project-based or retainer engagements available

What Is Custom Automation?

Go Beyond the Pre-Built Workflow Library

CPA Pilot's custom tier gives your firm AI infrastructure that no one else has — built specifically around your team, your clients, and your processes.

Custom Workflows

We map your firm's actual process — intake to delivery — and automate the exact steps that eat your team's time. Every automation is built to match how your firm works, not a generic template.

Software Integration

Drake, Lacerte, ProConnect, Thomson Reuters, Canopy, Karbon — we build data connectors and workflow bridges so AI fits inside your existing software ecosystem, not alongside it.

Branded Deliverables

AI-generated client reports, tax memos, planning summaries, and organizers — all output in your firm's voice, with your logo, formatted to your standards. Not generic AI output.

Process

From Discovery to Deployment in Weeks

A structured engagement process that respects your team's time and delivers working automation — not just proposals.

1

Discovery Call

A focused session to map your current workflow, identify automation opportunities, and understand your software stack and compliance requirements.

2

Proposal & Scope

We deliver a written proposal with clear scope, timeline, pricing, and expected outcomes — before any work begins. No surprises.

3

Build & Test

Our team builds the custom automation in a staging environment, runs it against real-world edge cases, and refines based on your feedback.

4

Deploy & Support

We deploy to your live environment, train your team, and provide ongoing support. Most firms are fully operational within 2–4 weeks of kickoff.

Why Custom?

Built for Your Firm, Not the Average Firm

Generic AI tools solve generic problems. Custom automation solves your problems.

Tailored to Your Exact Workflow

Not generic templates. Every automation is designed around how your firm actually operates — your naming conventions, your review process, your client types.

Integrates with Existing Systems

We connect directly to your tax software, document management system, and client portal. No ripping and replacing — AI layers on top of what's already working.

Scales With Your Firm

Custom automation is built to handle growth. Whether you add 20 clients or 200, the systems we build scale without requiring manual configuration changes.

Faster Than Building In-House

Hiring AI engineers, training them on tax workflows, and building from scratch takes 12–18 months. We deliver working automation in weeks, with tax domain expertise already embedded.

Use Cases

What Firms Are Automating

From data pipelines to client deliverables, here's where custom AI automation delivers the highest ROI for tax firms.

Multi-Entity Client Data Pipelines

Automatically consolidate tax data across related entities — LLCs, S-corps, trusts, and partnerships — into structured, review-ready formats. Eliminates hours of manual data entry per client group.

Firm-Specific Review Checklists

Generate return review checklists that match your firm's exact standards — not generic templates. AI cross-references the return against prior-year data, IRS rules, and your internal quality benchmarks.

Custom Client Communication Sequences

Automated, personalized email and portal message sequences for tax season milestones — in your firm's voice. Triggered by return status, missing documents, or client actions.

Tax Software Data Mapping Automation

Map and transform data between systems — from client-provided spreadsheets into Drake or Lacerte input screens, or from one software format to another during a system migration.

Branded Client Portal Outputs

Tax planning summaries, projection reports, and year-end letters — generated with AI, styled to your firm's brand, and delivered through your client portal automatically.

Firm-Wide Capacity Analytics

Dashboards that track work-in-progress, staff utilization, and deadline risk across your entire client portfolio — pulling data automatically from your practice management system.

Before & After

Manual Process vs. Automated Workflow

A mid-size CPA firm with 4 partners and 18 staff, specializing in real estate and multi-entity clients.

Before Automation
Staff manually logged into 3 separate systems to compile client data for multi-entity returns
2–3 hours per client group to prepare for senior reviewer — 40% of tax season prep time
Client communication was ad-hoc — delayed responses, missed document requests
Review checklists were inconsistent — each preparer used a different format
Partners spent 15+ hrs/week on workflow coordination instead of client advisory work
After Automation
Automated pipeline pulls and consolidates client data from all systems — one structured view, ready on arrival
Prep time reduced to 20–30 minutes per client group — 85% time savings on data assembly
Automated document request sequences sent at precise milestones — clients respond faster, staff follow up less
Standardized AI-generated review checklist for every return — aligned to firm's exact quality standards
Partners reclaimed 12+ hrs/week — redirected to high-margin advisory and business development
85%
Reduction in data prep time
12 hrs
Partner time reclaimed per week
3 wks
Time to fully operational
$0
New software to license
Get Started

Schedule a Discovery Call

Tell us about your firm's workflow and we'll identify the highest-impact automation opportunities in 30 minutes.

No commitment required. We'll respond within 1 business day.

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