The Situation
KT Bradley CPA needed the kind of operational backbone that most accounting firms build ad hoc over years, a CRM tuned for how a CPA firm actually runs, automated client intake, document-collection workflows, follow-up sequences, and the reporting layer that tells leadership where every engagement stands at any moment.
Tax season intensifies every friction point in a CPA firm. Calls that get missed, documents that sit in an email thread, engagement letters that never come back, follow-ups that fall off the list, these aren't hypothetical problems, they're the operational cost of any firm growing faster than its systems.
What AI360° Built
AI360° deployed its CPA CRM stack, the same system offered as the turnkey CPA vertical on the main platform. The build included:
- CRM with tax-season-specific pipelines. Engagement stages, document-status fields, filing-deadline tracking, extension workflows, and off-season nurture.
- Automated client intake, from first inquiry to signed engagement letter without manual staff hand-offs.
- Document request and collection flows. Tailored checklists, secure upload, automatic reminders for missing items, CRM stage-advancement when complete.
- Follow-up and communication sequences. Post-filing check-ins, quarterly-estimate reminders, annual engagement renewals, referral asks.
- Review collection automation. Post-engagement Google review requests timed for highest response rate.
- Internal coordination workflows, so staff always knew which engagements were ready to work vs. waiting on inputs.
The Result
The firm carried a full tax season with intake, document collection, and follow-up running on one system instead of five, and without adding administrative headcount.
That capacity is not a function of working harder during the peak. It's a function of having the right system in place before the pressure hits, so the volume lands on infrastructure instead of on people.
Documents that used to be chased by hand were requested, tracked, and escalated automatically. Calls that would have gone to voicemail in the busiest weeks were answered. Staff stopped remembering handoffs and started working the engagements that were actually ready.
Operational infrastructure is what makes tax-season capacity possible. Without it, every filing deadline is a new set of fires to fight. With it, the season lands on a system that already knows what to collect, who to chase, and what comes next.
Why This Matters
KT Bradley CPA is the pressure-test case for AI360°'s CPA vertical system. Every component offered to new CPA firms through the turnkey package was deployed, debugged, and iterated at KT Bradley CPA first. New firms adopting the stack aren't getting theory. They're getting infrastructure that has already survived a full tax season in production.
This is also why AI360° is comfortable offering CPA firms a pre-built turnkey rather than a custom build: the turnkey is the custom build. It's just the custom build that's already been done, tested, and hardened.
Who This Is For
CPA firms, accounting practices, and tax-preparation businesses that are:
- Growing faster than their current infrastructure can handle
- Losing prospects in the gap between first call and signed engagement
- Wasting staff time chasing documents that should arrive automatically
- Going silent with clients during the off-season and losing retention as a result
- Thinking about a second location and realizing the central office can't support it