Send tax deadline reminders and extension notices clients understand
The problem
Every spring the same clients miss the firm's internal cutoff, then call in a panic about whether they'll owe penalties. Staff retype deadline emails and extension explanations one client at a time, and many clients still believe an extension means more time to pay.
How AI solves it
Paste the filing and payment dates you've verified from IRS and state sources and your firm's internal cutoffs into an AI assistant and have it draft one deadline calendar email per client type (individuals, S corps and partnerships, clients who pay estimates). Then have it write three reusable notices: 'we're filing an extension for you' (more time to file, not to pay, with the estimated payment and date), 'your extension was filed' confirmation, and a final cutoff notice. Load them into your client portal or email tool as scheduled templates with merge fields, and have a preparer approve any message that includes an amount.
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What you can expect
Time saved: 5-10 hrs per tax season (estimate)
Cost saved: Fewer panicked calls and fewer missed internal cutoffs (estimate)
Difficulty: Easy
Industry guides: AI for Accountants, Bookkeepers & Tax Pros
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