AI for Small CPA Firms: Cut Tax Prep 38% with AI Workpapers | The AI Guy EP09

Eighty-two percent of CPA firms with revenue under five million dollars lost at least one partner or senior to retirement or burnout between 2022 and 2024.

Marcus and Jules walk through the four-step AI workpaper stack a documented Cleveland firm (4 partners, 11 staff) built between January and March of this year — cutting prep hours 38 percent, adding 41 advisory calls, and pushing realization from 62 to 74.

The four moves:
1. AI intake form with extraction from prior-year returns plus bank and brokerage PDFs (free)
2. AI workpaper templates for Schedule C, 1120-S K-1 reconciliation, partnership basis tracking
3. Productize a $750-$1,500 mid-year tax planning call
4. Compliance-to-advisory funnel emailing every 4868 extension client a planning-call upsell

Closes with the Block / Square parallel — compliance is the new payments.

AdValorem builds the AI workpaper stack for small CPA firms: Standard $1,750 / 7 days, Same-Day Rush $2,550 / 3 days, Monthly Research Desk $5,000/month.

Full strategy packages: https://ai.advalorem.io/strategies

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