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Karbon
Practice Management Software for Tax Firms

Practice Management for Tax Firms

Karbon delivers clarity, control, and automation across every area of your firm, setting you up for year-round success.

Take control of your tax season

Gain full visibility over your firm, track work, delight clients, meet deadlines consistently, and keep your team productive — all with one platform built for tax firms.

Karbon simplifies communication, automates tasks, and helps you get paid faster, with integrated tools designed for every step of your firms’ tax workflow.

A progress reports dashboard in Karbon showing the status of tax preparation work items.

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Fast-track tax workflows

Visualise, manage, and prioritize high-volume tax work with role-based templates and first-in, first-out tax queues. Assign tasks based on team members’ skills and historical patterns, so work keeps moving even as the season intensifies.

Easily reassign jobs to previous owners to maintain continuity, and adjust deadlines at scale without missing important details.

User interface of a work item queue, showing the option to override an item's position.

Automate & allocate

Use custom automators tailored to your firm’s processes to surface relevant tasks, empower conditional workflows based on status, and shift responsibilities between team members, right when they’re needed.

Smart rules and triggers help manage extensions, minimize manual updates, and ensure nothing slips through the cracks.

User interface of an automation rule in Karbon for preparing a tax extension.

Work smarter with templates

Kickstart tax season with a ready-to-go library of prebuilt workflows for standard returns like 1040s and 1099s. Each workflow includes built-in tasks, roles, deadlines, automations, and sections, customisable to align with your firm's unique tax processes, ensuring every employee stays consistent and efficient.

A list of tax workflow templates.

Engage clients 24/7

Elevate your service delivery with a premium client portal, Karbon for Clients—the single destination to view and sign tax engagements, upload and access files, complete tasks, pay invoices, and more.

IRS-compliant eSignatures with KBA authentication are coming soon to Karbon, making it easier than ever to manage forms like 8878 and 8879. Deliver a personalised client experience with flexible communication options, all while maintaining consistent branding across every touchpoint.

A list of documents with an overlay of an e-signature user interface on top of it.

Your tax systems, fully integrated

Minimise manual work by connecting Karbon to your existing tax systems. Sync tasks directly with tax organizers, integrate deeply with tax software, and leverage Karbon’s IRS integrations to pull transcripts and tax statuses at scale.

File tax forms faster through built-in e-file tasks through our integration partners, keeping your entire tax process connected and transparent.

A list of tax software integrations.

Flexible billing, faster payments

Capture client commitments early with customised tax engagements directly in Karbon. Create, send, and renew engagements on regular cadences, linking work automatically.

Bill flexibly with support for various pricing models, and send branded invoices to clients at any point during the tax workflow—all without leaving Karbon.

A timeline showing three steps: integrated workflows, flexible billing, and fast payments.

Documents done right

Centralise and organise client files effortlessly with intelligent folder systems. Enjoy complete flexibility to store, manage, and archive files in your preferred document management system.

App integrations save time, reduce manual uploads and downloads, and minimise costly mistakes for your firm.

A user interface showing the ability to download multiple files from a client folder.

Key features for tax firms

NewFirst-In, First-Out Queue

Ensure every client is served in the order they came, with less stress for your team.

NewExtension Management

Every extension tracked, filed, and followed up, without spreadsheets or manual steps.

NewIntegrated Tax Organisers & IRS Transcripts

Easily send tax organizers with StanfordTax and get automatic IRS transcript alerts with TaxNow, all in Karbon.

NewProgress Report Dashboard

Real-time visibility into work progression. Know exactly where to focus and what’s falling behind.

Work Scheduler

Set recurring work to repeat on automatic schedules.

Client Tasks

Create task lists for clients to collect information and important files.

Auto-reminders

Set up reminders to auto-chase clients until requests are completed.

Client Portal

Collaborate with clients in one streamlined workflow with tasks, document sharing, and eSignatures.

CRM

Store your client contacts and key information in a centralised database.

Document Management System

Files and documents automatically organised against clients and jobs.

Email Management

Every email between your client and anyone on your team, in one single place.

Karbon AI

Leverage the latest advancements in AI, built into your practice management.

Time & Budgets

Estimate and track time to understand profitability and allocate resources.

Billing & Payments

Automate billing and payment collection to reduce AR and improve cash flow.

Reporting

Plug-and-play dashboards that give you real-time insights into key metrics.

Get started with Karbon today.