Webinar: Get Tax Ready! Solving Source Doc Gathering Issues

This webinar was held on Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Sponsor: SafeSend
Duration: 1 Hour

Join SafeSend, as they share the journey of solving pain points experienced on the front-end of the tax process and define a new way to get your firm and clients tax ready! Learn how using digital, fillable client organizers, file exchange, document request lists (DRL), and other front-end gathering tools within the SafeSend Suite is a smart technology investment.

Expanding functionality around the gathering of source documents
Custom questionnaires, streamlined organizers, and document request checklists
Data flow directly into your tax preparation software through integrations and APIs

Top firms know that the SafeSend Suite allows you to send engagement letters, organizer and questionnaire, and gather source documents ALL DIGITALLY – making it easy for both staff and clients. “We had significant usage with the source document upload feature.” – Virginia Dennerlein, Director of Operations, Sax LLP. Join SafeSend as we share ways to help your firm get tax ready and solve pain points around client organizers and source document gathering in the tax workflow process.

Learning Objectives:

List the common points of frustration for firms and clients throughout the tax engagement
Recognize the new technological advances that are automating tax practices
Identify automation solutions that were built specifically for the tax and accounting profession
Evaluate how to develop a client-centric approach for tax engagements and improve client collaboration

Program level: Basic (no prerequisites required).
Field of Study: Business Management & Organization

Presented by

Andrew Hatfield, SafeSend Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, leads revenue growth, strategic partnerships, and defining SafeSend’s long-term priorities and agenda. He is a recognized industry speaker and thought leader, and enthusiast for emerging technologies that impact tax and accounting firms. Andrew focuses on market dynamics, customer feedback and needs, and profession trends with an eye toward identifying new pathways to growth. For nearly two decades, Andrew has lent his automation technology expertise and deep domain knowledge of the profession to help create innovative software solutions – each providing exponential efficiency gains for tax and accounting professionals.

Shirley Chen is a SafeSend Product Enthusiast based in Commerce, Michigan. Shirley Chen is a Digital Transformation Practitioner who specializes in leading changes in the tax & accounting industry. She has a proven track record in helping firms embrace human-centric technology adoption and succeed by capitalizing on efficiency gains. Shirley is a certified Scrum Product Owner and PMC, who loves to use stories to bridge knowledge gaps and to help firms re-imagine their tax practice management. She has been working for SafeSend since 2021 and has interacted with over 1,000 firms. Her research paper on Digital Transformation was published as an editorial piece in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems in 2022. She is a proud University of Michigan alumna and football fan.

Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. Gail is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies, The Idiot’s Guide to Introductory Accounting, and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income), and she maintains a small tax practice. Gail is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, earned her CPA, and worked for Deloitte in Chicago for several years as a state and local tax accountant. She has taught introductory accounting and personal finance courses, and she is a former computer applications instructor at the Indiana CPA Society. Gail is a member of the AICPA’s PFS Credential Committee.

This FREE online webinar is a continuation of CPA Practice Advisor’s mission to provide unbiased, independent information on technologies available to practicing public accountants and tax professionals.

Special thanks to our sponsor for supporting this educational session:

SafeSend’s mission is to automate the tax and accounting profession with innovative, emerging technologies that help practitioners work more efficiently and serve their clients better. Progressive accounting firms and tax professionals rely on our unique and robust solutions to make their lives easier and their work more enjoyable.

SafeSend offers several foundational technology solutions for the tax and accounting profession. Our flagship offering, SafeSend Returns^® is a multi-year winner of the CPA Practice Advisor Technology Innovation Award and has redefined the way accounting firms digitally assemble, securely deliver, and quickly capture e-signatures from clients for completed tax return packages. Additional tools we offer include, TicTie Calculate^®, an Adobe^® Acrobat^® plug-in for accounting professionals, and SafeSend Exchange™, the secure, bi-directional file exchange system. Visit safesend.com to learn more about our digital solutions.

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