CRM for Accounting

Accounting Firm Software That Keeps Every Engagement on Track

Stop losing billable time to spreadsheet chaos and deadline scrambles. Smarfle organizes your engagements, automates your invoicing, and keeps your team aligned.

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Smarfle CRM - Accounting Dashboard
Active Engagements

63

Deadlines This Week

11

Collected This Month

$24,800

Documents Pending

9

Recent Jobs

Martinez Family Trust

Tax Preparation (1040)

In Review

Bright Leaf Consulting

Monthly Bookkeeping

In Progress

Harper & Co LLC

Quarterly Payroll Filing

Completed

Westfield Properties

Annual Audit Preparation

Awaiting Documents

Where accounting businesses lose time and money

The day-to-day friction every accounting owner recognizes.

Tax Deadlines Pile Up Without Warning

Every client has different filing dates, extension deadlines, and quarterly estimates. When these live in spreadsheets or someone's head, a missed deadline means penalties for the client and liability for your firm.

Monthly Bookkeeping Clients Get Inconsistent Service

Recurring engagements should run like clockwork, but without a system tracking who needs what and when, some clients get attention while others wait. Inconsistency leads to churn your firm cannot afford.

Time Tracking Happens After the Fact

Staff reconstruct their hours at the end of the week from memory. Quick client calls, email exchanges, and review sessions never get logged. The result is invoices that undercount the real work done.

Built for accounting businesses

Not a generic CRM. Every feature is tailored to how accounting companies actually work.

Engagement Tracking With Deadline Management

Create engagements per client with type, deadline, assigned staff, and status. See all upcoming deadlines in one view and get alerts before anything slips.

Automated Invoicing From Engagement Records

Generate invoices directly from completed engagements or monthly retainers. Line items pull from the engagement details so billing is accurate and fast.

Client Portal for Document Sharing

Clients log in to upload documents, view engagement status, and access their invoices. No more chasing clients for missing paperwork via email chains.

Staff Assignment and Workload Visibility

Assign engagements to specific team members and see workload distribution across the firm. Balance capacity during busy seasons and identify who needs support.

Revenue and Engagement Reporting

Track revenue by service type, client, and staff member. Identify your most profitable engagements and the clients who consistently pay on time.

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Top feature for accounting

Deadline Visibility Across Every Client Engagement

See every filing deadline, extension date, and recurring engagement due date on a single calendar. Filter by staff member, engagement type, or urgency level. Your team always knows what is due next and who is responsible.

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Everything your accounting business needs

Three ways Smarfle transforms how you operate, get paid, and grow.

1

Engagement Dashboard

See every active engagement with client name, type, deadline, assigned staff, and status. Filter by urgency, staff member, or service type to focus your attention.

2

Deadline Calendar

All filing deadlines, extension dates, and recurring due dates on one calendar. Color-coded by type and filterable by staff so no one misses a date.

3

Recurring Engagement Templates

Set up monthly bookkeeping and quarterly review templates that auto-generate engagements. Your recurring clients stay on schedule without manual setup each cycle.

4

Document Collection Tracking

Track which documents have been received per engagement. See at a glance which clients still owe paperwork and send reminders through the portal.

A day in the life

How an accounting client flows through Smarfle

From new-client intake to year-end filing — bookkeeping and tax cycles tracked together.

  1. 1

    Lead arrives

    Web form, AI receptionist, or referral. Each becomes a client record with the entity type, fiscal year, and prior-CPA notes.

  2. 2

    Onboarding consultation

    Calendar slot for the discovery call. Custom fields capture revenue range, software (QuickBooks, Xero), and complexity.

  3. 3

    Engagement signed

    Engagement letter via e-sign, retainer captured via Stripe, matter becomes a work order with monthly bookkeeping cadence as a recurring work order.

  4. 4

    Monthly close + ad-hoc work logged

    Time tracking per client against billable hours, monthly close as a recurring work order with checklist (bank rec, A/R, A/P, P&L). Ad-hoc projects as separate work orders.

  5. 5

    Recurring monthly bill + review

    Stripe Connect handles monthly retainer billing. Year-end billing via separate invoice with Stripe payment link. Review request after first quarter.

Same flow for every accounting business — only the terminology and details change.

AI Receptionist

Stop losing accounting inquiries during tax season

January through April you're heads-down. Inquiry calls go to voicemail and you lose qualified clients to firms with answering services.

How AI Receptionist works
  • New-client intake calls during tax-season rush
  • IRS notice / audit calls with urgency
  • Year-end planning calls in November and December
  • Quarterly estimate calls when due dates approach
  • AI captures entity type and fiscal year, books the consultation

Always on. Never misses an after-hours accounting call.

Plans that grow with your accounting business

All plans include a 7-day free trial. No credit card required.

Starter

Solo operators & small teams

$99/mo
  • Up to 3 users (1 owner + 2 techs)
  • Up to 100 clients
  • 1 GB storage
  • Unlimited work orders & invoices
  • Client portal
  • Scheduling calendar
  • Reports & analytics
  • Review requests
  • Voice AI receptionist (usage-based)
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Professional

Growing service businesses

$199/mo
  • Up to 10 users
  • Up to 500 clients
  • 3 branch locations
  • 5 GB storage
  • Everything in Starter
  • AI email & SMS drafts
  • GMB rank tracking
  • Voice AI receptionist (usage-based)
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Business

Multi-location operations

$349/mo
  • Up to 30 users
  • Up to 1,000 clients
  • 10 branch locations
  • 20 GB storage
  • Everything in Professional
  • Priority support
  • Voice AI receptionist (usage-based)
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SMS, email, AI, and voice are billed pay-as-you-go. See full pricing breakdown →

Accounting CRM questions

Yes. A single client can have multiple engagements, such as tax preparation, monthly bookkeeping, and advisory. Each engagement has its own status, deadline, and assigned staff.
All engagement deadlines appear on a shared calendar. You can filter by staff member, engagement type, or date range. Notifications alert you before deadlines so nothing is missed.
Yes. Clients log in to their portal and upload tax documents, bank statements, and other files. Your team receives a notification when new documents arrive.
You set up a recurring invoice template with the service and amount. Smarfle generates and sends the invoice automatically each month on the schedule you define.
Yes. The staff workload view shows how many engagements each person is assigned and their upcoming deadlines. This helps you balance work and avoid burnout during peak seasons.
Yes. You can set up recurring quarterly deadlines for clients who need estimated payment reminders. The system generates the engagement and notifies both your team and the client.
Revenue by service type, staff productivity, engagement completion rates, client growth trends, and outstanding receivables. All reports can be filtered by date range.
Yes. Each client only sees their own engagements, documents, and invoices. Row-level security ensures complete data isolation between clients.

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