The tax firm where documents, deadlines and follow-ups no longer run by hand.
Tax firms lose expert time to sorting, checking and chasing. MODUS turns that into an AI-operated workflow around your DATEV environment that starts in approval mode and measures its effect in turnaround and freed capacity.
Where time is lost today
Documents arrive by email, upload and paper, in every quality and without assignment.
Completeness is checked by hand, and follow-ups with clients cost days.
Deadlines and document requests live in people's heads and resubmission lists.
Clients ask for status, and someone has to go and look.
Workflows we start with
This is the target split the diagnostic verifies and the sprint builds. Every workflow starts in approval mode; the second column shows what stays with your team.
Document intake and matching
Target: the systemRecognises documents from every channel, assigns them to client and period, detects duplicates and missing details.
Stays with youApproval of unclear assignments, posting in the firm's system.
Completeness check and follow-ups
Target: the systemChecks against the client's checklist, drafts follow-ups in the firm's voice, keeps following up until everything is in.
Stays with youApproval of the follow-up, professional judgment on special cases.
Deadline and document preparation
Target: the systemBuilds document lists for annual accounts and returns, requests them in time, shows status per client.
Stays with youDeadline control and professional responsibility stay with the licensed advisor.
Client requests and status
Target: the systemAnswers recurring requests from case status, drafts replies, escalates professional questions.
Stays with youSending replies with tax content, the client conversation.
Research and draft preparation
Target: the systemAssembles facts, sources and prior work, prepares drafts with supporting documents.
Stays with youTax assessment, advice and signature.
We work inside your systems
No new platform, no migration. The workflow is built around the tools you already use, for example:
- DATEV Kanzlei-Rechnungswesen
- DATEV Unternehmen online
- DATEV DMS and Arbeitsplatz
- Agenda, Addison, Stotax
- Client portals and email
- Payroll and deadline calendars
What is not delegated
Tax assessment, responsibility for deadlines, signature and the client conversation stay with the licensed advisor. Confidentiality under § 57 StBerG and the GDPR determine which data may go where. The system prepares, checks and follows up; it does not decide.
Other industries
- Law firmsClient intake, file creation, deadlines, status requests and brief preparation with beA and practice software.
- Mortgage brokersDocuments per lender, completeness, lender queries, status updates and refinancing as an operated workflow.
- Insurance brokersClaims intake, portfolio maintenance, policy changes, annual reviews and documentation with your broker management system.
- Financial advisorsOnboarding, suitability and documentation, service cases, reporting and annual reviews as an operated workflow.
The first step
An operational diagnostic for one workflow: economics, participants, systems, constraints. Afterwards you know whether and how the transformation pays off.
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