Client Document Chase.
An app idea for tax preparers.
A simple tracker that shows which clients still owe documents, what is missing, and who has been reminded, so the office stops chasing the same people by hand.
What the search found
- Who pays
- Owner of a small tax office with 2 to 10 preparers
- The problem
- Every season the office chases the same clients for missing documents by text and email, and nobody knows who was already reminded. Returns sit unfinished while the deadline gets closer.
- The gap
- The results show general shared inbox tools and full tax software suites, but no lightweight tracker built for a small office that lists missing documents per client and the reminder history.
- Already out there
- Thomson Reuters tax software guide tax.thomsonreuters.com
Covers full suites like UltraTax CS and SafeSend. Heavy products aimed at larger firms, not a small office tracker.
- TaxSlayer Pro taxslayerpro.com
Professional tax preparation software. Focused on filing returns, not on chasing client documents.
- UltimateTax ultimatetax.com
Professional tax software with data import. Filing focused, not document chase focused.
- Thomson Reuters tax software guide tax.thomsonreuters.com
- People asking for it
- Document chaos after clients send documents facebook.com
Post argues firms should map what happens after clients send documents, not just how to get them.
- Client ignores reminder emails reddit.com
A preparer says an extended client ignores reminder emails and wants calls or texts instead.
- Text messaging for tax preparation text-em-all.com
Article describes tax season as chaos with missed appointments and phone calls, and pushes texting to keep clients informed.
- Document chaos after clients send documents facebook.com
- The big assumption
- Small offices will keep a separate document tracker updated when their tax software already holds client records.
- Test it this week
- Ask five preparers to list, from memory, which clients still owe documents today. If they cannot, test whether they would update a shared list daily.
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