Your staff should be preparing returns, not answering "did you get my W-2?" forty times a day. IA tx handles the phone for St. Petersburg accounting and tax firms: routine questions, new client intake, appointments and missing documents.
St. Petersburg and Pinellas County were hit hard by Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024, and the IRS postponed filing deadlines for affected Florida taxpayers. Local practices usually work with homeowners, small businesses, retirees and creative and tech freelancers.
After a storm the phone floods with "do I still have to file?" calls. IA tx answers each one, logs it and flags the urgent cases for the CPA.
It answers routine questions itself (hours, documents, status), takes the intake for new clients, books consults on your calendar and leaves every tax question written down for the CPA, without giving advice.
One of your homeowners in Pinellas County opens an IRS letter at night and calls in a panic. IA tx answers calmly, records the notice type and deadline, marks it urgent and promises a CPA callback first thing in the morning.
Typical numbers for a 3–10 person firm during filing season.
Spanish-speaking callers wait for the one bilingual person at the desk, or hang up.
A new client who reaches voicemail calls the next firm, and that is recurring yearly revenue gone.
About 70 calls a day at a 5-person firm: "did you get my W-2?", status checks, hours. Time not spent on returns.
Clients open IRS notices at night and panic. Today they get voicemail until morning.
Same process at 10 AM in March or 9 PM in October.
Every call on the first ring, 24/7, in English or Spanish. It introduces itself as your firm's AI assistant.
New client: takes the intake and books the consult. Existing client: says which documents are missing and texts a secure upload link. IRS notice: flags it urgent. Tax question: logs it word for word for the CPA, with no advice given.
Everything lands in one front desk: summary, transcript, appointment and document status. Your staff only steps in when a human is needed.
Time saved and calls recovered with an AI front desk.
| Situation | Today | With IA tx |
|---|---|---|
| "Did you get my documents?" | Staff looks it up and calls back | Answered, secure upload link texted |
| IRS notice at night | Waits overnight, worried | At the top of the CPA's list as urgent |
| Seasonal staffing | Hire, train, let go in May | Same agent all year |
| Spanish-speaking clients | Depends on who is at the desk | Served in Spanish |
| Busy line in tax season | Voicemail | Answered on the first ring |
| Call about IRS disaster-relief deadline extensions | Waits for a callback | Details logged for the CPA, documents requested |
| Call about casualty loss deductions after hurricanes | Waits for a callback | Details logged for the CPA, documents requested |
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Yes. It answers in the caller's language, English or Spanish, and leaves the summary in English for your team.
A few days. We load your services, hours, fees and document checklists, connect your phone number and calendar, and run a free 15-day pilot.
Far less than a seasonal hire, and it works nights, weekends and every season. Use the calculator on this page to estimate what missed calls cost your firm today.
Yes. It recognizes the topic, asks the intake questions your firm defines, lists the documents to bring and books time with the right CPA. It does not give advice on the topic itself.
Yes. For each type of case you define the checklist, and IA tx texts it with a secure upload link while the caller is still on the line.
Each city page covers what local firms deal with.
The demo is live: call it, test it in Spanish, look at the front desk. Then try it free for 15 days at your St. Petersburg firm.