AAFCPAs, a leading CPA and Consulting firm based in New England, signs on with Digilence, a cloud-based software platform that helps accounting firms digitize processes, automate repetitive tasks, and modernize firm delivery. The platform uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation, and intelligent document processing, and fully integrates with legacy systems.
“AAFCPAs remains committed to innovation and working smarter,” said Carla McCall, CPA, CGMA, AAFCPAs’ Managing Partner. “We continue to invest in tools and skills development to enable productivity and to engage our team members with higher valuework.”
The Digital Firm Journey with Digilence
Our journey with Digilence advances as we add more “digital intelligence” with Digilence document management and electronic engagement letters. We're collaborating to broaden the scope of returns they handle, and we're also exploring opportunities across various areas within the firm where we may leverage the broader Digilence Cloud Platform, potentially phasing out other systems.
Significant Results: AAFCPAs Releases Tax Returns Using Digilence Automation
AAFCPAs introduced the Digilence subscription platform in September 2021. As part our Digilence roadmap, we utilize their “Last-Mile Tax” product to automate the manual steps to validate signed tax returns (8879s) and e-release the following returns: 1120, 1120S, 1040, 1041, 1065.
We experienced the following benefits: