Built for CPA firms, enrolled agents & bookkeeping practices

The secure client portal your accounting clients need.

Tax season shouldn't mean attachment chaos. We build secure client portals for accountants — branded logins, organized document intake, return status, and invoicing — so W-9s and PDFs stop living in everyone's personal Gmail.

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White-labeled under your firm's domain. You own the code, the data, and the client relationship — not another generic accounting SaaS.
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Miller Holdings LLC Re: RE: Did you get my W-2?? 2m
Chen Dental Fwd: K1_FINAL_v7.pdf 11m
Rivera Family Where are we on the extension? 1h
Oak St. Properties Wrong 1099 attached (ignore previous) 2h
Summit S-Corp Can you resend the engagement letter? 3h
Brightline Cafe Sales tax question + random photo of receipt 5h
Northwind Logistics Re: Re: Q4 estimates — phone pics of spreadsheets 1d
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Secure uploads
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W2-and-1099-Checklist.xlsx
SELF-SERVE

Whether you call it an accounting portal, a tax client portal, or just “please stop emailing PDFs”…

The best client portal for accountants is the one your clients actually use — tuned for document intake, deadlines, and billing without paying for a shelf full of features you'll never touch.

Secure client authentication

Clients log into your firm — not a random vendor subdomain. Magic links for busy owners, optional MFA for partners, and staff roles that mirror how your practice actually works.

  • Email / password, magic link, Google / Microsoft SSO
  • Partner vs. preparer vs. client permissions
  • Invitation links that don't expose other clients

Tax document intake & billing

Purpose-built tax client portal software paths: encrypted uploads, versioned PDFs, organized folders, retainers and e-invoices — fewer “which attachment is final?” threads.

  • Secure uploads (S3, Egnyte, SharePoint-style workflows)
  • Stripe invoicing, retainers, or subscription bundles
  • Questionnaires & organizers that flow into your stack

Every “quick question” email eats billable time

When there's no accounting portal, your inbox becomes the workflow engine. Here's what firms typically claw back:

0
% fewer
repeat status & document-request emails after launch
0
+ hrs/wk
prep time we recover by killing manual chases & inbox archaeology
0
% white-label
your domain, your brand, your data — no vendor lock-in
0
→ 6 wks
typical launch window for a focused, production-grade portal
Real portals, real workflows

If it touches secure documents + client login, we've probably shipped it

These builds weren't all CPA firms — but they're exactly the patterns accounting portals need: auth, files, billing, alerts, and integrations.

CPA / Tax Advisory
Organized intake

Branded hub so clients upload organizers instead of threading seventeen PDFs

Built with leadership at a growing advisory firm. Business owners now drag TaxCaddy-style packets into a secure portal, see what's still outstanding, and track whether their return is in prep, review, or out the door — without CC'ing three partners on every question.

Client login Document queues Status checklist
Bookkeeping / CAS
Client self-serve

Login-locked intake so monthly clients update their own metrics

Replace chasing CSVs over email. Clients log in to upload statements, answer monthly questionnaires, and confirm classifications — everything lands in Airtable (or your database of choice) without manual copy/paste.

Client logins Airtable sync Reminder links
Subscription billing
Retainers & renewals

Stripe-backed billing so advisory packages renew themselves

Full account management with upgrades, invoices, and gated premium workflows — the same mechanics firms use to sell tiered tax, bookkeeping, and CFO-lite bundles without chasing Venmo payments every quarter.

Stripe billing Feature gating Account mgmt
Compliance / Ops
Automated alerts

Expiring IDs, entity registrations & insurance certs — surfaced before audits

Staff and clients track renewal dates in one place with SMS (Twilio) and email nudges before anything lapses. Same pattern works for PTET elections, franchise-tax filings, or any recurring compliance artifact your clients ignore until the last minute.

Twilio SMS Email reminders MySQL store
Plus a lot more we've shipped

NFL Pick'em League Portal

Full-stack league portal with user auth, admin tools, and live ESPN data feeds.

ESPN API Auth

Maritime Pilot Dashboard

Login-locked dashboard for sea-faring pilots. Migrated expensive APIs to MySQL.

ChartJS MySQL

Fractional CFO Client Workspace

Secure dashboards for advisory clients — KPI packs, files, and messaging without another SaaS login.

Gated content Lead gen

Investment Firm Brand Site

Sleek single-page site for a private investment firm — built for trust signals and SEO.

SEO Brand-first

User Management Console

Custom admin tool to reset passwords, add users, and manage permissions without dev help.

Admin Auth

Automated Backend Jobs

Rewrote a 12-hour python data job to run in 1–2 hours, exposed status to clients in-portal.

Python 10x faster
What's in the box

Everything a serious accounting portal needs

Security-first building blocks you can turn on as your firm grows — nothing invented just to pad a feature grid.

Login & signup flows
Password reset / magic links
Role-based access
Multi-entity families
Stripe billing
Invoices & subscriptions
Secure file uploads
S3 / Egnyte / Dropbox sync
Custom dashboards
Tax organizers & checklists
Twilio SMS / email alerts
White-label branding
In one sentence

"We build secure client portals for accountants that feel like part of your firm's brand — so taxpayers upload what's missing, see what's happening, and your preparers stay focused on actual accounting."

How it works

From “we're drowning in PDFs” to a launched accounting portal in weeks

01

Free Portal Blueprint

30-minute call. Walk us through busy-season bottlenecks, document types, and how partners vs. staff should access data. We send back a written blueprint with screens, flows, and stack — yours to keep.

02

Fixed-Price Proposal

Milestone-based pricing, no hourly billing roulette. You see exactly what's being built, what it costs, and when it ships. We start with the smallest version that delivers real value.

03

Build, Launch, Onboard

We launch under your firm's subdomain, wire up integrations, and help pilot your noisiest clients first. You get source code, docs, and an accounting portal that scales with next season's rules — no vendor ransom.

What owners say after their portal ships

"I couldn't be more happy with Grant's work. He was able to make updates and fixes to our site that needed to be fixed for years. Grant re-wrote the python script on the backend of our site to make it more efficient. A process that used to take 12 hours now will take 1 to 2 hours.

Grant also created a new user management page. We are now able to reset passwords, delete old accounts and add new users because of Grant!

Best of all Grant built a user friendly tool to be able to update back end data on our site without having to hire a programmer to do it for us!"

John D.

Owner, MovingTargets

"I have hired freelancers for web development for many years. Grant is THE best I have found so far. The reason: he understood exactly what I wanted; needed minimal direction; performed minor corrections quickly and without complaint; added extra effort to do a task that I had planned to do. In short, Grant is VERY easy to work with and demonstrated that I can trust his work. By the way, his premium price was not too high and well worth it! The time that I saved and his quality of work compensated for his premium price. I will use him in the future."

Veronica W.

Owner, ACT Inc.

imported from Upwork

"Working with Grant has been Great! He is a very skilled coder and has the ability to take a vision and make it a reality! Would highly recommend!"

James M.

Owner, Grey Grove LLC

imported from Upwork

"Grant was incredible to work with. We discussed my vision of building an online registration portal for my football events, and he brought it to life exactly how I imagined. He created a custom portal with individual logins and all the functionality I needed, then seamlessly integrated it with my Airtable system. The result is a streamlined setup that will save me hundreds of hours of manual work. He built everything from scratch — truly impressive!"

Laif M.

Business Owner

imported from Upwork

Free, no-pressure

Get a Free Portal Blueprint

Tell us about your busiest workflows — organizers, bookkeeping uploads, advisory dashboards, whatever breaks every February. We'll respond with a written blueprint that maps the secure accounting portal we'd recommend, usually within 48 hours.

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  • Written blueprint + sample screens
  • Fixed-price quote (if you want one)
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Accounting portal FAQs

Most builds land between $3k–$8k for a focused MVP (secure login + document intake + status dashboard), then scale up with billing, SMS reminders, multi-entity logic, and deeper integrations. Pricing is milestone-based — you'll see exact numbers before engineering starts.

Yes — that's the whole point. Your portal lives at portal.yourdomain.com (or wherever you want), uses your colors and logo, and looks like you built it yourself. No third-party SaaS branding anywhere.

Pick whatever fits your clients: email + password, magic-link login, Google SSO, Microsoft SSO, or full-blown SAML for enterprise. We've shipped all of them. Most portals start with email + password and add SSO later.

If the system exposes an API or webhook, yes — we've integrated Stripe, Twilio, Airtable, Egnyte, S3, MySQL, and plenty of bespoke stacks. Many firms start by syncing what already works (Sheets, Notion, Karbon exports) and graduate to deeper ERP/practice-management hooks once the workflow proves out.

100%. You get the source code, the database, the docs, and a path to take it in-house any time. We host it for you while you want us to — and hand off the keys whenever you don't.

A 30-minute call mapping document flows, roles, and integrations, followed by a written PDF blueprint with suggested screens, security layers, and tech stack — plus a realistic budget band. Keep it even if you hire someone else.

We architect for least-privilege access, encrypted transport and storage, audit-friendly logging, and vendor configurations your IT consultant can review. Compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA, etc.) depends on your hosting choices and policies — we'll document what's implemented so your risk team sign-off is straightforward.

Busy season is coming whether your inbox is ready or not.

Give taxpayers a secure accounting portal that collects what's missing before you're chasing attachments at midnight. Grab a free blueprint — even if you only use it to sanity-check what you've already priced internally.

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