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Practice management for Canadian accounting firms

Run your whole firm
on one living ledger.

Clients, recurring work, document collection, billing and collections — generated, assigned and chased automatically, so nothing slips between setup and payment.

Free for 1 user and up to 25 clients. No credit card needed.

Thursday · Firm overviewGood morning — 4 things need you today.
2 billings due
Due today12Payroll · GST/HST
Overdue3T2 · Bookkeeping
Unbilled work$8,4205 completed items
Receivables$46,900$12,300 collected this week
Payroll remittanceNorthwind LogisticsDue today
GST/HST filing · Q3Maple & Pine BakeryWaiting for client
T2 return · FY2025Brightline Dental Corp.Review required
Invoice INV-1042Harbour Street MediaPartially paid

Built for the work firms actually file

  • Payroll
  • GST/HST
  • T1 Personal Tax
  • T2 Corporate Tax
  • Bookkeeping
  • Compilations
  • CRA Reviews
  • Annual Returns
  • Tax Instalments
  • Financing Applications
  • Consulting
  • Project Work

Assentt Accountant is a full-stack practice platform for accounting firms. One place for every client, every deadline and every dollar — with automation that does the chasing for you.

Every module your firm runs on.

From the first client call to the last payment, built as one system — not four tools taped together.

Clients & Services

Every client, owner and service in one profile

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Included:
Client profilesAccount managerBookkeeperServicesBilling termsLifecycle
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Recurring Work

Deadlines that create themselves, on schedule

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Included:
Daily → AnnualPayrollGST/HSTT1 & T2InstalmentsBoard view
See how it works

Document Collection

Checklists clients finish from a secure link

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Included:
ChecklistsTemplatesSecure upload linksEmailWhatsAppAuto reminders
See how it works

Billing & Collections

Bill on time, collect without chasing

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Included:
Billing setupsInvoicesPayment linksPartial paymentsPADStops when paid
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Every reminder stops the moment a client delivers or pays.

Work that generates itself.

Enroll a client in a service once. Assentt creates every task, on every cadence, assigned to the right person — daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, one-time or project-based.

ServiceGenerated tasksCadence
PayrollPayroll processingRemittancesT4 preparationROE managementWeeklyBi-weeklyMonthly
GST/HSTReturn preparationFilingRemittance trackingMonthlyQuarterlyAnnual
Personal tax · T1Annual T1 returnQuarterly tax instalmentsAnnualMar · Jun · Sep · Dec 15
Corporate tax · T2Annual T2 returnTax instalmentsAnnual return from incorporation dateAnnualInstalments
BookkeepingReconciliationsFinancial statementsAP reviewAR reviewMonthlyQuarterly
Advisory & projectsCompilationsCRA reviewsFinancing applicationsConsultingProject workOne-timeProject-based
Not startedIn progressWaiting for clientReview requiredCompletedFiled / Submitted

Documents that chase themselves.

Build a checklist from a template or from scratch, send it by email and WhatsApp, and let clients upload straight from a secure link — no portal account, no password.

  • Pending, received or not applicable — per item
  • Automated reminders on your cadence
  • Reminders stop when everything is in
  • Upload links expire automatically

One client lifecycle, start to paid.

Every client moves through the same eight stages — and you can see exactly where each one is.

  1. 01 Setup

    Profile, services and billing terms captured once.

  2. 02 Assignment

    Account manager and bookkeeper own every client.

  3. 03 Documents

    Checklists go out by email and WhatsApp.

  4. 04 Completion

    Work moves through review to filed.

  5. 05 Billing

    Billing tasks appear the day billing is due.

  6. 06 Invoice

    Invoices carry a payment link from day one.

  7. 07 Payment

    Card, PAD or manual — reminders stop when paid.

  8. 08 Reporting

    AR aging, workloads and revenue by service.

Spreadsheets kept the books. Assentt runs the firm.

Ops spreadsheet Inbox chasing Missed billing cycles Unbilled work Who owns this client? Manual reminders Paper receipts

The ops spreadsheet

A master sheet per industry, deadlines in someone's head, reminders sent by hand, and billing that depends on remembering. Work gets done — then sits unbilled.

Assentt Accountant

Services generate the work, dashboards show who owns it, and controls flag anything completed but not invoiced. Billing tasks appear the day billing is due, and every invoice carries a payment link.

Get paid on autopilot — or by cheque.

Set the billing frequency, amount and method once. Invoices go out with a payment link by email and WhatsApp, partial payments are tracked, and reminders stop the moment an invoice is paid.

Automatic
Credit card auto-payStripe
Pre-authorized debitGoCardless PAD
ACSS debitStripe
Manual
Interac e-Transfer
Cheque
Cash
POS
Bank transfer

Controls that catch revenue leaks.

Unbilled work is the quietest way a firm loses money. Assentt flags it on every dashboard, daily.

Reports & alerts
Overdue payrollOverdue GST/HSTOverdue tax returnsMissing documentsOutstanding invoicesUnbilled workMissed billing cyclesInstalment deadlinesStaff workloadAR aging
  • Active clients with no billing setup
  • Missed recurring billings
  • Completed work not invoiced
  • Projects not billed
  • Overdue invoice creation
  • Clients overdue for billing

A dashboard for every chair in the firm.

Owner, account manager, admin, bookkeeper and firm accountant each open to the work that is theirs.

The whole firm at a glance — revenue, receivables and who is overloaded.

Active clients
Revenue
Accounts receivable
Unbilled work
Overdue tasks
Staff workloads
Revenue by service
Revenue by account manager
My Work — for every role
Due todayDue this weekOverdueFollow-upsWaiting on client

Start free. Upgrade when the firm grows.

One plan for getting organized, one for running the whole practice on autopilot. Priced per firm, not per seat.

Free

For a solo accountant getting organized.

CA$0forever
Start free
  • 1 user
  • Up to 25 active clients
  • Clients and contacts
  • Work, tasks and the board
  • My Work
  • Document requests with secure upload links (10 open at once)
  • Manual invoices and payments recorded by hand
  • Dashboard and basic reports
  • In-app alerts

Prices in Canadian dollars. No credit card needed to start. Cancel Premium any time — your firm moves back to Free and keeps its data.

Open your firm's ledger in two minutes.

Create your workspace, add your first clients and send a document request today. Bring the team when you're ready.

See it with your own clients. Request a demo.

Firm details

Tell us a little about your practice.

A walkthrough built around your practice.

We'll map your services, cadences and billing to Assentt Accountant, show how document requests and collections run on their own, and plan how your team moves over.

Best for

Firms running payroll, GST/HST, personal and corporate tax, and bookkeeping for a growing book of clients — and tired of chasing documents and payments by hand.

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