Small Firms

Make every file look like yourbest senior prepared it.

Countable standardizes working paper prep across your team, so partners spend less time fixing inconsistencies and more time reviewing judgment calls. Built for growing CPA firms running compilations, reviews, and tax.

Ignite plan from $129 CAD/user/month
Countable, Team Dashboard
Active Team, Q1 2025
S
Sarah Chen, CPA
Partner
24 files
M
Marcus Webb
Senior Associate
10 files
A
Aiko Tanaka
Staff · 6 months
15 files
F
Flex Resource · Jamie K.
Tax Season · Active
8 files
Utilization
Partner
88%
Senior
74%
Flex
91%
Weekly Throughput
Luka on 100% of files, 0 partner review rework requests this month
The Problem

From Prep to Power: Unlock Advisory Capacity

Teams get stuck with too many preparers, and when prep is automated, the budget often shifts into hiring the wrong roles. Countable changes that. By automating prep and turning preparers into reviewers, you unlock capacity and shift resources toward high-value advisory work.

Inconsistent output

Everyone prepares working papers differently. Partners spend review time fixing inconsistencies instead of making judgment calls.

Heavy review burden

Junior and intermediate work needs full re-review. Senior time gets spent catching errors instead of adding value.

Seasonal capacity crisis

Every year: hire temps, train them, then lose them or grind through it. Neither scales.

Cloud

Give every staff member the same starting point.

As your team grows, consistency becomes harder to maintain. Countable gives partners, seniors, and juniors one shared workflow for client requests, source data, working papers, review notes, and sign-off.

Standardized templates

Every file starts from the same firm-approved structure.

Live GL connections

QBO and Xero data flows into working papers without re-entry.

Partner-ready review trail

Comments, exceptions, and AI-assisted notes stay attached to the file.

Role-based visibility

Staff see their work, managers see their teams, partners see the full pipeline.

Active Engagements, March 2025
Redwood AdvisoryMarcus W.Luka Running
Maple Grove HoldingsAiko T.✓ Partner Review
Stonehaven PartnersSarah C.In Progress
Brightfield CapitalJamie K. (Flex)Awaiting Docs
Team Utilization
91% on-track
Partners
92%
Managers
78%
Prep Work
95%
Luka AI

Less partner rework.
More consistent staff output.

Luka gives every preparer the same starting point, so partners spend less time correcting file structure, missing notes, and inconsistent schedules. Juniors ramp faster because repeatable prep follows the same firm standard on every engagement.

Reduce partner cleanup and review rework
Standardize schedules, notes, and working papers
Help juniors ramp into firm-approved workflows faster
Keep compilation, review, and tax outputs consistent
Luka AI, Standardized Prep

Partner Rework Reduced

Exceptions flagged
92%
Missing support
86%

Standardized Staff Output

Notes
Schedules
Letters
Checklists

Junior Ramp Time

W1
W2
W3
W4

Review-Ready Coverage

Compilation
Live
Review
Live
Tax
Ready
Flex

End the seasonal
hiring cycle. For good.

Flex gives every member of your team the same starting point on every engagement with fixed price capacity. Partners see everything. Staff see their files. Clients have one place for every request, on web or mobile.

Capacity Model
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
In-house team
Flex capacity
Tax season overflow

Activate 2 to 4 Flex resources February through April. They work inside your Countable environment, follow your templates, and disappear after filing season.

Zero training overhead
Unexpected capacity gap

A senior leaves or takes leave mid-season. Flex fills the gap in days, not weeks. No scrambling, no burning out the remaining team.

Gap covered in days
New service line, low risk

Expanding into a new engagement type? Run the first cohort through Flex while you assess the volume. When it proves out, hire. Until then, use Flex.

Low risk expansion
Flex pricingFixed Priceper engagement

Know your cost before the engagement starts

One engagement rate. No overtime, payroll overhead, or hiring risk. Activate capacity when you need it and scale it back when you don’t.

Learn about Flex
FIRST engagement is on us

The numbers behind the switch.

Using the same ROI model across firm sizes: $3,000 billed per engagement, $1,000 baseline prep cost, 15 hours of work per file, and Countable at $629 per file. This growing-firm example uses 100 engagements.

$37,100
Annual savings at 100 engagements
(standard $629/file)
$50,100
Annual savings at volume pricing
($499/file)
400+ hrs
Time freed per year
capacity for ~26 more files
18.5%
Margin improvement
per engagement
$1,000 baseline prep cost − $629 Countable cost = $371 savings per file.
Volume pricing at $499 increases savings to $501 per file.
Migration

Off your legacy system. On Countable.
In two weeks.

Most growing firms are still running CaseWare desktop or Excel with separate tools stitched around them. Moving to Countable is structured, fast, and guided.

01
Week 1
Discovery & Template Audit

We map your working paper structure, checklist conventions, and engagement types before any data moves.

02
Week 1 to 2
CaseWare Mapping Conversion + Template Rebuild

Luka converts your CaseWare mappings and rebuilds templates in Countable to your standards.

03
Week 2
Client Data Import + QBO / Xero Connection

Client roster, engagement history, and documents migrate in. QBO and Xero connect once and data flows automatically.

04
Weeks 2 to 4
Team Onboarding + Parallel Running

Partner and staff onboarding, a short parallel run, and a post-migration 30-day check-in.