What do my clients see?

A clear request from your firm with their return copy and where to sign. No portal maze.

How do I know who is outstanding?

One list: signed and waiting. The waiting ones are a click away from a drafted nudge.

Solo practitioners / 8879 E-file Authorizations

The 8879 hunt, retired

The return is done, and now you are chasing a signature. Cranston sends the authorization when you approve the return and tracks its status until it comes back, so you e-file the day it is signed.

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Signed Form 8879 with timestamped evidence on the client file.

Signature requests go out on approval

Status visible for every client

Signing evidence kept on file

From approved return to filed return

The last mile, handled.

You approve the return
The draft is reviewed and final in your tax software, the way it always is.
The authorization goes out
The client receives a copy, a signature request, and clear instructions.
Signed and evidenced
Signatures come back with a timestamped evidence record of what was signed, when, and from where, kept against the client.
You e-file from your software
Filing happens in your own software, on your own EFIN. Cranston makes sure nothing is waiting on a signature you forgot to chase.