Overnight prep. Nothing leaves the country.
Cranston preps returns in your firm’s tax software while you’re closed. No consent letters to mail, no packages crossing borders, no cleanup when the work comes back.
1040 · 1065 · 1120 · 1120-S · Drake Tax, CCH Axcess, Lacerte, and UltraTax
Why firms outsourced
Offshore prep was data entry with extra steps.
Firms sent work overseas for one reason: the backlog is bigger than the team. What came with it was a second process — Section 7216 consent letters for every client, a three-to-ten-day round trip, and a re-keying pass when the work came back in the wrong format.
Cranston keeps the one thing that worked — someone else does the data entry — and removes the steps. Documents go in at close; drafts are in your own tax software by morning.
The two routes
Same relief. None of the steps.
The offshore route
- Mail 7216 consent letters and chase every signature
- Client documents leave the country
- Wait 3–10 days per return
- Re-key and clean up what comes back
- Capacity capped by their staffing
- No consent letters — client data stays in the US
- Documents stay in your firm’s systems
- Drafts by morning, at any volume
- Entered directly in your Drake, Lacerte, UltraTax, or CCH Axcess
- Every figure linked to its source page
What lands in the morning.
Not a spreadsheet to re-key — a drafted return in your software, with a workpaper and findings.
Prepared return
A draft in your tax software.
Cranston enters the return and runs the calculation in the software your firm already runs.
You get the draft PDF and an Excel workpaper alongside it.
Reviewer control
Findings, not surprises.
Missing documents, year-over-year changes, and judgment calls surface as findings your reviewer works through.
Every number links back to the page it came from.
Built to keep client data close.
Cranston prepares and checks the work. Your reviewer signs the return.
Data stays in the US
No offshore transfer, so no Section 7216 consent letters to send or track.
Your reviewer signs off
Cranston preps and flags findings. The final review and signature stay with your firm.
Built for sensitive data
Encrypted at rest and in transit, with SOC 2 examination in progress.
See the overnight turnaround on your own return.
Bring a real client package to the call. Watch the draft land in your software.
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