AI tax research for CPA firms
Tax answers you can verify.
Ask a federal or state tax question. Cranston gives you an answer with the primary authorities behind it.
A 30-minute live product demo for tax professionals.
- Primary-source citations
- Federal and supported state sources
- Built for tax professionals
One question. A reviewable research trail.
See the conclusion and the authority behind it.
Cranston keeps the question, answer, analysis, and citations together. You decide if the sources support the conclusion.
- Trace each conclusion to its supporting source
- Open the cited authority without leaving the research trail
- See coverage limits and unresolved questions before relying on the answer
How the session works
See how a question becomes a reviewable answer.
Tell us the issue
Bring a real tax question and the non-sensitive facts needed to understand it.
Research it in Cranston
Watch Cranston search supported federal or state authorities and assemble the answer.
Verify the conclusion
Open the citations, inspect the relevant authority, and decide whether the answer holds up.
Built for review
You make the call. Cranston shows its sources.
Every answer cites its authority. You read the source and decide.
General-purpose AI
- Answers from general training data
- Leaves the research trail for you to assemble
- Cannot tell you where a claim came from
- Built for everyone
- Answers from a library of primary tax authority
- Keeps the question, analysis, and citations together
- Cites the code section, ruling, or case behind each answer
- Built for tax professionals
Research across supported authorities
Start with primary tax sources.
Coverage varies by state. Every session starts by checking that Cranston covers the jurisdiction your question is in.
Federal primary authority
Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, IRS notices, revenue rulings, and revenue procedures.
Forms and instructions
Current federal and state forms, with the instructions that tell you how to file the position.
Supported state sources
State statutes, agency guidance, forms, and instructions where Cranston supports the jurisdiction.
Built for confidential client work.
Cranston encrypts data at rest and in transit, and each firm's workspace is separate. When you book, leave out client names and taxpayer ID numbers.
See Cranston research one of your questions.
Bring a non-sensitive tax question. Review the answer, sources, and coverage limits in a 30-minute demo.
Book a demo