AUSTRAC Tranche 2. Annual TPB re-registration. Eight new TASA obligations. AI is reshaping the profession week by week. We set up the AI ops that handle the lot.
Done-for-you regulation monitoring, client comms automation, and front-desk admin AI, built specifically for Australian accounting firms. Your partners keep doing the advisory. Everything else runs without you.
5-day written report. Yours to keep whether or not you ever work with us.
Three pressures are converging on Australian accounting practices right now.
The regulatory cadence is real and accelerating. AUSTRAC Tranche 2 captures accountants as reporting entities from 1 July 2026 (enrolment by 29 June). TPB re-registration moved from a three-year cycle to annual in mid-2024. TASA Determination 2024 added eight new Code of Professional Conduct obligations. STP Phase 2 enforcement is now live. e-Invoicing PEPPOL becomes the federal procurement default by end-2026. You already know.
At the same time, the pipeline is broken. Professional Year enrolments fell from 7,122 in 2018 to 340 in 2024 — a 95% drop. 73% of Australian firms turned away work last year because they couldn't staff it. The CA ANZ remuneration survey says staff value flexible working over money — your team is prioritising survival over growth.
And AI is moving faster than both. 98% of accounting professionals globally now use AI in some form. Only 30% have had any training. Three in four business leaders say their accountant is the partner they want to guide them through AI — but 45% of senior decision-makers don't feel confident enough yet. The firms that figure this out first don't necessarily get more work. They get the better work.
We help small-to-mid AU accounting firms be that firm — without forcing the partners to become AI experts overnight, hire staff they can't find, or add another hour to their week.
Sources: AUSTRAC · TPB · CA ANZ / Ipsos 2025 · Karbon State of AI 2026 · Webco Talent Capacity Trap 2026 · NCS Corp 2025.
Three things, all about removing work — not adding any.
Each one solves one of the three converging pressures above. You can start anywhere — most firms start with the audit, then pick the one that buys back the most hours in their week.
Regulation monitoring + client-facing updates
AI watches the ATO/TPB/AUSTRAC feed and turns each material change into a plain-English client update. Your partner reviews in 60 seconds and clicks send. Your firm looks proactive — without anyone reading another newsletter at 9pm.
Client communications automation
AI-drafted status updates ("we've received your docs, here's where we are"), file-request chasers, BAS/EOFY reminders, response templates. Closes the comms-delay gap that CA ANZ identifies as the #1 underlying source of complaints — without partner time. Retains the book you already have.
Front-desk + intake automation
Chatbot trained on your firm's own answers ("when is my BAS due", "do I need to register for GST"), booking widget, pre-qualification forms. Frees reception to focus on revenue-bearing calls — and captures the after-hours enquiries you'd otherwise miss (67% of accountant enquiries fall outside business hours).
A $97 written AI Audit for your accounting practice, delivered in 5 business days.
A focused written report that tells you, in plain English: where AI can save you hours this quarter, the three highest-impact opportunities for your specific firm, and what to confidently ignore. No upsell pressure. We carry the conflict-of-interest disclosure up-front.
- Your firm's AI-readiness vs the 2026 profession benchmarks (CA ANZ + Karbon data)
- The three highest-ROI AI applications for your specific practice
- The compliance + regulator considerations for each (TPB / AUSTRAC / TASA)
- What to ignore — the AI pitches that don't apply to accounting firms
- A 60-day implementation order-of-operations, ranked by effort vs payoff
We're a young firm. Here's the honest version.
Allhart is operator-led, Brisbane-based, and built deliberately small. We don't have a 20-logo "as featured in" wall. What we do have is a 90-day guarantee that puts the risk on our side, fixed pricing so you know what you're paying, and zero offshoring — the person who scopes your work is the person who does it.
The "Better Than Before" Guarantee. If your rebuilt setup doesn't measurably improve your firm's intake, client comms, or regulatory handling within the first 90 days of going live, we'll keep working at no extra cost until it does — OR refund you in full. Your choice. There's no third outcome.
What accountants usually ask before they buy.
Will AI replace what I do?
No — but the framing inside the profession has shifted. The 8% of Australian firms that have reduced junior hiring did so for entry-level data-entry roles, not for advisory work. The real partner-level risk in 2026 is relevance erosion: practices that don't position themselves as AI-fluent will steadily lose advisory work to peers who do. CA ANZ's 2025 research found three in four business leaders want their accountant to guide them through AI. That's the opportunity, not the threat.
How does the 90-day guarantee actually work?
If, within 90 days of going live, the agreed deliverable hasn't measurably improved the thing we said it would (intake automation, regulatory monitoring, client comms — whichever you picked), we keep working at no extra cost until it does, OR we refund you in full. Your choice. We define the success metric up-front and put it in writing, so there's no argument later.
Do you actually understand TASA / TPB / AUSTRAC obligations?
Yes. TASA Determination 2024 added 8 new Code of Professional Conduct obligations from 1 August 2024. TPB re-registration moved from 3-yearly to annual from 1 July 2024. AUSTRAC Tranche 2 captures accountants as reporting entities from 1 July 2026 with enrolment by 29 June 2026 — requiring a Part A and Part B program. We don't draft your compliance program for you (that's your professional judgment), but we DO automate the part where you stay aware of the changes and keep your clients informed about them.
My current website is on WordPress / Squarespace / Wix — can we keep it?
Usually yes. The audit will tell you specifically; in most cases the foundation is fine and we add the AI-ops layer on top (chatbot, intake forms, content pipeline, regulatory-update feeds). We only recommend a full rebuild if the existing site is actively costing you enquiries — and we say so honestly.
Will the audit pressure me to buy something?
No. The $97 audit is a written report. You keep it whether or not you ever work with us. We disclose the conflict of interest up-front in the report itself: yes, we offer follow-on services; no, the report's recommendations are not gated on hiring us. If the highest-impact recommendation for your firm is "fix your accounting software setup first" or "you don't need AI yet, you need a part-time bookkeeper", that's what we'll say.
What if my firm is already using AI?
Most are — 98% of accounting professionals use AI in some form per Karbon's 2026 report. But only 30% of CAs have had any structured training and 45% of senior decision-makers don't feel confident with it. The audit usually finds that firms with existing AI use have scattered usage (ChatGPT for client emails, Xero AI for reconciliation, maybe Karbon AI for summaries) — but no system. We're the ones who turn the scatter into something coherent that the partners actually trust.
Start with the audit. Decide everything else later.
$97. 5 business days. Written report. Yours to keep.
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Built by Nathan in Brisbane. Operator-led, fixed-price, no offshoring, no agency hand-waving. I'll be the person you actually deal with — and the person who signs off on every line of AI we put into your practice.