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Keep every enquiry, notice and client in one record the whole firm can read.

A CRM for a tax firm is one shared record of each person who contacted you, what they hold, who owns the case and what happens next. GullySales sets it up around notices, filing dates and referrers, and trains the team to fill it in as the call ends.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Sales and marketing for tax consulting firms, the overview.

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For tax consulting firms

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The partner's phone is not a client database”

    Numbers saved under first names, notes in a diary and a case in someone's head leave the firm when that person is on leave or gone. A record anyone on the team can open is what keeps a client from repeating the story.

  • “A tax case has dates, and a contact list does not”

    A generic address book cannot show a reply deadline, a filing date or an assessment year. The record has to carry those fields, or the real urgency sits in a separate spreadsheet nobody trusts.

  • “Clients return every season, so history matters”

    The returning client expects the firm to remember last year's filing, the open query and what was agreed. Without a history, every return is handled like a stranger's and the relationship feels thinner each time.

  • “Confidential papers need a careful home”

    Tax records are sensitive. Keeping scanned notices in a personal chat or a free shared folder is a risk. The CRM should hold the case notes and point to a properly controlled place for the documents.

What we do

What we deliver for tax consulting firms.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. Fields built for tax work

    Authority, notice type, assessment year, reply date, turnover band, who keeps the books and the referrer, set up as fields rather than free text.

    Result: A case can be sorted by what is due next.

  2. A pipeline from enquiry to signed engagement

    Stages that match how your firm works, such as first call, papers received, fee note sent, accepted and filed.

    Result: You can see where each prospective client is stuck.

  3. Owner and next step on every record

    Each client carries a named person and a dated next action, so nothing sits with no one responsible.

    Result: No case is without an owner on any given day.

  4. Importing the existing client list

    Your current clients brought into the CRM from sheets and contacts, cleaned of duplicates, with the last year filed noted.

    Result: The returning client is recognised from the first call.

  5. Short training for the team

    A working session with your staff using your own live cases, plus a one-page guide on what to enter and when.

    Result: The record is filled in by the people who take the calls.

  6. Reports on enquiries, proposals and retention

    Counts of enquiries by source and situation, proposals sent and signed, and clients not yet back this season.

    Result: The partners review the firm from one screen.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Fields worth keeping

Fields a tax consulting firm should keep on every client record.

Entity type and financial year
Set at intake by the person who takes the call. It decides which filings apply and lets the firm list everyone due for a given form.
Situation that brought them
A pick list, such as a notice, a new registration or an annual filing. It shows which situations bring in work and which pages earn their keep.
Notice reference and reply date
Entered by the partner who reads the papers. It puts the reply date on the shared list so no deadline rests on one person's memory.
Referral source
Recorded at first contact. It shows which banker, advisor or client sends the best engagements, so the firm knows where to spend its time.
Proposal sent and next step
Updated by whoever sent the quote. It lets the firm see which proposals have gone quiet and who is due to follow up.
Consent for reminders
Recorded when the engagement starts. It decides who may receive a due-date message and protects the firm from unwanted mail.

Who it is for

This is written for these tax consulting firms.

  • Individual and small business tax consultants
  • GST compliance and advisory firms
  • Corporate tax advisory firms
  • Chartered accountancy firms offering tax services
  • NRI taxation specialists
  • Startup and new business tax advisory firms
  • Tax litigation and notice response specialists
  • Payroll and TDS compliance firms

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The firm has fewer clients than one person can remember, and a new record would add typing without adding control.
  • Nobody has decided where client papers will be kept, and a CRM would soon hold files in the wrong place.
  • Partners will not enter dates themselves and the team has no time to enter them, so the record would go stale.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Which CRM should a tax firm use?
One your team will actually open. Choose a tool in ordinary use in India that supports custom fields, reminders and shared access, and avoid anything that needs a specialist to change. The setup matters more than the brand name.
Can we keep client papers inside the CRM?
Keep case notes and status in the CRM, and store scanned documents in a controlled folder or practice system you already trust. Link the two. Check how any tool you pick handles client data before you load a single file.
Is this too heavy for a small firm?
Not if it starts small. A handful of fields, one pipeline and a dated next step on each record is enough. Add more only when the team asks for it.
Who in a tax firm should be able to see client records?
Give each person access to the clients they work on, and the partner access to all. Tax papers are confidential, and a record open to everyone invites mistakes. Set the roles when you build the CRM and review them when a person joins or leaves.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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