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Paid search for a tax firm is a short, deadline-driven push, and whether your firm may run it at all is a question for your own professional body first. GullySales settles that in writing with your partner, then builds narrow campaigns for the notices and deadlines that actually convert.

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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 pay per click advertising means

Pay per click advertising (PPC) is paying a fee each time someone clicks your advert on Google or another platform. It puts you at the top of a search page immediately, instead of waiting for ranking to build. GullySales sets the targeting, writes the ad text and checks spend against enquiries received.

Also for tax consulting firms

Sales and marketing for tax consulting firms, the overview.

Last updated 17 Oct 2026. Rules for this trade differ by state and professional body, and they change. We describe restrictions in general terms, so check the current position with your own council or adviser before you publish anything.

For tax consulting firms

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

  • “Solicitation is the word this turns on”

    Rules on advertising by professionals differ by body and get revised, so your firm's position has to be recorded before any money moves.

  • “Refund status searches will eat the budget”

    Half the people typing income tax queries in July want to know where their refund has gone, and none of them are hiring anyone.

  • “The convertible fortnight is short”

    Enquiries cluster in the two weeks before a due date and in the days after a batch of notices goes out. The rest of the year is mostly waste.

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. A written note of what your firm may run

    The position agreed with your partner and recorded, covering wording, claims and where adverts may appear, before a campaign is switched on.

    Result: Nobody is guessing about the rules mid-campaign.

  2. Campaigns kept to the situation and the city

    Narrow keyword sets on notice types, specific filings and the areas you serve, instead of broad terms every firm in the country bids on.

    Result: Clicks come from people with a problem and a date.

  3. Negatives for refunds, jobs and free filing

    Blocks on refund status, portal login trouble, articleship and job searches, coaching courses and the free filing tools crowding this category.

    Result: The budget stops answering students and refund chasers.

  4. A landing page that promises no outcome

    A page explaining what the firm does about that situation, with no comparative claims and no suggestion of a saving or a result.

    Result: The page your partner is willing to sign off.

  5. Calls tracked inside office hours

    A separate number per campaign, with the schedule set to when somebody answers and the calls that rang out counted.

    Result: You find out how many paid calls nobody took.

  6. Spend read against engagements signed

    Monthly cost per enquiry and per signed engagement by situation, set beside the figures from before the first campaign ran.

    Result: You can stop the campaigns that only bring questions.

How the result is measured

  • Cost per click
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries from paid search

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

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Searches to bid on and block

The searches worth paying for as a tax consultant, and the ones to keep out.

Notice searches, such as GST notice reply or income tax notice help
Bid, narrowly, once your partner has agreed the wording. The person has a notice and a date. Describe what the firm does about it, and make no suggestion of a result or a saving.
Filing searches, such as ITR filing for NRI or GST return filing
Bid ahead of the filing deadline and switch off after it. These are lower-value jobs, so a page for each situation with the documents needed will help sort the serious from the casual.
Business setup searches, such as GST registration for a startup
Bid in a separate campaign. A founder searching for registration may become a client for years, so show that you handle the next filings too, in plain terms.
Do-it-yourself searches, such as ITR filing online free or tax calculator
Block. These people want a tool, not a consultant. Add refund status, portal error and form download words, which are people stuck on a portal, not buyers of advice.
Where the click lands
Send the click to a page for that situation with a plain explanation of what you do, the documents to bring and a form asking the type of notice or filing and the period it relates to.
Counting a real enquiry
Count a booked consultation with a filing type or notice date. A caller who wants a free answer is not an enquiry. Mark the ones that became a signed engagement, and see which situation they came from.

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.

  • You have not checked with your own council or adviser whether the firm may run paid ads, so a campaign could break a rule on solicitation.
  • No one picks up calls during office hours, so a paid click on a notice search would reach a phone that rings out.
  • The landing page cannot say anything without sounding like a promise of outcome, and the ad would repeat the same promise.

How it works

How the pay per click advertising 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

    Agree the whole budget

    We fix the total paid budget across platforms, who owns each ad account, and how much is open to moving.

  2. 2

    Audit tracking and accounts

    We check that conversions fire once, that calls and WhatsApp chats are counted, and that your enquiry sheet matches what the platforms say.

  3. 3

    Set one definition of success

    You and we agree what a qualified enquiry is and what an order is, so every platform is judged the same way.

  4. 4

    Build and launch the plan

    Campaigns are structured across platforms with shared naming and tags from day one.

  5. 5

    Read search terms and lead quality

    We review the queries that triggered ads and the enquiries that arrived, and remove waste before moving money.

  6. 6

    Reallocate and report

    Budget moves toward what is earning, within agreed limits. Results are reported against the baseline, at the frequency agreed in writing.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  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 · you are here

    Sales process design

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

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    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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Can a chartered accountancy firm run Google Ads at all?
Your institute's code and its guidance on advertising decide that, and both get revised. The certificate of practice is yours, so the answer comes from your partner or from the institute, not from us. We build only what the firm has cleared in writing.
Is paid search worth it outside filing season?
Rarely. The enquiries that convert are tied to a due date or a notice, so the money works hardest in short bursts. A firm running adverts all year usually pays for reading rather than for calls.
Should the advert mention a notice deadline to create urgency?
State a date only if it is current and from the official notice, and keep the tone factual. An advert that frightens people for a click breeds complaints, and your professional body may take a dim view of it.
Is it safe to ask visitors to upload a tax notice on the landing page?
Treat anything uploaded as confidential. Ask for the notice type and date first, and request the document after a call, through a secure route. State on the page how you store it, and who sees it.
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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