Austin accounting and tax firms serve founders, tech employees, real estate investors and growing companies with complicated books. ITServices.Tech delivers IT services for Austin accounting and tax firms: support, security, backups and planning under one agreement.
Accounting for a tech economy
Austin CPA firms see equity compensation, startup R&D credits, multi-state payroll for remote employees and fast-growing companies that outgrow their bookkeeping every year. Individual returns carry stock option exercises and RSU sales, and business clients need both federal work and Texas franchise tax reports, which are usually due May 15, a few weeks after the federal deadline.
A security plan that holds up
The FTC Safeguards Rule covers tax preparers and calls for a written information security program with MFA, encryption and a named person responsible. The IRS asks preparers to confirm they have one when renewing a PTIN, and its Publication 5708 is the usual starting point. We supply and maintain the technical safeguards the plan describes and keep records that show they are working.
Two busy seasons, not one
With the federal deadline in April, Texas franchise tax in May and extended returns in the fall, Austin firms rarely get a quiet stretch. We schedule upgrades and hardware refreshes around all of them, keep remote access ready for staff who work from home during crunch weeks, and test backups of tax and document systems before each peak.
Cloud accounting and client systems
Many startup clients run cloud accounting, payroll and expense tools, and your staff log in to dozens of client systems. A password manager for the firm, MFA on every client login and clean offboarding when an engagement ends keep that web of access under control.
IT services for Austin accounting and tax firms
- QuickBooks and Sage support without replacing your tools
- MFA and secure remote access for tax season
- Backups and recovery for client files
- Monitoring for suspicious logins
Everything runs under one managed IT agreement, with the help desk, monitoring, patching, Microsoft 365, security and backups handled by the same team.
Software we support
We support the systems you already run, such as UltraTax CS, Lacerte, ProSeries, Drake and CCH Axcess, along with QuickBooks, Sage and client portals like SmartVault and ShareFile, without making you replace them.
Texas data rules to know
Under Texas law, a business must notify affected people of a breach of their sensitive personal information within 60 days, and the Texas Attorney General within 30 days when 250 or more Texans are affected.
Office hours in Austin
Office hours for Austin clients are Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central, in your own time zone.
Read more about IT for accounting and tax firms, managed IT services in Austin or all IT services in Austin.
Sources
- IRS Publication 5708: Creating a Written Information Security Plan
- FTC Safeguards Rule, 16 CFR Part 314
- IRS Publication 4557: Safeguarding Taxpayer Data
- CISA: Require multifactor authentication
- DoD CIO: CMMC program
- NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3
- Texas Business and Commerce Code 521.053
- Texas Attorney General: data breach reporting