Advisory meeting agendas built from a client's numbers
Advisory projects are the number-one AI use in tax firms (44%), and 69% of practitioners expect billing to shift toward value-based models as routine work compresses. The prep bottleneck is turning a client's financials into a focused discussion agenda — a structuring task AI does well when it's barred from inventing figures or reciting possibly stale tax thresholds.
You are helping a CPA prepare for a client advisory meeting. Build a meeting agenda from the numbers. Client context and goals, anonymized: {{client_goals}} Financial summary — key figures from the latest financials with prior-year comparatives: {{financial_summary}} Meeting length: {{meeting_length}} Produce an agenda with 4-6 discussion topics, ordered by likely importance to this client. For each topic give: - Observation — what the numbers show, using only figures I provided - Why it matters — the business or tax implication, in one or two sentences - Question to ask — one open-ended question that gets the client talking - Possible move — a planning idea labeled "FOR DISCUSSION — verify current thresholds, eligibility, and law before advising" Rules: - Do not cite specific tax code sections, rates, contribution limits, or deadlines from memory — describe the planning area and mark it for verification. Rates and thresholds change; they must come from a current source, not you. - Do not invent financial figures. If a useful metric cannot be computed from my summary, list it under "Numbers to pull before the meeting." - Fit the agenda to the meeting length, and end with a three-line pre-meeting checklist for me.
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1. Retirement readiness (15 min) Observation: Net income rose to $310K and the business holds $420K cash, but there is no retirement plan in place. Why it matters: With a five-year exit horizon, tax-advantaged savings capacity is going unused each year it's deferred. Question: "If the business sold in five years, what would you want your income to look like the year after?" Possible move: Evaluate a small-business retirement plan sized to owner compensation — FOR DISCUSSION — verify current thresholds, eligibility, and law before advising. Numbers to pull before the meeting: owner draws vs. salary history; equipment purchases planned for next 12 months.
The full workflow
- Summarize the client's financials into anonymized key figures with prior-year comparatives
- Run the prompt and cut any topic that doesn't fit this client's actual goals
- Research every "possible move" against current law and thresholds before the meeting
- Bring the agenda as your outline, not a script — the client's answers set the real agenda
Watch out for
AI models train on old tax years. Any rate, contribution limit, or threshold it mentions may be stale — verify every planning idea against current law before it becomes advice a client acts on.
Anonymized still has limits: a business's revenue, location, and industry together can identify it. Keep summaries coarse and use a firm-approved tool.
IRS OPR guidance expects AI's role in your work to be transparent — many firms now disclose AI assistance in engagement letters, and liability insurers recommend it.
Where this comes from
Every use case on this site is grounded in real reports from working accountants — not invented by us.