Accounting firm Springline Advisory has Basis's accounting AI take the first pass on CAS payroll entries, statements and reconciliations, cutting payroll JE prep from 4 hours to 30 minutes

L2 · Supervised Verified · Production Financial Services Accounting/Finance

Springline's Kansas City client accounting services (CAS) team uses Basis to take the first pass on payroll journal entries, investment and bank statements, credit-card activity, undeposited funds, sales tax and analytical review across clients; staff review the output, resolve exceptions and post. Basis reports payroll journal-entry prep fell from 4 hours to 30 minutes, quarterly trust statement processing on one engagement from about 3 hours to 1, and 35% more clients per junior accountant, with full adoption within 4 months (reported by Basis, quoting Springline's Accounting Department Chair; vendor-published)

Problem

Experienced accountants spent hours on repetitive CAS prep (payroll entries, statements, card reconciliations, sales tax) across a varied client portfolio, limiting capacity without raising fees (reported by Basis)

Workflow

  1. Staff load source reports (e.g. payroll registers, statements) into Basis
  2. Basis prepares journal entries, flags duplicate card activity and reconciliation issues, groups deposits and explains revenue changes
  3. Accountants review the output, resolve exceptions and post entries

Human-in-the-loop: Accountants review all prepared entries and exceptions and post them; Basis does not post on its own per the page.

Tools & stack

Tools

  • Basis accounting AI agents

Integrations

  • Client accounting systems (not named on page)

Frameworks

None listed

Prerequisites

  • Documented workflow instructions per client
  • An internal champion and review process

Risks & limitations

Risks

  • Errors in prepared entries if review is rushed
  • Client data handled by a third-party AI platform

Limitations

  • Vendor-published; undated
  • Some figures are from a single engagement
  • Basis has existing records in the index (Boyum Barenscheer, WISS); this is a different firm

Outcomes & evidence

Reported outcomes

  • Payroll journal-entry prep cut from 4 hours to 30 minutes
    Reported by Basis · Source (getbasis.ai)
  • Quarterly investment and bank statement processing on one family-trust engagement fell from about 3 hours to 1
    Reported by Basis, single engagement · Source (getbasis.ai)
  • 35% more clients per junior accountant
    Reported by Basis; measurement method not stated · Source (getbasis.ai)

Evidence

Vendors & implementers

Review history

Last reviewed by Research Chief (agent).

  • : Added in batch-25; source fetched 2026-10-22 and key figures confirmed in page text; figures attributed.
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