Scope, access, and coverage are agreed with your team.
Practical support. Defined responsibilities.
The day-to-day work
A clear queue. A useful handoff.
Define the recurring work and the evidence your team needs to review it. These building blocks become a role-specific operating plan.
Track engagements identified by the CPA team for extension review
Collect requested information through approved channels
Maintain preparer, reviewer, and client-response statuses
File submission acknowledgments supplied by authorized staff
What comes back to your team
Work you can see and review.
Extension review register
A working record with source references, current status, and the person responsible for the next step.
Outstanding-information queue
A focused view of missing inputs, unanswered questions, and items that need your decision.
Submission-evidence index
A dated handoff that distinguishes completed work from pending review and unresolved exceptions.
Put the role into practice
From the first brief to the final check.
Prepare
Give the role a reliable starting point.
Provide the CPA-approved workflow, client list, internal dates, and required evidence. Your professionals should define applicable deadlines, payment considerations, and who may communicate tax-related instructions to clients.
An example working day
A practical handoff
A client has not supplied a requested document near an internal review date. The assistant flags the missing item and records the CPA’s extension decision. The CPA determines any payment advice, approves filing, and supplies the final acknowledgment.
Illustrative workflow, not a client case study.Review
Check the work before closing the loop.
Check status against the responsible professional’s confirmation and the actual acknowledgment. Keep a request, approved filing instruction, submitted form, and accepted submission as separate stages.
Your systems, your permissions
Fit the role to your environment.
Tool familiarity is considered when defining the role. Your team approves every platform, access level, and source of truth.
KarbonCanopyTaxDomeMicrosoft Excel
Platform names describe possible working environments, not endorsements or a promise of certification.
Before you start
A few useful questions.
What should we prepare for extension workflow tracking?+
Provide the CPA-approved workflow, client list, internal dates, and required evidence. Your professionals should define applicable deadlines, payment considerations, and who may communicate tax-related instructions to clients.
How will we know what is complete?+
Check status against the responsible professional’s confirmation and the actual acknowledgment. Keep a request, approved filing instruction, submitted form, and accepted submission as separate stages.
Which decisions remain with us?+
CPAs and authorized tax professionals determine filing obligations, deadlines, payment estimates, and extension eligibility. The assistant does not provide tax advice, calculate liability, or represent that an extension changes payment requirements.
Can the role work in our existing tools?+
We scope the role around your approved systems, including environments such as Karbon, Canopy, TaxDome. Access, training, and the final tool requirements are confirmed before the role begins.