An AI Accountant for Australian Firms. More Clients. No More Hiring.

An AI accountant is software that performs the routine work of an accounting practice rather than just assisting with it: coding and reconciling bank feeds, drafting BAS working papers, processing client documents, and answering routine client email. It is not a registered agent and cannot sign off on a return. The lodgement, the review and the advice remain with your qualified accountants, who now spend their time on the work clients pay a premium for.

A dedicated AI is a single-tenant assistant configured for one accounting practice. It connects to your Xero or MYOB file, your inbox and your document store, then handles the repetitive ledger work: coding bank feeds, reconciling accounts, drafting BAS working papers, chasing missing receipts and answering routine client emails. Unlike a shared chatbot, it runs in its own isolated environment, so your client data is never pooled with another firm's.

Yes. Xero and MYOB are the two platforms most Australian practices run on, and the dedicated AI connects directly to both. It can code and reconcile bank feeds, pull data for BAS and GST returns, and keep the ledger current day to day rather than leaving it for a quarter-end catch-up. QuickBooks Online and common add-ons such as Dext and Hubdoc are supported too.

Your dedicated AI is deployed automatically within 1 hour of sign-up. You connect it to your accounting file and inbox, set the guardrails for what it can and cannot action on its own, and start with a narrow set of tasks. It then takes on more of your workflow as it learns your clients, your chart of accounts and your firm's preferences.

Yes. Each dedicated AI runs single-tenant on AWS infrastructure in the Sydney region, so client records stay onshore. Every firm gets its own isolated environment, and your data is never shared with, or used to train models for, any other business. This matters for both client confidentiality and your data sovereignty obligations.

No. The dedicated AI does the preparation, not the sign-off. A registered tax or BAS agent still reviews and lodges everything, so your Tax Practitioners Board obligations and the Code of Professional Conduct are unchanged. Think of it as a very fast junior that drafts working papers for a qualified person to check, keeping a clear audit trail of what it did.

A dedicated AI usually costs around 70% less than an offshore virtual assistant and a fraction of a local junior bookkeeper, who runs to at least $5,000 a month before on-costs. It works 24/7 with no leave, superannuation or onboarding lag. Because it is one predictable monthly fee, it scales through BAS and tax season without a hiring scramble.

No. It removes the low-value data entry and chasing that burns out staff, so your accountants spend their time on advisory, review and client relationships, the work clients actually pay a premium for. Most firms use it to grow capacity and take on more clients without adding headcount, rather than to cut their team.

Yes. Your dedicated AI learns your specific workflows over time. It starts with standard accounting tasks and progressively handles more complex processes as it understands your firm, your clients, your chart of accounts and your preferences.

Yes. Most AI features in accounting software suggest a code or draft a sentence and leave the rest to you. An AI accountant works across the whole ledger: it codes and reconciles bank feeds in Xero or MYOB, chases missing documents, drafts BAS working papers and answers routine client email, then queues everything for a person to review. Your accountants approve the work instead of typing it.

ChatGPT is a general assistant: you paste information in and copy the answer out, and it has no access to your client files. An AI accountant is connected to your Xero or MYOB file, inbox and document store, keeps a record of every action it takes, runs in an isolated environment hosted in Sydney, and works through your task list continuously rather than waiting for a prompt.

Agentive plans start at A$500 a month plus GST for a solo practice, A$1,000 for a team of up to 5 users and A$2,000 for up to 10 users, with an Enterprise plan for larger groups. Setup is self-serve, with optional guided onboarding for a one-off A$300. Current plan details are on the MyAgentive pricing page.

All of them. Because the dedicated AI is cloud-based and hosted in Sydney, it serves practices anywhere in Australia, from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth through to regional centres such as Geelong, Newcastle, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba. Wherever your firm is, the AI works in Australian business hours and beyond.