AI Reporting for Accounting Firms

Ask your practice data.
Get a clearer answer.

Practice Clarity combines purpose-built accounting firm reporting with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Copilot, allowing partners and managers to explore WIP, productivity, billings, recoverability and debtors using natural language.

Natural Language

Ask business questions in plain English.

Trusted Reporting

Answers use the same governed reporting model.

Role-Based Security

Users only access the information they're authorised to see.

Microsoft Fabric

Enterprise reporting built on Microsoft's analytics platform.

Example Questions

Ask Copilot

Which clients have more than 90 days of WIP?

Ask Copilot

Which teams are below productivity target this month?

Ask Copilot

What changed in our debtor position since last month?

Ask Copilot

Summarise the biggest risks before our next partner meeting.

FROM DASHBOARD TO DIALOGUE

The answer doesn't have to stop at the visual.

Dashboards are excellent for monitoring recurring KPIs and performance measures. But every partner meeting raises new questions. Practice Clarity gives your firm two ways to work with the same trusted reporting model—review interactive dashboards for consistent management reporting, or ask Microsoft Copilot questions in everyday language to investigate further.

Traditional Reporting

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Open the Dashboard

Navigate to the correct report and reporting period.

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Apply Filters

Find the right partner, office, client or service line.

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Analyse the Data

Interpret the charts and identify trends.

Ask More Questions

Create additional reports or continue drilling through visuals.

Practice Clarity AI

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Ask Naturally

Type the question exactly as you would ask a colleague.

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Microsoft Copilot

Interprets your question using your Practice Clarity reporting model.

Receive the Answer

Answers are grounded in the same governed measures used throughout your dashboards.

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Explore Further

Drill into clients, jobs, teams and transactions behind the result.

One trusted reporting model. Two powerful ways to explore your data.

Ask Naturally

Use the language your partners and managers already use instead of building reports or learning complex queries.

Explore Further

Move seamlessly from a high-level answer into the teams, clients, jobs and transactions driving the result.

Stay Grounded

Every response is interpreted using the same trusted semantic model and approved Practice Clarity measures.

Questions Your Firm Can Ask

Start with the question behind the meeting.

The answers available depend on your firm's connected systems, reporting modules, permissions and Practice Clarity implementation. Here are just a few examples.

📊 WIP

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Which clients have more than 90 days of WIP?

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Show me WIP that increased for three consecutive months.

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Which partners have the largest growth in aged WIP?

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Which jobs may need an interim bill?

⏱ Productivity & Timesheets

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Which teams are below productivity target this month?

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Who has incomplete timesheets this week?

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Compare chargeable hours with the previous quarter.

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Where is available capacity not becoming productive work?

💰 Billings & Recoverability

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Which clients had the largest write-offs this quarter?

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Compare billings against the same period last year.

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Which service areas have declining recoverability?

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Where is recorded value not converting into billed revenue?

📈 Debtors & Partner Insights

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What changed in our debtor position since last month?

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Which overdue invoices should we prioritise?

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Show debtors by responsible partner.

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Summarise the biggest reporting risks before our next partner meeting.

Purpose-Built Context

AI that understands the reporting model behind the question.

Generic AI doesn't automatically understand how your firm defines productivity, aged WIP, recoverability or responsibility. Practice Clarity prepares your reporting model for Microsoft Copilot so questions are interpreted using consistent accounting-firm terminology, trusted relationships and governed business measures.

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Accounting Firm Language

Built around the way accounting firms talk about partners, managers, clients, jobs, time, WIP, billings, recoverability and cash flow—not generic business terminology.

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Consistent Calculations

Microsoft Copilot answers questions using the same governed measures and calculations that power every Practice Clarity dashboard, helping maintain consistency across your reporting.

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Curated Data Scope

Relevant tables, measures and relationships are carefully prepared so conversations focus on meaningful business outcomes instead of technical database structures.

Tested Use Cases

Priority questions can be refined and validated so partners and managers receive answers that align with the reporting outcomes Practice Clarity is designed to deliver.

The AI is only as good as the reporting model behind it.

Practice Clarity doesn't ask Microsoft Copilot to interpret raw accounting data. Instead, it uses a purpose-built semantic model designed specifically for accounting firms, enabling users to ask better questions and receive answers grounded in trusted reporting definitions.

Microsoft Security

Natural-language access doesn't mean unrestricted access.

Practice Clarity is delivered within the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft Copilot interactions operate according to each authenticated user's permissions and the security model configured within your reporting environment.

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Role-Based Security

Partners, managers and team members only see the information they have permission to access through Microsoft's security framework.

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Microsoft Azure OpenAI

Copilot uses Microsoft's enterprise AI services rather than public AI platforms, helping organisations meet security and governance expectations.

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Read-Only Connections

Practice Clarity connects to approved practice-management systems using read-only reporting connections, protecting operational data integrity.

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Governance & Compliance

Licensing, regional hosting, permissions and governance settings are reviewed during implementation to align with your firm's Microsoft environment.

Enterprise AI. Accounting Firm Security.

Practice Clarity combines Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and Microsoft Copilot to deliver AI-powered reporting without compromising the governance, security and permission model your firm depends on.

Important: Microsoft Copilot supports analysis and exploration. Significant financial or operational decisions should always be reviewed against the underlying Practice Clarity reports and supporting detail.
Built Into Practice Clarity

One reporting model.
Two ways to find the answer.

Practice Clarity gives your firm two complementary ways to explore the same trusted reporting model. Dashboards remain the best way to monitor recurring KPIs, while Microsoft Copilot helps investigate new questions as they arise.

📊 Interactive Dashboards

Recurring Management Reporting

Monitor the KPIs your firm reviews every week and every month.

Filters & Drill Through

Navigate from firm level to office, partner, manager, client and transaction detail.

Consistent Performance Measures

Standardised reporting built around trusted business definitions.

Role-Based Experience

Different users see the information appropriate to their role.

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🤖 Natural Language Exploration

Ask Specific Questions

Type questions exactly as you would ask another member of your team.

Conversational Follow-Up

Ask additional questions without creating another report.

Grounded in the Same Model

Answers use the same governed measures behind every Practice Clarity dashboard.

Permission Aware

User permissions continue to control what information can be explored.

Implementation

AI-ready reporting configured around your firm.

Every accounting firm is different. Practice Clarity is configured around your reporting requirements, Microsoft environment and connected practice-management systems to deliver trusted reporting and AI-powered insights from day one.

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Connect

Securely connect approved practice-management systems using read-only reporting connections.

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Model

Prepare your Microsoft Fabric semantic model using trusted accounting-firm reporting measures.

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Configure

Configure users, permissions, reporting modules and business definitions.

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Enable

Enable Microsoft Copilot, licensing, governance and security settings.

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Validate

Validate business questions and ensure answers are grounded in trusted reporting.

From connected data to trusted AI insights.

Our implementation process ensures your reporting model, Microsoft environment and Microsoft Copilot are configured together so your partners and managers can ask better questions with confidence.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions we're often asked.

Everything you need to know about AI Reporting, Microsoft Copilot and Practice Clarity.

Does Microsoft Copilot replace Practice Clarity dashboards? +
No. Interactive dashboards remain the best way to monitor recurring KPIs and management reporting. Microsoft Copilot complements those dashboards by allowing authorised users to ask new questions using natural language.
Can I trust the answers? +
Answers are grounded in the same Practice Clarity semantic model that powers your dashboards. Like any business reporting process, important decisions should always be reviewed against the supporting data.
Is our data secure? +
Practice Clarity operates within your Microsoft environment using role-based security, Microsoft Fabric and Azure services. Users only see information they have permission to access.
Do users need Power BI experience? +
No. The goal of Microsoft Copilot is to allow business users to ask questions in everyday language without needing technical reporting skills.
Which practice management systems are supported? +
Practice Clarity supports Xero Practice Manager, MYOB AE, APS, FYI Elite, CCH iFirm, Karbon and additional practice management platforms through our reporting framework.
Can AI answer questions outside the available data? +
No. Microsoft Copilot can only answer questions based on the information available within your Practice Clarity reporting model and the permissions assigned to the current user.
AI PRACTICE INTELLIGENCE

Stop searching for reports.
Start asking better questions.

Practice Clarity combines purpose-built accounting firm reporting with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Copilot, giving partners and managers a faster, more intuitive way to explore the performance of their firm using natural language.

Purpose Built

Designed specifically for accounting firms rather than generic business reporting.

Microsoft Fabric

Built on Microsoft's modern analytics platform for enterprise reporting and AI.

Copilot Ready

Ask questions naturally using the same trusted semantic model powering every dashboard.

Trusted Reporting

Dashboards and AI work together to deliver consistent, governed business insights.