Managed IT Services for Accounting Firms

Most US accounting firms pay between $125 and $250 per user per month for fully managed IT, depending on coverage depth, compliance scope, and tax-season responsiveness. A 20-person firm typically lands at $4,000–$6,000/month for unlimited helpdesk, endpoint protection, managed backups, security awareness training, and FTC Safeguards / IRS Pub 4557 documentation. Tabush Group prices on a flat per-user model with no per-ticket fees and a dedicated client manager included. We publish a discovery scope before quoting so you know exactly what's covered.

A general MSP runs your network. A managed IT provider built for accounting firms runs your network and understands tax-season throughput, the difference between Lacerte and UltraTax, what triggers an FTC Safeguards Rule audit, and which clients send 1099s through which portal. The practical difference shows up in three places: response time during tax season (industry generalists queue you behind retail clients), software fluency (your helpdesk shouldn't be googling Drake error codes), and compliance evidence (a templated WISP doesn't survive a regulator review).

 At minimum, IT for an accounting firm should map to the FTC Safeguards Rule, IRS Publication 4557, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). Firms serving public-company clients also need SOX-relevant access controls, and firms with cardholder data need PCI-DSS. SOC 2 Type II readiness is increasingly requested by larger clients during vendor due diligence, though SOC 2 is an examination, not a certification.

Tabush Group implements and documents the technical controls that sit underneath these frameworks and keeps the supporting evidence current. Determining which frameworks apply to your firm, and signing off on compliance itself, stays with your firm and its advisors. 

 Tabush Group supports the full accounting-firm stack: tax preparation (Drake, Lacerte, UltraTax CS, ProSeries, CCH ProSystem fx, GoSystem Tax RS), bookkeeping and audit (QuickBooks Desktop and Online, Sage 50, Sage Intacct, Accounting CS, CaseWare), and practice management (TaxDome, Canopy, Karbon). Boxtop, our private-cloud desktop service, is preconfigured to host these applications with their licensing, integrations, and security controls already in place, so a new firm migrating to Tabush Group keeps the exact workflow staff is trained on. 

Yes. Edge Co-Managed IT Services is built for firms that want to keep their in-house IT staff and extend what that team can cover. Your internal person stays close to the partners, the workflows, and the day-to-day decisions where their knowledge of the firm matters most, while our team carries 24/7 monitoring, threat detection and isolation through Guardian, our managed Security Operations Center as a Service, patch management, after-hours alerting, and strategic advisory work. It suits firms with one to five internal IT staff who need deeper bench strength through filing season without adding headcount. Learn more about Edge Co-Managed IT Services.

The 360 IT Assessment is a structured review of your technology environment across four areas: infrastructure, cybersecurity, IT processes, and end-user experience. For an accounting firm, that usually means looking at how tax and audit applications are hosted, how client data moves between staff and portals, where access controls and backups sit, and what your team actually experiences during peak filing weeks. You receive a written view of what is working, what is exposed, and what is worth changing, plus 3- and 6-month follow-up meetings. It is an independent assessment of your environment, and what you do with the findings is entirely your firm's decision. Learn more about the 360 IT Assessment.

Overture offers an improved user experience, allowing employees to work securely and efficiently from anywhere, leading to greater productivity. Single sign-on (SSO) simplifies access to your accounting firm’s cloud applications with a single set of login credentials, eliminating the need to remember multiple passwords. 

Additionally, Overture facilitates seamless collaboration and secure data sharing within your accounting firm and outside of it, with your clients.

Boxtop simplifies IT by enabling users to access their desktop, applications, and data from any internet-connected device, anywhere. As a cloud-based solution, it supports all your existing accounting and business applications while providing the benefits of cloud computing, such as enhanced security, stability, scalability, and convenience. 

 Boxtop also replaces the need for on-premises hardware, eliminating the need for PCs or servers, and includes maintenance, backups, and support.