39%
faster client payments
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14 innovations to power your firm and help you grow with confidence
Accounting firms
Automate the work that slows you down—from reconciliation to reminders—so your team can stay focused on what really moves your firm forward.
39%
faster client payments
24hrs
average time to access funds after a payment is received
49+
trusted by 49+ accounting societies—including the AICPA
3×
more invoices collected and paid
39%
faster client payments
24hrs
average time to access funds after a payment is received
49+
trusted by 49+ accounting societies—including the AICPA
3×
more invoices collected and paid
*Based on real customer outcomes using 8am
Use cases
Join 155,000+ accounting professionals using 8am ™ to save time, simplify operations, and build stronger, more efficient practices—with results that reflect your high standards.
With predictable revenue, it’s easier to plan ahead, stay steady, and scale.
Protect firm profitability
Attract and retain talent
Deliver on rising client expectations
Starting or growing your own accounting firm? Connect billing, payments, and reporting from day one.
Get paid faster, even during peak season
Simplify reconciliation from day one
Protect your margins as you grow
Handle sensitive data with confidence. With PCI compliance, encryption, and card-free workflows, 8am helps you protect client trust without complicating your process.
Reduce risk with built-in security and PCI support
Deliver secure, professional payment experiences
Protect sensitive information with built-in, bank-grade encryption
Cut down on manual work and reclaim time for work that moves your firm forward.
Simplify your operations
Automate invoicing and billing
Make reconciliation easier
With predictable revenue, it’s easier to plan ahead, stay steady, and scale.
Protect firm profitability
Attract and retain talent
Deliver on rising client expectations
Starting or growing your own accounting firm? Connect billing, payments, and reporting from day one.
Get paid faster, even during peak season
Simplify reconciliation from day one
Protect your margins as you grow
Handle sensitive data with confidence. With PCI compliance, encryption, and card-free workflows, 8am helps you protect client trust without complicating your process.
Reduce risk with built-in security and PCI support
Deliver secure, professional payment experiences
Protect sensitive information with built-in, bank-grade encryption
Cut down on manual work and reclaim time for work that moves your firm forward.
Simplify your operations
Automate invoicing and billing
Make reconciliation easier
Accounting firm size
When your firm grows, the paperwork shouldn’t. Stay organized with solutions that handle volume, reduce manual work, and support your whole team.
Big firm operations need big-picture control. With payment systems built to scale across offices, roles, and client accounts, you can gain firm-wide visibility and control.
Accounting practice type
Ease the pressure of tax season with faster payments, simplified reporting, and tools built to keep your team moving.
Support advisory models with flexible payment options that match bundled, recurring, or subscription-style billing.
Spend less time following up on payments and more time focused on accurate books and valuable client work.
Keep multi-phase audits on track with streamlined billing, timely payments, and clear financial reconciliation.
Maintain professionalism across sensitive matters with secure payments and trackable, organized financial workflows.
8am accounting specific solutions
Accounting integration partners
Connect the tools you trust. 8am integration partners help reduce friction, eliminate duplicate tasks, and keep everything flowing in one direction: forward.
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Customer stories
“The 8am CPACharge system is user-friendly—it took minutes to be up and running.”
Juliane Jay
Bookkeeper
Firm: Crippen CPA
“8am CPACharge has made it easy and inexpensive to accept credit card payments. I get confirmation of payment immediately, removing the burden of worrying about the check being in the mail.”
David Cantor
CPA
Firm: Cantor Forensic Accounting
“With 8am CPACharge, my business is getting paid faster and more reliably.”
Dr. Cozette White
Owner and CPA
Firm: My Financial Home Enterprises
Industry: Accounting
Company size: Midsize
“I have full confidence that all information sent through the 8am CPACharge portal is secure.”
Peggy Tuttle
Billing Manager
Firm: Cole, Newton & Duran CPAs
Explore 8am’s mission, milestones, and how we help firms move forward with clarity and confidence.
8am is a professional business platform that unifies billing, payments, and financial workflow tools. For accounting firms, it simplifies billing, automates reconciliation, streamlines payments, and connects key systems to help firms work smarter and grow with confidence.
Accounting firms choose 8am because it combines payments, invoicing, financial reporting, and reconciliation in one platform purpose-built for professionals. With secure, PCI-compliant tools, 8am helps firms reduce manual work and improve cash flow management. 8am is also trusted by over 49 accounting societies, including the AICPA.
8am offers accounting firms with 8am™ CPACharge for secure payments and billing, integrations with major accounting software like QuickBooks, automation for invoicing and reconciliation, and insights that help firms keep revenue flowing and reduce administrative overhead.
Using 8am helps accounting firms:
Accelerate payments by offering multiple payment options (online, in-office, mobile)
Provide seamless client checkouts
Arrange automatic payment reminders
Offer Pay Later, an accounting fee lending tool that allows your firm to receive 100% of the invoiced amount, while clients pay in installments
Use next-day payments to access funds in just one business day after the payment is initially made
Experience 39% faster client payments and three times more invoices collected and paid (based on real customer outcomes using 8am)
Yes. 8am connects with trusted accounting tools and platforms, reducing data entry and streamlining workflows so firms can operate more efficiently without switching systems.
8am is designed with built-in security, PCI Level 1 compliance, encryption, and industry-trusted practices to protect sensitive client and firm data without introducing extra complexity.
8am automates recurring billing, simplifies reconciliation, centralizes payments and reporting, and removes repetitive tasks so accounting teams can focus on higher-value client work and strategic growth.
8am supports firms of all sizes—from solo practitioners and small firms to large practices—by offering scalable tools for tax, advisory services, bookkeeping, audit workflows, and more.
Firms can be up and running rapidly: many users report quick onboarding and setup for core payment and billing tools, making it easy to start capturing value right away.
Let’s talk about our tailored solutions, built to help you work smarter, grow faster, and win more.