AI LEAD INTAKE FOR ACCOUNTANTS

Every client, qualified before the first meeting.

Bowr sits on your practice website and conducts intelligent intake conversations 24/7, identifying the service type, understanding the urgency, and delivering a structured brief before you pick up the phone.

The problem

Accounting firms lose clients before they ever pick up the phone.

  1. Tax season hides a year-round problem

    Enquiries spike in tax season and your team is overwhelmed. But the off-season advisory and bookkeeping clients — the ones who generate steady recurring revenue — come in quietly and disappear when no one responds fast enough.

  2. Your contact form tells you nothing useful

    Name, email, 'I need help with my accounts.' You call back with no idea if they're a sole trader or a $5M business. Every intake call starts cold and often leads nowhere.

  3. Unqualified enquiries burn your time

    Free advice seekers, people outside your niche, or businesses too small to justify your fees — they all look the same on a contact form. Bowr screens them before they reach you.

  4. After-hours enquiries disappear

    A business owner searches for an accountant at 9pm after stressing about their BAS. They find you, hit your contact form, and hear nothing until the next morning. By then, they've called three others.

0%
of potential clients research accounting firms online before contacting
Source: ivyforms.com
0%
fewer than 5% of firms use their CRM consistently — leads fall through the cracks
Source: Accelo research
$653
average cost per lead in financial services — wasted when no one follows up
Source: Sopro data
0%
only 9% of consumers currently take financial advice — the gap between demand and capture is massive
Source: Fiscal Flow research

How Bowr Works

A conversation that qualifies, not interrogates.

  1. Visitor starts a conversation

    Bowr introduces itself as your intake assistant — not a chatbot. It greets the visitor warmly, in your brand's tone and voice.

  2. AI infers the enquiry type

    Within the first response, Bowr understands what the visitor needs and asks intelligent follow-up questions scoped to your services.

  3. Enquiry is qualified and scored

    Bowr scores urgency, fit, and lead temperature. Out-of-scope enquiries are redirected gracefully. Only the right ones progress.

  4. Brief sent to your phone instantly

    The moment the conversation ends, you receive an SMS and email — who they are, what they need, urgency, and a recommended action.

Built for ACCOUNTING FIRMS

Bowr knows what it won't do.

For accounting practices, this matters. Bowr is designed around intake, not tax or financial advice. It will never quote fees, interpret legislation, or advise on compliance. That protects your practice and builds client trust.

Never gives financial or tax advice

Bowr is trained to conduct intake only — it won't interpret tax law, recommend structures, or give any guidance that constitutes advice. When clients push for answers, it redirects gracefully to the consultation.

No tax opinionsNo structure recommendationsNo fee estimates

Stays within your service scope

You define the types of clients and services you handle during onboarding. Bowr only qualifies enquiries that match. Out-of-scope requests are handled professionally.

Scoped to your servicesPolite redirectsNo false expectations

Handles sensitive financial situations with care

Business owners enquiring often feel embarrassed or stressed about their financial situation. Bowr is trained to respond with professionalism and warmth — it never feels like a form or a screening.

Empathetic toneNo judgementProfessional language

Always moves toward the next step

Every conversation ends with the visitor knowing what happens next — a call, a consultation, a follow-up. No dead ends, no unanswered questions.

Clear next stepsCallback preference capturedConsultation pathway

The cost of doing nothing

Your website attracts enquiries.
Your intake process loses them.

Your contact form
0%
of visitors who reach your contact form leave without submitting — they needed a conversation, not a form.
Source: LeadBoosterPro / Formisimo form abandonment research
Speed of response
More likely to convert a lead contacted within 5 minutes versus 30. Bowr responds the moment the conversation ends.
Source: Harvard Business Review / InsideSales.com — "The Short Life of Online Sales Leads"
Enquiries Bowr misses
0
After hours, on weekends, or while you're with another client — Bowr is always on, every enquiry captured.
Bowr — always on · Structured brief every time

The bowr comparison

You’ve tried the rest.
Now try the best.

What matters
Contact form
Live chat
Generic chatbot
Bowr
Works after hours
(passive)
(scripted)
always
Qualifies the client need
If trained
AI-native
Identifies business size & type
built-in
Never gives tax advice
Depends on staff
risk
guardrailed
Sends structured brief
always
Integrates with Xero / CRM
Basic form
Manual
Sometimes
structured data
5-minute setup
weeks
Works after hours
Contact form
(passive)
Live chat
Chatbot
(scripted)
Bowr
always
Qualifies the client need
Contact form
Live chat
If trained
Chatbot
Bowr
AI-native
Identifies business size & type
Contact form
Live chat
Chatbot
Bowr
built-in
Never gives tax advice
Contact form
Live chat
Depends on staff
Chatbot
risk
Bowr
guardrailed
Sends structured brief
Contact form
Live chat
Chatbot
Bowr
always
Integrates with Xero / CRM
Contact form
Basic form
Live chat
Manual
Chatbot
Sometimes
Bowr
structured data
5-minute setup
Contact form
Live chat
Chatbot
weeks
Bowr

The intake brief

Know the client's situation before you dial.

Every completed intake generates a full structured brief, delivered to your phone and inbox the moment the conversation ends. No more calling back blind.

  • Client name, phone, email— captured during intake

  • Business type & revenue— so you know what you're walking into

  • Service need— tax, advisory, bookkeeping, or all of the above

  • Urgency & deadline— EOFY pressure, overdue BAS, urgent need

  • Lead temperature & score— hot, warm, or cool

  • Recommended action— AI's suggested next step

  • Full transcript— every message saved and searchable

 

Pricing

One AI intake agent.
Every client brief ready before the first meeting

One AI intake agent on your website. Qualified leads in your inbox before you call. No lock-in.

Free Trial
$0
 
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Core intake
Lead Limit
20
Unlimited
AI intake widget on your website
Enquiry qualification & scoring
Structured intake brief
Email notifications
SMS notifications
Lead dashboard
Full conversation transcripts
Customisation
Brand colours & logo
Custom tone & greeting
Widget trigger styles
All styles
All styles
Custom intake questions
Knowledge base training
Intelligence & reporting
Lead temperature & urgency scoring
Advanced lead analytics
Conversion reporting
Integrations
CRM export via Zapier
Custom webhook
REST API access
Team & support
User seats
1 seat
3 seats
Email support
Priority support
Free Trial
$0
30 days · Full access
AI intake widget
Enquiry qualification & scoring
Structured intake brief
Email notifications
SMS notifications
Lead dashboard
Custom intake questions
CRM via Zapier
User seats
1
Pro
$199
per month
Everything in Essentials, plus:
SMS notifications
Advanced lead analytics
Conversion reporting
Custom webhook
Priority support
User seats
3

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FAQS

Questions about Bowr for accountants

  • No. Bowr is an intake agent, not a tax adviser. It will never interpret legislation, advise on deductibility, quote fees, or make any tax or financial representations. It gathers the information your team needs to have a productive first conversation — service type, urgency, business structure, and what the client is trying to achieve.

  • Bowr has ATO deadline awareness built into its accounting intake flow. It can detect when a visitor mentions tax time, BAS due dates, or lodgement urgency, and escalate the urgency score accordingly. You will know when a lead needs to be prioritised before you call.

  • The accounting intake flow covers individual tax returns, business tax, BAS an bookkeeping, SMSF, business advisory, and financial reporting. You can refine these during onboarding to match exactly what your practice offers.

  • Yes. Bowr qualifies the client type early in the conversation and adjusts its questions accordingly. A PAYG employee gets a different intake path to a sole trader or company director. This means the brief you receive already has the right context before you dial.

  • Bowr works identically year-round. It does not know or care what time of year it is, it qualifies every enquiry with the same intelligence whether it is July tax time or January. All briefs are delivered instantly by SMS and email regardless of when the conversation happens.