Use cases

How firms run their work in SpidNums

Twenty-five jobs Canadian firms run in SpidNums — each one a step-by-step workflow built from live product mechanics, not promises.

Canadian accounting professionals — How firms run their work in SpidNums

A use case here is a real job — onboarding a client, running T1 season, tracking GST/HST cadences, sending engagement letters — described as the steps a firm takes inside SpidNums: which module does the work, what gets recorded, and what the team sees when a deadline approaches. Every step names a live capability.

Updated July 2026
Firm admins and onboarding managers

Onboard a new client

Record, services, engagement letter and portal invite in one pass

6 steps
Firm admins running the migration

Migrate your client list out of spreadsheets

CSV/XLSX template in, same shape out — a reversible migration

6 steps
Firm admins who own the client database

Capture the client data your firm actually tracks

Admin-defined custom fields put firm-specific data on the client record

4 steps
Preparers and managers mid-file

Find any client contact mid-file

Multiple contacts with designations end the mid-file phone-number hunt

4 steps
Practice managers and firm admins

Set up recurring services and cadences

Service frequency plus next-due dates put recurring work on rails

5 steps
Partners and tax-season managers

Run T1 season on one board

Projects, SLA colours and January reminders run T1 season on one board

6 steps
Managers running the corporate book

Track every corporate year-end

Fiscal-year-end-driven reminders keep staggered corporate deadlines current

5 steps
Bookkeeping leads and firm admins

Manage GST/HST filings across cadences

Per-client GST/HST cadences in one grouped deadline feed

5 steps
Payroll leads at bookkeeping and payroll firms

Track payroll remittance work

Remitter-type cadences keep the quiet payroll cycle visible

5 steps
Partners and managers starting the day

Triage deadlines with SLA colours

One SLA colour rule — green, orange, red — replaces the status meeting

5 steps
Managers and preparers working the board

Run firm work on a Kanban board

Table and Kanban are one dataset with a toggle, tied to client records

5 steps
Partners and practice managers

Balance workload across your team

Live-computed workload numbers replace asking people how busy they are

5 steps
Managers moving files between staff

Hand off work between staff cleanly

Reassign the manager and the tasks; the record keeps the history

5 steps
Partners and firm admins who issue engagements

Send e-signed engagement letters

E-signed engagement letters sent to a no-login page clients actually sign

5 steps
Partners running annual engagement renewals

Reprice annual engagements from history

Renew and reprice annual engagement letters from last year's letter, not a blank page

5 steps
Firm admins introducing client self-serve

Roll out a branded client portal

A client portal in the firm's brand, on the firm's domain, invited by magic link

5 steps
Bookkeepers and admins chasing records

Collect client documents in one place

Client documents on the client's file, with the chase run as SLA-coloured tasks

5 steps
Partners and admins who need a defensible record

Keep proof of client contact

Notes, a send log, and e-signed letters — client contact you can show, not just recall

5 steps
Practice managers and firm admins

Send deadline digests to the team

A deliberately sent email digest of every deadline the reminder feed is tracking

5 steps
Firms carrying a T1 book

Put personal-tax reminders on rails

Annual personal-tax services that surface every January without a rebuilt spreadsheet

5 steps
Managers running corporate engagements

Start year-end prep a month early

A one-month early warning before every fiscal year-end, read from the client record

5 steps
Partners and practice leads

Monitor firm health from one dashboard

KPI cards, Needs attention, live workload, and recurring revenue on one screen

5 steps
Firm owners who want their name on the tools

Rebrand SpidNums as your own platform

Your name, logo, colours, and domain on the whole platform — included, not a tier

5 steps
Firms and consultancies reselling under their own brand

Run a white-label reseller practice

Tenant-per-firm white-label reselling with audited support and fail-closed isolation

5 steps
Managers staffing for tax season

Onboard seasonal staff before the rush

Roster, assign, and go — seasonal hires with no per-seat licence maths

6 steps

Your workflows, with your clients in them.

A tailored demo walks any of these jobs with your services, cadences and deadlines.