LODGEY
Founding Firm Program

AI workpapers for tax firms, built with 10 founding firms.

Lodgey turns messy client documents into review-ready tax workpaper packs — with source evidence, open client questions, and risk flags attached.

We're inviting 10 accounting and tax firms to help shape the first production workflows for rental-property and sole-trader tax prep.

You bring a small batch of real client files. We help process them with you, measure the time saved, and build the workflow around how your team actually prepares and reviews tax work.

Apply to the program

Why we're building Lodgey

Tax teams spend too much time chasing missing documents, sorting receipts, checking source evidence, and rewriting the same client questions.

Lodgey helps your team move from:

“Here's a folder of messy client documents.”

to:

“Here's a review-ready workpaper pack with evidence, questions, and risk items clearly flagged.”

Lodgey does not replace professional judgement. It prepares the file so your team can review faster, ask better questions, and keep control of the final tax position.

What Lodgey prepares

For each client file, Lodgey helps generate:

For the founding program, we're focused on:

What founding firms get

Shape the product before wider release
You'll work directly with the founders to shape the workflow, review experience, export format, and client-question process.
Review-ready evidence packs
Each client file is organised into a structured tax pack, with amounts linked back to source documents where possible.
Client question lists
Lodgey identifies missing information and drafts clear questions your team can edit, copy, or send to the client.
Risk and review flags
Common issues are flagged for accountant review, including missing receipts, unclear expenses, rental-property gaps, over-claim risk, and Div 40 / Div 43 depreciation issues.
Custom workpaper feedback
We'll adapt the workflow around the way your firm currently prepares and reviews files.
Founder-level support
You'll have a direct line to the team through email or Slack, with weekly check-ins during the beta.
Founding Firm pricing
Founding firms receive early pricing and preferred access as Lodgey moves out of beta.

How the 6-week program works

  1. Week 1 — Setup

    We onboard your firm, understand your current workflow, and choose the first client file types to test.

  2. Weeks 2–4 — Sample batch

    We process a batch of 5–10 client files with your team and compare the Lodgey workflow against your current process.

  3. Weeks 5–6 — Review and refine

    We review time saved, accuracy, missing-info quality, export usefulness, and what your team would need before using Lodgey more broadly.

By the end, you'll know whether Lodgey can become part of your firm's tax prep workflow — and we'll know what needs to improve before general release.

What we ask from founding firms

We're looking for firms that want to help build the product, not just test a polished demo.

We ask that you:

Our goal is simple:

Break it together before your team relies on it.

Two ways to join

Recommended
Design Partner
$500–$1,500/ month AUD

For firms that want hands-on support and deeper influence over the workflow. Pricing depends on firm size, file volume, and the level of setup required.

  • Up to 50 client files per month
  • Rental-property and sole-trader workflows
  • Founder-led onboarding
  • Weekly feedback sessions
  • Priority feature input
  • Custom workpaper template feedback
  • Review-ready evidence packs
  • Client question generation
  • Risk and missing-info flags
  • Preferred Founding Firm pricing after beta
Apply as a Design Partner
30-Day Trial
Freefor 30 days

For firms that want to test Lodgey on a smaller batch before joining as a design partner. No card required.

  • Up to 10 client files
  • One workflow focus: rental property or sole trader
  • Weekly 30-minute feedback call
  • Anonymised case review
  • Draft workpaper packs
  • Missing-info and client-question lists
  • Option to continue as a Design Partner after 30 days
Start with a 30-day trial

Who this is for

The Founding Firm Program is best suited to firms that:

It is probably not the right fit yet if your main focus is complex groups, trusts, SMSFs, high-volume corporate tax, or fully automated lodgement.

Apply

Tell us about your firm

The application takes around two minutes.

We'll ask about:

  • Firm size
  • Number of returns prepared each year
  • Main client types
  • Current software
  • Biggest tax-prep bottleneck
  • Whether you handle rental-property or sole-trader clients
  • Whether you're open to testing with real or anonymised files

We read every application personally.

Apply to the Founding Firm Program