THE BARATELLI INSTITUTE · Mentoring at Scale
AI INTEGRATION FOR YOUR PRACTICE

Where does your practice
actually stand on AI?

A five-minute assessment for CPAs, RIAs, fractional CFOs, family-office operators, and advisors — not a generic "are you ready for AI" quiz. The output is a 90-day roadmap calibrated to your practice's starting point, your workflows, and your real concerns.

YOUR ASSESSMENT
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Your practice
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Current state
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Workflows
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Concerns
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Your roadmap
STAGE 1 OF 5

About your practice

The right AI integration looks different for a solo CPA than for a 30-person RIA. Calibrate.

STAGE 2 OF 5

Where you are today

Honest read on your current AI usage. No judgment — most practices are at "experimenting" or earlier.

ChatGPT (free or paid)
Claude
Microsoft Copilot
Google Gemini / Workspace AI
CCH / Thomson AI features
Custom workflows / agents
None of the above
STAGE 3 OF 5

Workflows where AI helps most

Toggle workflows you do regularly. We'll prioritize the ones with the highest AI leverage for your practice type.

STAGE 4 OF 5

What's holding you back?

The roadmap addresses your specific concerns. Pick the ones that apply.

Client confidentiality / data leakage
Worried about putting client info into AI tools.
Accuracy / hallucination
AI gets things wrong; how do I trust the output?
Professional ethics / standards
AICPA, state bar, FINRA rules around AI use.
Regulatory uncertainty
Rules are changing; afraid to get caught offside.
Learning curve
Don't have time to learn another tool.
Cost / ROI uncertainty
Will the time savings actually justify the spend?
Team adoption
Worried staff won't actually use the tools.
Quality of work
Concerned about losing the craft of practitioner thinking.
STAGE 5 OF 5 · YOUR PERSONALIZED ROADMAP

AI Readiness for your practice

YOUR AI READINESS SCORE
Calculating...

Your highest-leverage workflows

Your 90-day roadmap

Addressing your concerns

Recommended starter stack

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Includes: practitioner-specific AI prompt libraries (CPA, RIA, fractional CFO, family-office), the Claude Agent Templates appendix, confidentiality and ethics framework, and a 30/60/90-day implementation calendar tailored to your practice type.

Recommendations are calibrated to your practice type and current state. Actual implementation should account for your specific compliance environment (AICPA SSARS, state bar rules, FINRA / SEC requirements as applicable). AI tools handling client data should be evaluated for SOC 2 compliance and data residency. This is an educational tool, not a regulatory compliance plan.
WANT THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND THIS TOOL?
This calculator is one chapter of CFO & Controller's Reference Guide.
The tool gives you the answer. The guide gives you the argument — the case law, the worked examples, the negotiation playbook, the cross-check tables, the exception cases. Read the chapter and you can defend your number to a board, a buyer, an examiner, or a counterparty.
The methodology behind this calculator is in Ch 16 AI in the Finance Function of the reference guide.
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Educational and informational purposes only. This calculator and any output it produces are intended solely for general educational and decision-support purposes. They do not constitute investment, tax, legal, accounting, appraisal, lending, insurance, or any other professional advice, and they do not create a fiduciary, attorney-client, accountant-client, or advisor-client relationship of any kind.

Estimates based on your inputs. All results are estimates derived from the data and assumptions you provide. Tax law, accounting standards, regulations, market conditions, and the specific facts of your situation can materially change the answer. The Baratelli Institute, its affiliates, and any co-branding professional make no warranty of accuracy, completeness, currency, or fitness for any particular purpose, and disclaim all liability for decisions made in reliance on the output.

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