AI is a game changer, and it’s coming to APS in 2025! With APS Evo, you control a more powerful, intuitive, and intelligent version of your software, opening up a host of powerful capabilities.
APS customers will soon receive a free trial of APS Evo Standard Plan with the opportunity to purchase the Standard Plan at the end of the free trial period. By default, all customers will receive the Base Plan when renewing APS this year.
APS Evo opens up new technology capabilities and functionality for your practice. APS Evo unifies all your existing client and tax data* together into one secure platform, and with your own private AI Co-Pilot enables you to surface it in ways that are more natural to human interactions. It removes complexity, improves efficiency, and reduces human error, helping you take on new and bigger challenges and create opportunities for your practice and you personally.
(*) initial release
APS Evo comes with a selection of tools and applications. Compare plans below.
Access Evo is an evolution of Access Workspace incorporating AI features and functionality and an upgrade in the user experience of our software.
In addition to your APS software we’ll provide Access Evo as a combined package. Evo initially connects to your client tax data, providing AI capabilities and insights. You’ll also have access to additional apps to help you run your practice like a pro.
Yes, it incorporates AI and embeds it into our systems for customers who wish to take up that capability. We believe Access Evo will enhance user experience and provide additional value to users and the practice using our software, and it will evolve and become the new way you use our software.
The cost of this new technology is high, and using AI is expensive. However, we are investing on behalf of our customers to bring new value and evolve the software experience for our customers’ benefit. We anticipate that some of the features will incur a modest additional cost.
Through the scale of our investment, we’ll keep the cost to our customers to a minimum. The value delivered in terms of the users’ ability to make productivity gains will far outweigh the increase in cost.
Data security is paramount, regardless of the technology used. All our technology will never compromise data security and we are offering the use of AI at three security levels:
It’s at an entirely individual level, and nobody can see what a user has asked for or what systems they use. However, to allow us to check the security against permissions and controls is in place, we will run random testing, but that will be confidential and unattributed to individuals. In addition we will run queries past an automated checking system to ensure the use of AI is legal and appropriate to prevent misuse by any user.
Information that you might upload stays within the secure environment and won’t leave the Access infrastructure. No one outside of Access or your organisation will see the prompts, queries or information. We keep each customer’s information independently confidential and secure, unlike open ChatGPT, where any information you input or ask it to reformat will be used by open AI services to inform their future models and will therefore be available to others to view. You need to use a secure system like Access Copilot to protect yourself and prevent your information from being available to the wider internet.
