Step 1
Click Generate Memo and search scenario
Start in Generate Memo, then run your first scenario search.
For Accountants
Document S-Corp reasonable compensation with a review-ready memo.
Pay Memo helps CPAs, EAs, tax advisors, and accounting firms benchmark owner pay, compare scenarios, and draft a review-ready memo for S-Corp reasonable compensation.
- Built from KNH Advisers workflows
- For CPAs, EAs, tax advisors, and firms
- No card required to search, compare, and draft
Start free. Upgrade only when you need the final export.
Download a full sample reasonable comp memo before you buy.
Keep assumptions, benchmark support, and rationale in one reviewer-ready workflow.
Use the free workflow first; the paywall appears only at download/export.
Paid plans are unlimited within the term, not per-report or token-based.
Works for solo advisors and firms standardizing repeat S-Corp files.
How a CPA firm uses the workflow
Search the role, compare scenarios, and complete the reasonable comp fields.
Step 2
Compare scenarios
Review percentiles side by side and find the closest occupation fit.
Step 3
Fill out reasonable comp fields
Complete the reasonable compensation fields used in the final memo workflow.
Sample memo
Download a full reasonable comp sample
Open a full sample PDF showing the memo structure, rationale flow, and citation style used for S-Corp reasonable compensation documentation.
Opens in a new tab as a full sample PDF download.
Example use cases for Accountants
How accountants teams are using Pay Memo in recurring workflows.
S-Corp shareholder and officer pay documentation
Document owner compensation with consistent assumptions, benchmark support, and narrative rationale.
Reviewer-ready client files and workpapers
Standardize the memo package so partner review and file QA are faster and cleaner.
Annual refresh cycles without rebuilding the memo
Reuse the same workflow each year and update only the facts that changed.
CPA, EA, and tax-advisor workflows across repeat clients
Use one process across solo advisory work, small-firm review, and recurring firm engagements.
How Pay Memo helps
Core outcomes this workflow is designed to deliver.
- Makes the first step immediate: search a role, set assumptions, and see the benchmark.
- Keeps assumptions, percentiles, and memo rationale clear for reviewer sign-off.
- Cuts prep time across multiple client entities and annual refreshes.
- Reduces one-off formatting and narrative rewrites across staff and engagements.
Start free, upgrade only at export.
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