Create new users individually
Each person at your firm who uses SurePrep services (like FileRoom, SPbinder, TaxCaddy, Reviewer Dashboard) at your organization needs an account. In
Account Admin
, you can individually create a firm user account for anyone who will be accessing SurePrep services as a tax professional.note
Refer to the
Bulk create and update users
article in the Related Content
section to learn how to create and edit users in bulk.Follow these steps to create new users individually:
- Go toFileRoom,Admin,Users, thenUser Management.

- SelectNew User. A new line appears.

- UnderUser Name, enter a user name for the new user. This is the user name that the user will use to sign in to FileRoom.

- UnderFirst Name, type the user's first name.
- UnderLast Name, type the user's last name.
- UnderEmail ID, enter the user's email address. We’ll send the FileRoom account activation to this email address. If you see anEnter valid email addressmessage, ensure the email address includes only alphanumeric, numeric, and special characters like@ .noteYou can't create a FileRoom user with the same email address as an existing taxpayer in TaxCaddy. If an email address is already used by a taxpayer's TaxCaddy account, ask the user to update their account's email address according to the instructions here.
- Select the location for this user, then selectSaveunderOffice Location.noteYou can assign a user to multiple office locations.

- WithUser Group, you can control access to different features across SurePrep. You can assign different access and permissions for each user group based on their role in your organization. UnderUser Group, select the user groups for this user, then selectSave.noteA user assigned theFirm System Administratorrole can access everything and make firm-level changes for all users. Only grant that level of access when absolutely necessary and to people you trust. If you assign a user to more than 1 group, the permissions will combine. The group with the greater permissions will take precedence.

- If your firm uses single sign-on (SSO), you will see an additional column,SSO Mapped ID. Provide your email address or another field that IDP can provide here.
- SelectSaveto create the new user. The system sends an activation email to them.

- A success message appears.
noteThe link in the user activation email expires after 120 hours.After you create an account, the user will receive an invite email. The user will need to access their invite and create an account within 120 hours before it expires.
What's next?
After adding the new user, they’ll get an invitation sent to their email address within a few minutes from
NOREPLY@sureprep.com
. Request the user to select the link and set up their account.