# How McKonly & Asbury uses Blue J

**5 hours**: “Time Saved Per Week: Up to 5 hours/user”

As published on [bluej.com](https://www.bluej.com/case-study/mckonly-asbury). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [McKonly & Asbury](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/mckonly-asbury.md)
- Tool: [Blue J](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/blue-j.md)
- Teams: Tax

## What the story says

McKonly & Asbury, a regional accounting and advisory firm, uses Blue J for AI-powered tax research. Staff ask questions in plain language tailored to client facts and receive structured answers with inline citations and source lists, replacing slower manual research in legacy tools.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Blue J and McKonly & Asbury, not ours.

> For Heath, the time savings were undeniable, describing several early use cases where work that once took hours now took only minutes.

- **34**: “Blue J Users: 34”

> We’ve had discussions about how we bill clients for research,” Heath said. “Because stuff that was taking hours previously is now taking minutes.
>
> Mark Heath, Director of Tax Services

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the figure 5 hours is printed word for word on the page, near the name of McKonly & Asbury.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of McKonly & Asbury.
- Checked: McKonly & Asbury uses Blue J. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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