Every close your team finished shows how the numbers got fixed.
Reconciliations, adjusting entries, review notes, client questions and the workpapers behind every close and return. Years of client files record how real discrepancies got found and corrected. We find out whether yours could qualify.
The corrections are where the judgment sits.
Numbers rarely tie out on the first pass. A bank balance is off, a payment is coded wrong, a client sends a document late, a reviewer asks why an entry was made. Firms keep that trail because reviews, audits and client trust depend on it. Years of closes and returns where the mismatch, the investigation and the correction were recorded together show how experienced accountants actually work.
The records that usually exist.
- Bank and account reconciliations with the differences explained
- Adjusting entries and the reasons for them
- Review notes and the responses to them
- Client requests, questions and document chases
- Workpapers and returns, including earlier versions
- Where it usually sits
- QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, practice management (Karbon, Canopy, TaxDome and similar), plus client portals, email and shared drives.
- MismatchFeb 3Bank and ledger differ by $1,240 at month-end
- WorkFeb 4Same vendor invoice paid twice, three days apart
- ConfirmFeb 4Client confirms, vendor will credit the next invoice
- OutcomeFeb 5Reversed, reconciled, duplicate check added to the close
What a buyer might license.
A buyer might license several years of closes and reconciliations, with client details removed, to teach AI how a discrepancy is investigated and how the books get corrected. The agreement sets which records are included and how they may be used.
Your records stay yours. Identifying details are removed before anything is shared, and nothing is included without your approval. How it works →
Could your records qualify?
- Can you open a client close or return from five years ago and still see the workpapers and notes?
- Do your files record why an adjustment was made, not only the final number?
- Have you completed thousands of closes, returns or engagements over the years?
- Are these your firm's own workpapers, not only the client's books?
If most answers are yes, it is worth a conversation. These are the same things we ask on the first call. Estimates are fine, no files needed.
Tell us how your client files are kept.
A short description of your firm and the software you use is enough to start. No files needed.