Each workflow is a matter template, pre-configured with trigger, stages, and outputs. Start one from the spotlight, the client portal, or a scheduled calendar event.
Statutory audit
Trigger. Engagement letter signed for the financial year. Prior-year matter carries forward trial balance and risk register.
Stages.- Engagement letter and independence confirmations
- Planning, risk assessment, materiality
- Fieldwork: walkthroughs, PBC schedule, sampling
- Manager review, partner sign-off, EQR
- Report issuance and registrar filing
Outputs. Signed audit opinion, filed financial statements, working-paper file with reviewer chain, next-year matter pre-seeded with carried-forward balances.
Tax compliance
Trigger. Statutory filing calendar per jurisdiction (corporate tax, VAT/GST, payroll, withholding, transfer pricing).
Stages.- Source data gathering from accounting system
- Computations and adjustments
- Internal review and signature
- Authority filing and payment
- Audit-stamped working papers and confirmations
Outputs. Filed returns, payment receipts, audit-stamped computations, refresh of next-period calendar.
Tax advisory
Trigger. Client instruction (transaction planning, residency change, restructure, controversy). Standalone or sub-matter of a larger engagement.
Stages.- Scope, fact-gathering, technical analysis
- Options memo with trade-offs
- Implementation steps and required filings
- Sign-off, client communication, follow-up calendar
Outputs. Advisory memo, implementation step list, follow-up matters spawned for the affected filings.
Bookkeeping retainer
Trigger. Recurring engagement, monthly or quarterly cadence. Bank feed and source-document portal seeded at engagement start.
Stages.- Source-document collection via portal and bank feeds
- Transaction coding and reconciliation
- Management accounts drafting
- Client review, sign-off, period close
Outputs. Management accounts, signed-off period close, audit-ready ledger, year-end matter pre-loaded.
Forensic review
Trigger. Suspected fraud, regulatory inquiry, dispute, or insurance claim. Chain-of-custody requirements drive the document handling.
Stages.- Scope, independence, and chain-of-custody setup
- Document and data preservation
- Analysis and finding development
- Report drafting and partner review
- Final report, evidence bundle, testimony preparation
Outputs. Forensic report, chain-of-custody-stamped evidence bundle, expert witness file.
Insolvency engagement
Trigger. Court appointment, creditor application, or director instruction. Statutory deadlines drive the cadence.
Stages.- Appointment formalities and creditor notification
- Asset realisation and creditor claim adjudication
- Distribution scheme and creditor approval
- Final accounts, discharge, court filings
Outputs. Statutory reports, distribution records, court filings, final discharge order.
Transaction support
Trigger. Buy-side or sell-side instruction. Often runs alongside the legal corporate transaction matter as a sister workstream.
Stages.- Scope, data room access, request list
- Financial DD: quality of earnings, working capital, debt-like items
- Tax DD and structuring memo
- Findings report and reliance letter
Outputs. QofE report, tax structuring memo, signed reliance letter, working files indexed.
ESR review
Trigger. Annual statutory deadline. Substance test against jurisdictional rules per qualifying activity.
Stages.- Qualifying activity identification
- Substance test against core income-generating activities
- Premises, personnel, expenditure evidencing
- Notification and report filing
Outputs. Filed ESR notification and report, evidenced substance file, authority acknowledgement.
Year-end accounts
Trigger. Financial year-end cadence. Prior-year accounts and TB carry forward as the opening balances.
Stages.- Trial balance roll-forward and journal adjustments
- Statutory format drafting (per applicable framework)
- Director sign-off and approval
- Filing with registrar and tax authority
Outputs. Signed statutory accounts, registrar acknowledgement, audit-stamped working papers, next-year matter seeded.