Close and compliance checklists
By Arthur Teboul, DokuTrak · Published
In brief
Each checklist covers one recurring job of a bookkeeping or tax practice, such as the month-end close, step by step, with the client documents each step waits on. Download it as PDF, Word or Excel.
Checklists
Most of a close is waiting: for the statement, the receipt, the answer about a transfer. These checklists put the client documents next to the step that needs them, so the request goes out on day one instead of day ten.
The tax document checklists by situation live in their own section.
Pages in this section
- Month-end close checklist for bookkeepers
A month-end close checklist for small-business books: statements to collect, accounts to reconcile, payroll and sales tax checks. PDF, Word, Excel.
- The month-end close process, day by day
The month-end close process as a five-day calendar: who does what each day, which client document each task needs, and what to do when statements run late.
- Year-end close checklist for accountants and bookkeepers
A year-end accounting checklist in four phases: the December client request, the final close, the January filings, then lock and archive. PDF, Word, Excel.
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