A month end close checklist builder that leaves out what the client does not have
Tick what applies to one client and get their close as a checklist: what to ask the client for, the steps you take once it arrives, who owns each line and the working day it is due.
A generic close checklist is written for every client at once, so half of it never applies. A cash-basis sole proprietor has no accruals to reverse; a client with no stock has no count to send. This builder starts from the same list as our month end close checklist template and keeps only the lines this client needs, in the terms used in the United States: sales tax, and payroll reported to the IRS.
The days assume a close finished on working day 10. Pick a different close day and every line moves in proportion. Download the result as an Excel workbook or a CSV, with Owner, Due and Done columns ready to use.
Before you use this
Supplied as-is, with no guarantee. These templates are general information, not legal advice, and not a substitute for it. Have your own legal adviser review and adapt one to your practice and your jurisdiction before you put it in front of a client. FirmHello accepts no responsibility or liability for any use made of them.
The client's half, as a request list
The lines owned by the client are a request list, and that is the part FirmHello does. Send them on the first working day and the reminders go out until each statement and report arrives; every file lands in the client's vault. The close steps stay in your ledger and your own task list. More on how it works on the client portal for bookkeepers page.
Send the client's half once, and let it chase
Each line becomes something the client uploads against. Reminders go out on your schedule until the list is complete.
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