Case Studies

A Paperless DM Vision Became a Reality

REAL PEOPLE. REAL RESULTS.

 

CLEARWATER, FLORIDA – Ten years ago, I envisioned working productively from almost anywhere. I wanted to make life easier during busy season by being able to go home and have dinner with my family and then be able to work seamlessly into the evening hours from my home office. Since then our firm transitioned to paperless DM with Doc.It, and today, it is such a joy to actually have the capability to work effectively in this way.

 

Tax Season Became Much Easier

During the busy tax season, my life is now much easier and I am working in the way I want to work. From my home office, I login to my office server through a Citrix connection to review and correct tax returns with the tax preparation software viewable on one screen, while viewing all of the client's scanned documents on the other. When I finish reviewing a return, I click "print" and our accountant's copy is preserved as a PDF file in Doc.It, the government copy is queued for e-Filing, and the client copy prints on our office printer, regardless of whether I'm working from home or at the office.

 

Working with a Competent and Experienced DM Technology Provider

Doc.It is a competent and experienced DM technology service provider that designed the right hardware configuration for our practice. There are a variety of vendors offering paperless document management software, with only a select few including Doc.It, providing all of the features and capabilities we define as highly desirable.

 

The Practical Benefits of Doc.It's Paperless DM Technology

One of the many practical benefits we have experienced in using this technology includes not having to jump up from our desk to go to the shelf to find a needed file. To retrieve a file I click into our DM system to view in seconds, our client tax returns, financial statements, workpapers, correspondence, engagement letters and billings.

 

Examine the Hardware, Software, and People

If you have dreamed of working in the way that I have described, the successful transition to becoming a paperless practice can be a reality in your firm. I recommend contacting Doc.It and performing due diligence by examining the three major components that will be most highly impacted by your firm's paperless DM evolution: hardware, software and people.

Rick Stuart, CPA, CFP

 

Hardware

  • One or more file servers
  • One or more scanners
  • Three monitors at every workstation

 

Software

  • Scanning with OCR functionality
  • The ability to organize documents in folders and subfolders and to rearrange them during preparation and review of tax return and financial statements
  • The ability to annotate and mark documents
  • Storage of documents in a logical structure
  • Use of a standard (vendor-independent) file format
  • The ability to change spreadsheets and Word documents in the client folder while preparing and viewing workpapers

 

People

  • Processes and procedures for file structure, efficiency and easy retrieval
  • Pre- and post-installation training to allow team members to take full advantage of all of the features of the software and shows them how to economize their time by using shortcuts
  • Monitoring of work product to insure process and procedure compliance

 


 

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