ClientCollect for Bookkeeping

Close the month, not the inbox.

One recurring checklist for every client — bank statements, receipts, payroll, invoices. They upload as the month closes while you reconcile instead of chasing.

Bank statements Card statements Receipts Payroll summaries Sales invoices Loan statements
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2024 Personal Tax Return
HSHelena Sørensen · 8 items
OUTSTANDING
3/8
Due in 35d
Marchetti Design — Q4 Books
MDMarchetti Design · 6 items
OUTSTANDING
3/6
Due in 7d
New Client Onboarding
RPRenata Pak · 7 items
OUTSTANDING
1/7
Due in 12d
Why bookkeepers switch

The monthly close shouldn't start with a chase.

Every month the same routine: emailing five clients for the same missing statement. ClientCollect turns your close into a recurring checklist clients actually finish.

Close on schedule

Automatic reminders collect each client's documents on time — the median request is finished in minutes, not days of back-and-forth.

The right document, first time

Each item says exactly what you need — "all pages of the statement, including the summary page" — so you stop re-asking.

Statements off email

Bank and card statements move through an encrypted portal with an audit trail — not scattered across inbox attachments.

Every entity, one view

Multiple companies or accounts per client — separate checklists, one clear picture of what's still outstanding.

Recurring requests

Match the checklist to your close cycle.

Reuse the same checklist every period. Staged requests release monthly, quarterly and year-end documents exactly when you need them.

1

Monthly close

Everything to reconcile the month.

Bank statements · Card statements · Receipts over your threshold
2

Payroll

The numbers behind each pay run.

Payroll summaries · New-hire details · Timesheets
3

Quarterly

What the quarter-end needs.

Sales invoices · Loan statements · Asset purchases
4

Year-end

Final documents to close the books.

Year-end statements · Inventory count · Accountant's queries
Meet Colette

Colette speaks fluent close.

Tell Colette "monthly close, retail client, two bank accounts and payroll" and she drafts the recurring checklist — stages, items, plain-English descriptions and all.

  • Drafts the full close checklist
    From one sentence about the client — retail, e-commerce, sole trader, she adjusts the documents.
  • Flags what reconciliation needs anyway
    Payroll on the books but no payroll summary requested? Colette catches it before you do.
  • Translates accounting-speak for clients
    "Reconciliation statement" becomes "your full bank statement for the month" — fewer wrong uploads.
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Sørensen — Mortgage Pre-Approval
01 About You 0/3
File upload Government-issued photo ID OUTSTANDING
Short answer Tax reference number OUTSTANDING
Short answer Current home address OUTSTANDING
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Reading: Sørensen — Mortgage Pre-Approval
Add a stage for income and employment documents.
Here's an Income & Employment stage with the documents lenders ask for. Apply it and I'll keep an eye on what's missing.
Add stage · Income & Employment
Add Payslips (last 3 months)
Add Income statements (last 2 years)
Add Tax returns (last 2 years)
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ledgerworks.clientcollect.com
Hi Helena 👋
You have 3 documents to send for Dana.
Action needed 3 TO DO
2024 Personal Tax Return
Due Feb 28, 2025 · Due in 35d
63%
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DW Dana Whitfield · Jan 21, 2025
Your 2024 tax planning summary is ready
I've uploaded a short summary of where you stand for 2024 and a couple of moves that could lower your bill.
Key dates
28
FEB
Documents due for 2024 return
Due in 35d
15
APR
Quarterly tax payment
Due in 81d
15
APR
Tax filing deadline
Due in 81d
For your clients

Clients send it without thinking about it.

Your clients run businesses, not filing systems. The portal makes their monthly upload effortless — no login, no PDF wrangling, no "which statement was that."

  • One secure link, no account
    Works on any device. The same link comes back each period, ready for what you need.
  • Branded to your practice
    Your logo and colors — clients see their bookkeeper, not a third-party tool.
  • Questions on the exact item
    "Do you need the card statement too?" lands on that item — not in a lost email.
Security & compliance

Built for financial data and GDPR.

Client financials are sensitive business and personal data under GDPR. ClientCollect protects every statement and receipt from the first upload.

Encrypted in transit & at rest

Bank statements and payroll never travel as plain email attachments.

Timestamped audit trail

Who requested, uploaded, viewed and accepted each document — ready for any review.

Client consent, recorded

Privacy notices and GDPR-compliant e-consent captured before the first document is shared.

Access by role

Bookkeepers see their clients, reviewers see the file — nothing more.

"The close used to start with three days of chasing statements. Now the checklist goes out automatically and the documents are waiting when I sit down to reconcile."
Sofia Bianchi · Founder, Ledgerworks Bookkeeping
3 days
saved on every monthly close
73%
fewer document-chasing emails
9 min
median time for a client to finish a stage

Close faster. Chase less.

Send your first recurring checklist in under five minutes. Free for 14 days, no card required.