For accounting firms
Review support
Before a file reaches your partner, review support checks whether it actually holds up: trial balance ties, whether VAT landed on the right member state and rate, and any open reconciling item, all written down as a list rather than surfacing mid-signoff.
Engagement tracker
Illustrative client · August 2026
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- Client file access set up under your firm's nameDone
- Monthly books prepared to your review standardDone
- Review notes cleared and loggedIn progress
- Reports sent to your partner for sign-offNext
- Year-end workpapers staged for your preparerNext
Illustrative. An example of the document, not a client's figures.
Where the real bottleneck sits
A partner reviewing files across several member states is doing two jobs at once: judging the client's numbers and re-checking the mechanics behind them. The second job is the one that eats hours it should not, and it is the one review support takes off a partner's desk.
The actual checks
Every trial balance gets tied back to the workpapers behind it. Reconciliations are checked for anything left dangling rather than closed out. VAT entries are checked against the country and rate that should apply to that transaction, which matters more in a firm working several member states than in one working a single domestic ledger. Anything that fails one of these checks lands on a written list rather than a verbal note that gets lost by the next meeting.
Setting the pace by your calendar, not ours
Some firms want a faster turnaround agreed in writing in the run-up to a quarterly OSS filing, and a lighter weekly rhythm the rest of the year. We build to whichever pace your firm's own review calendar sets, rather than imposing a fixed schedule of our own.
The line we do not cross
A partner's sign-off is still a partner's sign-off, and nothing here substitutes for it. This is also not an audit or an attest opinion of any kind; that stays entirely outside what we do. What review support buys is fewer surprises reaching the partner's desk in the first place.
Pairing it with other capacity
Firms tend to run this alongside busy-season tax prep support near a filing deadline and alongside white-label bookkeeping the rest of the year.
Questions
Frequently asked questions: Review support
Is a partner's own sign-off still required after this check?
Yes, always. This check happens before that sign-off and is meant to make it faster, not to replace it.
How closely do you check VAT treatment across countries?
Closely enough to confirm each transaction landed on the country and rate it should have, which is the part multi-country files get wrong most often.
Could this be mistaken for an audit service?
No, and it should not be treated as one. Audit and attest work is entirely out of scope; this is a pre-signoff check on files your own staff built.
Can the turnaround speed up before a quarterly filing?
Yes. Turnaround follows whatever pace your review calendar needs, including a faster cycle around a quarterly OSS deadline.
Can review support flex up right before a filing deadline?
Yes, most firms increase review volume in the weeks before a deadline and taper it after, and we scope capacity around that pattern rather than holding a flat monthly allocation regardless of the calendar. We agree the exact ramp with your firm well before the deadline actually arrives.
Does this replace our partner's sign-off?
No. We check the file ahead of partner review; your partner remains the one who signs off.
Can you follow our own review checklist?
Yes. We work to whatever checklist or standard your firm already applies to file review.
What if our records for review support are not up to date?
If your records are behind, we scope a catch-up first so review support starts from a clean, reconciled base. That catch-up is priced and timed separately from the ongoing engagement, so you always know what each part costs.
Who reviews the work before it reaches us?
Every deliverable under review support is reviewed by a senior reviewer before it reaches you. You keep access to the underlying file at every stage, so nothing about the work happens somewhere you cannot see it.
Related services
- For accounting firmsWhite-label bookkeepingMonthly bookkeeping produced under your firm's own name and templates, so your clients see your brand while our team handles sorting transactions into categories, reconciling and reporting behind it.
- For accounting firmsBusy season tax prep supportPreparation-support capacity for firms during filing season: source documents put in order, workpapers built and draft returns assembled for your credentialed preparers to review and sign.
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Next step
Talk to the team that would run your books
A short call covers your setup, your software and what a first month would look like. You get a written scope and price after it.