Import Trial Balance from Another Engagement

Before You Begin

This feature allows users to import a Trial Balance (TB) from another engagement for the same client for:

  • Annual Engagements

  • Interim Engagements

    • Import from Period to Period

  • Consolidated Engagements

    • Single-Tier

    • Multi-Tier

  • Interim to Annual

    • Migrated Interim engagements come to CCH iFirm Engagement as annual.

    • Import TB to Interim engagement

The Client name field is read-only and restricted to engagements for that client.

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Starting the Import Process

  1. Open the target engagement and navigate to the Trial Balance page.

  2. Select Import TB and choose Select engagement.

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Selecting the Source Engagement

  • Select the source engagement associated with the same client.

    • Search field triggers after three letters/numbers

Note: The Client name field is read-only and cannot be changed.

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Selecting Trial Balance Details

  1. Choose the trial balance.

    Note: You must select which trial balance to import for interim and consolidated engagements.

  2. Select balance types (Unadjusted, Adjusted, Final, Final Tax).

  3. Select years or periods (Annual or Interim).

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Reviewing and Validating the Import

  1. Click Verify to begin the import operation.

  2. Verify the Trial Balance.

    Note: Here you will see a reconciliation between the source data and the destination trial balance.

  3. Complete the import by clicking Import.

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Checking for Source TB Changes

Check for Changes is done manually. Live connection with updates will come in a later release.

  1. Click Check for updates to detect differences.

    Note: If no differences, a toaster message appears at the top of the screen: No changes have been made since the last update.

  2. Review detected differences including highlighted accounts.

    Note: If there are differences, the same reconciliation report from the original import displays ONLY accounts that have changes.

  3. Click Import. The changes in the source trial balance will flow to your engagement.

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