For accounting & bookkeeping practice reviewers
AI for accountants:
explain a payout with the records behind it.
We connect billing, payment and ledger records so your team can follow the evidence. AI can help prepare the explanation; exact identifiers and documented fees support the totals, and your reviewer decides what needs following up.
demo_client · USD · automatic payout P1
Which invoices explain this $970 payout, and what do our exports confirm?
Illustrative client records — no connected accounts or accounting certification.
Events through ; extracts generated with that declared cutoff.
Billing INV103 · $600 invoice
C1 net $582Gross $600 − recorded fee $18 · payout P1L1 links C1 → INV103Billing INV104 · $400 invoice
C2 net $388Gross $400 − recorded fee $12 · payout P1C2 → INV104 ledger-payment link not observed in the supplied exportBank B1 / ledger deposit D1 · P1
B1 $970 · D1 $970Two observations of the same payout, not amounts to add togetherPayout explanation
The supplied records explain P1’s $970.
$1,000 − $30 = $970; $582 + $388 = $970.
Both supplied deposit records match P1. C1 links to INV103 and ledger payment L1. C2 references INV104, but this ledger export has no corresponding payment link. Check export completeness and that mapping before changing anything.
If coverage is stale, refresh the export. Equal amounts or customer names alone do not establish an invoice link.
The supplied export does not establish INV104’s live invoice status or prescribe a posting. No books are changed.
Start with the reports you have
Check native reports and mappings first.
QuickBooks Online’s reconciliation and payment/deposit matching, and Stripe’s payout reconciliation reports, may answer the whole question. We first check native reports, existing connectors and import mappings.
What ClearSummit configures or builds
Connect the remaining source-to-ledger evidence.
We can configure adequate native features or connect authorized billing, processor and ledger records, establish external-ID and period-coverage mappings, and prepare a source-linked answer for reviewer use. Stripe IDs are not automatically your external billing IDs.
Keep it in your firm’s review process.
The workflow belongs in your existing review process or an agreed connected staff workspace. Scope actual record fields, entity/currency boundaries, coverage and access before connecting anything. Your practitioner reviews real accounting treatment and decides what needs changing.
For established repeated review work, explore Automate.
Where does your payout review get stuck?
Show us how your team follows a payout across the systems. We’ll work through what your current reports cover and where the remaining connection belongs.