# Accounting & audit use cases

> Link reconciliations, client submissions, and audit evidence to the exact records reviewed.

Canonical page: https://www.truthlocks.com/industries/accounting
Category: Finance & professional services

Evidence becomes harder to follow as files move between client teams and reviewers. Signed records help people identify the version received and the decisions associated with it.

## Corporate accounting: Make close adjustments traceable

A journal adjustment can lose its supporting explanation as a close progresses.

### What to record

Record the adjustment reference, evidence fingerprints, preparer, and approval outcome in a signed workflow record.

### What to review

Compare the supporting files with the approved version before the authorized accounting system posts the entry.

### The outcome

A handoff that preserves the reason and responsibility behind an adjustment.

## Audit practices: Track evidence received for an engagement

Updated client files can be mistaken for the versions originally reviewed.

### What to record

Create receipt records for the submitted files, their fingerprints, engagement references, and responsible submitting source.

### What to review

Check subsequent files against those records and record requests for clarification or replacement evidence.

### The outcome

An organized history of what the client supplied and which version was reviewed.

## Tax advisory: Connect client information to reviewed workpapers

Workpapers depend on changing client declarations and supporting schedules.

### What to record

Link fingerprints of supplied schedules to a workpaper version and the reviewer’s recorded approval.

### What to review

Confirm which source information supported the work before authorized staff finalize the client deliverable.

### The outcome

A traceable preparation and review history for the engagement team.

## Before you begin

Define the evidence references and reviewer roles for one engagement. Professional judgment and engagement requirements stay with your accounting or audit team.

## Relevant capabilities

- [Finance workflows](https://www.truthlocks.com/product/finance-autopilot)
- [Proof bundles](https://www.truthlocks.com/product/proof-bundles)
- [Governance](https://www.truthlocks.com/product/governance)

These are practical workflow examples, not certification claims or a record of customer deployments.