Getting started

Getting Started Guides

• Commencing your first MyWorkpapers file - Australia
• Commencing your first file using MyWorkpapers (UK Only)
• Completing Your First SMSF Audit
• Commencing Your First General Audit and Review
• Commencing Your First Year End | Generic Engagement
• Completing Your First Year End | SMSF Engagement

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Basics

• How to clear your Browser Cache
• What is MyWorkpapers
• Browser and connection requirements
• Supported devices
• Basic rules
• Security

Logging in

• Logging in for the First Time.
• Reset your Login Password
• Locked out and deactivated account
• Auto-fill Errors

Profile settings

• Establishing or Resetting connection to Integrations
• Accessing your profile
• Changing your display name
• Changing your landing page
• Changing your profile picture
• Resetting Password

Firm settings

• Accessing firm settings
• Updating firm settings

User access and permissions

Adding and removing users

• Opening User Access
• Creating new Staff users
• Editing roles of staff members
• Suspending, deleting and activating Users
• Creating new Client users
• Creating new Administrator Users (AU Only)

Roles and Permissions

• How the Roles and Permissions module works
• Accessing the Roles and Permissions module
• Example Roles and Permissions layout
• Editing access to permissions of roles
• Engagement file permission override
• Adding custom role types

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Changing Access for External Users

• Assigning and removing file access for Read-only users
• Changing Administrators for Administrator users
• Assigning and removing Client Access for users

External Reviewer access

• External Reviewer access

Dashboard

Activity Feeds

• Activity Feeds

Your Files

• Your Files

Review Points

• Review Points

My Recent Files

• My Recent Files

Key Document Completion

• Key Document Completion

Workflow Manager

What is the Workflow Manager

• What is the Workflow Manager

How to set up the Workflow Manager

• How to set up the Workflow Manager

How to use the Workflow Manager

• Access and permissions for the Workflow Manager
• Filtering and sorting files in the Workflow Manager
• Updating the status and details of files
• Displaying uncreated files
• Printing and exporting

Creating custom status workflows

• Creating custom status workflows

Clients and files

Creating and updating clients

• Client list
• Accessing the client list
• Creating a New Client
• Updating client details
• Filtering the client list
• Creating and Editing Custom Fields

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Creating and accessing files

• Rolling Forward your File
• Creating a new file
• Searching for files
• Opening and closing a file
• Adding and deleting staff on an engagement file

Client and file maintenance

• Updating the client name
• Updating the file name
• Deleting files
• Updating the file period
• Adding and changing SMSF Administrators

Creating SMSF Clients

• Manually Create SMSF Clients

Integrations

Universal

• Xero Import
• QuickBooks Online Import

AU Integrations - SMSF Client List

• Import Clients - Class, SimpleFund 360 and superMate

AU Integrations - Trial Balance

• Importing a Class Super Fund Trial Balance
• Updating the Trial Balance of a Class Super Fund
• Importing a superMate Trial Balance
• Updating the Trial Balance of a superMate Fund
• Importing a BGL Simplefund 360 Trial Balance
• Issues with the Trial Balance import from Class, BGL 360 or superMate

AU Integrations - Report Pack

• Activating the Report Pack
• Sending Reports to the Working Paper Index
• Download Reports
• Refresh Reports

UK Integrations

• IRIS Connector & MyWorkpapers – Setup and Use
• Manually exporting the TB to IRIS Accounts Production
• Unlinking IRIS Accounts Production and MyWorkpapers

Trial Balance

Importing the Trial Balance as Custom CSV

• Accessing the Trial Balance import menu
• Trial Balance Import Wizard
• Trial Balance Import (CSV) - BGL Desktop and Reckon

Accessing and creating Custom Accounting Structure templates

• Accessing the Accounting Structure Custom templates
• Creating an Accounting Structure
• Drafting, releasing and archiving Accounting Structures
• Duplicating an Accounting Structure
• Deleting an Accounting Structure

Editing Accounting Structures

• How to Access Edit Accounting Structures
• Editing Account Types
• Editing and Adding Lead Schedules
• Editing Formulas
• Saving an Accounting Structure

Mapping the Trial Balance

• Mapping the Trial Balance
• Mapping Accounting Structure Templates
• Accounting Structures - Industry Templates
• Accounting Structures - Custom Templates
• Clear Accounting Structure Mapping
• Types of Industry Accounting Structures

Editing and Exporting the Trial Balance

• Deleting Accounts from the Trial Balance
• CSV export
• Thomson Reuters XYZ Financial Accounts
• Adding an account to the Trial Balance
• Editing the figures in the Trial Balance
• Remove all accounts with a zero value

Working Paper Index

Microsoft Office Online

• ★ Office.live.com refused to connect help guide
• Edit documents with Office Online
• Edit Office Online documents with someone else
• Microsoft Office Online FAQs

Working Paper Index overview and basic navigation

• Functions toolbar
• File menu
• Folders
• Deleting and restoring a folder or document
• Sort Working Paper Index
• Editing references and descriptions

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Recording and summarising Journal Entries

• Accessing the Journal Entries menu
• Adjusted vs Unadjusted Journals
• Processing a Journal Entry
• Adding a new account to the Trial Balance by Journal Entry
• Changing Journals to/from Adjusted and Unadjusted
• Deleting a Journal

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Completing programs, checklists and other workpapers

• Adding In-Text Referencing and Data Fields
• Completing procedures
• Referencing
• Adding comments
• Sign-off and completion
• Changing the sign-off date and one click sign-off

Supporting Documents

• Uploading supporting documents - into the working paper index
• Checking out supporting documents
• Editing supporting documents on your local computer
• Downloading supporting documents
• What files can be uploaded
• Microsoft Office Online

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Adding and resolving Review Points

• Adding a Review Point
• Resolving a Review Point
• Viewing Review Points
• Filtering the Review Points

Copying workpapers

• Copying workpapers

Lead Schedule Summaries and Lead Schedules

• How to show/hide Lead Schedules within the Working Paper Index
• Display the Net Profit on an Equity lead schedule
• Adding a new Lead Schedule to an existing Lead Schedule Summary
• SMSF Lead Schedules and Lead Schedule Summaries (Australia Only)
• Lead Schedules
• Lead Schedule Summaries

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Tickmarks

• Standard Tickmarks
• How to add a Tickmark
• Managing Tickmarks
• Creating your firm Tickmarks

LiveSheets

• Editing LiveSheets
• Importing Excel Files as LiveSheets
• Exporting LiveSheets
• Deleting LiveSheets
• Embedded LiveSheets

LiveDocs

• Creating a LiveDoc
• Importing content into a LiveDoc
• Editing content in the LiveDoc editor
• Downloading and printing your LiveDoc
• Letter Headers
• Electronic Signatures

Report Pack (SMSF Only)

• How to Import Report Packs from Class and Simplefund 360

Workflow Diagram

What is the Workflow Diagram

• What is the Workflow Diagram

How to set up a Workflow Diagram

• Adding Steps, Sections and Tasks
• Editing a Step, Section or Task
• Deleting Steps, Sections and Tasks
• Reordering Steps, Sections and Tasks
• Completing Steps, Sections and Tasks
• Completion status

How to import a Workflow Diagram

• How to import a Workflow Diagram

File completion and archive

File completion, archive and lock

• Engagement partner completion
• Completion and Archive

Printing and storing a file offline

• Printing and storing a file offline

Customising the Working Paper Index

Customising programs and checklists

• Accessing Edit Mode
• Editing procedures
• Deleting procedures
• Adding procedures and sub-procedures
• Adding headings
• Reordering procedures

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Creating new programs, checklists and forms

• Creating a blank workpaper
• Adding new sections
• Types of sections
• Adding new procedures, sub-procedures and headings

Customising the Review Point types

• Adding new review point types

Creating new Lead Schedule Summaries and Lead Schedules

• Creating a new Lead Schedule Summary

Creating Symlinks

• Types of Symlinks
• Creating a new Symlink

Creating Analytical Review workpapers

• Creating an Analytical Review - Preliminary workpaper
• Creating an Analytical Review - Completion workpaper
• Creating an Analytical Review - Ratio workpaper

Client Portal

Client Portal – For Staff

• Client Logins
• Creating Client Queries
• Supporting Documents and Client Queries
• Adding Client Queries function in existing files
• Sending Notifications to your client
• Receiving Notifications to your Firm Contact

Client Portal – For Your Clients

• Logging into the Client Portal
• Retrieving or resetting your password - for clients
• Creating Queries
• Supporting Documents and Client Queries
• Sending Notifications to your firm

Firm templates

Accessing and creating firm templates

• Accessing the template module
• Creating new templates
• Deleting firm templates
• Drafting, releasing and archiving templates

Adding template content

• Copying workpapers from other files
• Creating new sections and workpapers

Customising template content

• Customising template content

Edit sign-off roles

• Edit sign-off roles

Document version control

Document version control

• Engagement file based on an industry template
• Firm templates that contain content from industry templates
• Updates made to firm content within a firm templates

Audit | Audit and Exempt Content Packs (UK Only)

B33 Audit Plan (UK Only)

• Audit Plan Basics
• Complete the Audit Plan - Sections, Lead Schedules and Balances Display
• Complete the Audit Plan - Marking Items as Material
• Complete the Audit Plan - Creating and Deleting Risks
• Complete the Audit Plan - Financial Statement Level Risks
• Complete the Audit Plan - Assessment of Risk

Using the Analytical Review workpapers

• How to complete the Analytical Review (Preliminary) workpaper
• How to complete the Analytical Review (Completion) workpaper
• How to use the Analytical Review (Ratio) workpaper

Calculating Materiality

• Calculating Materiality UK

Audit | General Audit and Review Content Packs

Audit and Review 2.0

• Copyright disclaimer
• General Audit and Review 2.0 Content Packs
• Roll-Forward from Audit (Aus) to Audit (Aus) 2.0

Customiser - Audit and Review 2.0

• Customiser - Audit and Review 2.0

A Folder - Administration and Completion

• A6 Completion Risk Assessment
• A7 Completion Analytical Review - Financial

B Folder - Completing the Audit and Review Plan

• B3 Preliminary Risk Assessment
• B4.1 Preliminary Analytical Review - Financial
• B4.2 Preliminary Analytical Review - Ratio
• B5.2 Materiality

C Folder - Internal Control Evaluation

• C3 - Internal Control Deficiencies

Importing and mapping the Trial Balance - Audit and Review 1.0

• Software compatible with MyWorkpapers
• Trial Balance format
• Accessing the Trial Balance import menu
• Trial Balance Import Wizard
• Working Trial Balance
• Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet

Audit | SMSF (Australia Only)

SMSF 5.1 Content Pack

• Importing Trial Balance into Rolled Forward Files - Class Super, Simplefund 360 and SuperMate
• Roll-Forward for 30 June 2018

SMSF 5.0 Content Pack

• SMSF 5.0 Content Pack
• Updating Firm Templates
• Roll-Forward for 30 June 2017

Customiser - SMSF (Australia Only)

• Customiser - SMSF

A1 Administrator Queries - for SMSF Auditors (Australia Only)

• Accessing the SMSF Administrators list
• Creating a new Administrator Firm
• Creating SMSF Administrator Users
• Activating, Suspending and Deleting SMSF Administrators Users
• Editing and Deleting SMSF Administrators Firms
• Sending notifications to your Administrator

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Importing and mapping the Trial Balance - SMSF Audits (Australia Only)

• Importing Custom Trial Balances
• Issues uploading a CSV Trial Balance

A2 Audit Program (Australia Only)

• A2 Audit Program

B1 - Preliminary Engagement Activities (Australia Only)

• B1 - Preliminary Engagement Activities

B3 – Trustee Controls and Fraud Risk Questionnaire (Australia Only)

• B3 – Trustee Controls and Fraud Risk Questionnaire

B4 – Audit Strategy (Australia Only)

• B4 - Audit Strategy

B5 Materiality (Australia Only)

• B5 Materiality

B7 Risk Assessment (Australia Only)

• B7 Risk Assessment

How to access Administrator Portal and Queries (Australia Only)

• View notifications
• Logging in as an SMSF Administrator
• Retrieving or resetting your password

SMSF 4.0

• A2 Audit Program
• B2 Auditor Independence

Audit | Trust Accounts (Australia Only)

Trust Account Templates (Australia Only)

• Trust Account Templates

Trust Account Clients (Australia Only)

• Trust Account Clients

Customiser - Trust Accounts (Australia Only)

• Customiser - Trust Accounts

A1 Assessment of Compliance (Australia Only)

• A1 Assessment of Compliance

A2 Summary of Breaches (Australia Only)

• A2 Summary of Breaches

B2 Auditor or External Examiner Independence (Australia Only)

• B2 Auditor or External Examiner Independence

B5 Risk Assessment (Australia Only)

• B5 Risk Assessment - Trust Accounts

Year End

Year End | Generic

• Customiser - Year-End Generic Pack

Monthlies

• Creating a Monthly File
• Importing a Monthly Trial balance
• Navigating the Trial Balance in a Monthly File
• Deleting a Monthly File

Year End | SMSF (Australia Only)

• Customiser - Year End | SMSF

Release notes

Platform Updates

• 08/2019 - V2.17 Release Notes
• 04/2019 - Monthly files Release UK
• 03/2019 - Release Notes (v2.13)
• 08/2018 AU - New Industry Accounting Structures + General Items
• 06/2018 AU and UK - Microsoft Office Online Integration
• 03/2018 AU and UK - QBO and General Items

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AU Content Updates

• 07/2019 - AU - Individual Tax 1.0
• 03/2019 - AU - SMSF 5.1 and Audit 2.1
• 09/2018 - AU - SMSF 5.1 and Year End AU 1.1
• 03/2018 - AU - Legal Profession Trust Account External Examination - NSW & VIC
• 12/2017 - AU + Int - General Audit and Review 2.0
• 08/2017 - AU - Year-End Generic Pack

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UK and Mercia Content Updates

• 07/2019 Mercia Charities 16.0
• 03/2019 Mercia Limited Companies 15.0 and Exempt 16.0
• Mercia Content Updates
• 01/2019 Mercia Charities 15.0 and Pension Schemes 10.0
• 09/2018 - UK - Mercia Limited Companies 14.0, Academies 9.0 and Audit Exempt 15.0
• 01/2018 - UK - Mercia Pension Schemes 9.0

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Help Videos

Getting Started

• The Dashboard (GS1)
• Adding Clients (GS2)
• Navigating the My Files Page (GS3)

SMSF Audit and SMSF Administrators (Australia Only)

• SMSF Fund List Import (SMSF1)
• BGL Desktop Trial Balance import (SMSF2)
• Importing an SMSF Trial Balance via Integration (Class) (SMSF3)

SMSF Audit (Australia Only)

• Creating SMSF Administrators (SMSFA1)
• Administrator Users and Administrator Portal (SMSFA2)
• Creating an SMSF Audit File (SMSFA3)
• Streamlining the Audit (SMSFA4)
• Customising and Completing the Audit Program (SMSFA5)

Engagement File

• The Engagement File Explained (EF1)
• Working with Supporting Documents (EF2)
• Working with Review Points (EF3)
• Using the Workflow Diagram (EF4)
• Copying Workpapers from Other Files (EF5)
• File Completion (EF6)

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Workflow Manager

• Using the Workflow Manager (WFM1)
• Creating Custom Workflows (WFM2)