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For bookkeepers and small firms

Every statement, in. Every month. Without asking twice.

Clients forward what they have — bank emails, receipt photos, scan_final_v2.pdf. PapersIn recognizes it, files it, ticks the checklist, and stops the reminders.

Start collecting — $19/mo for lifeWatch it file a month
1 · ARRIVES
✉
FW: Your June statement is ready
from dana@riversidecoffee.com
2 · RECOGNIZED
⌘
Chase checking · June 2026
Statement, pages complete, right month
3 · FILED & TICKED
✓
Riverside/2026-06/Chase-statement.pdf
Checklist ticked · reminders stopped
1 · ARRIVES
✉
FW: Your June statement is ready
from dana@riversidecoffee.com
2 · RECOGNIZED
⌘
Chase checking · June 2026
Statement, pages complete, right month
3 · FILED & TICKED
✓
Riverside/2026-06/Chase-statement.pdf
Checklist ticked · reminders stopped
“Half my week chasing clients… just to get them to upload statements.”— r/Bookkeeping, May 2026. At $75/hr, the chase is the most expensive free work you do.
How it works

Three steps, in order.

Step 1

Clients dump, forward, or snap

Every client gets a magic upload link and a private forward-to address. No client accounts, no portal passwords, no app to install. If they can send an email, they can send their statements.

WHAT DANA SENDS
📎IMG_2041.jpgphoto of a Costco receipt
✉FW: Your June st…forwarded bank email
📄scan_final_v2.pdfit's the Amex statement
Step 2

Papers sort themselves

Each file is recognized — statement or receipt, which account, which month — renamed properly, and filed to the right client and month. Wrong month? Missing pages? A gap since April? Flagged, not silently accepted.

WHAT PAPERSIN FILES
Riverside/2026-06/
├─ Chase-statement.pdf ✓
├─ Amex-2004-statement.pdf ✓
├─ Receipt-Costco.jpg ✓
└─ ⚑ Payroll — May file, expected June
Step 3

Reminders write themselves, then stop

Friendly, then firm, then a cutoff date. Every reminder lists exactly what's still missing — nothing more. The moment a paper lands, it leaves the email. When everything's in, the emails end. Your clients notice the difference.

WHAT DANA RECEIVES
Subject: One thing left for June
Hi Dana — everything's in except the Amex 2004 statement. Reply with it attached and June is closed.
✓Amex arrived Tuesday — no more emails sent

What it does

The collecting. All of it.

✓Magic-link uploads & email-in, per client
✓Recognizes type, account, and month on arrival
✓Monthly checklists that tick themselves
✓Wrong-month, duplicate, and gap flags
✓Escalating reminders that auto-stop
✓Red / amber / green across every client
✓Clean ZIP export, always yours

What it doesn't

Tools in this category try to be the whole practice. We don't.

✕OCR into your ledger — Dext does that well; we get papers in first
✕Bank feeds or categorization — that's your accounting stack
✕Client portals with logins — logins are where collection goes to die
✕Practice management — keep whatever runs your firm
✕Per-client pricing — your 30th client costs $0 extra
Pricing

Flat. Monthly. No contract.

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Fair questions

Why not fetch statements from the bank?+

Feeds break and only cover banks. Receipts, payroll, and loan statements still arrive by email and photo — we collect through the channel clients already use.

I used Hubdoc. What happens to my setup?+

Your folder structure imports as-is on a white-glove call; clients keep their forwarding habits — only the address changes.

What do my clients see?+

A plain upload page with your firm's name — no login, no app. Or they just reply to an email.

How does recognition actually work?+

Each document is read for institution, account, and period, then matched to the client's checklist. Ambiguous files get a one-click confirm — never silently misfiled.

Where do my documents live?+

Encrypted storage, fully exportable any time as a clean ZIP. Never held hostage.

What if a client just won't send things?+

The escalation ends with a cutoff date and a clear red flag on your board — so the conversation becomes theirs to have, not yours to chase.

Run your next month-end collection with PapersIn.

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