Built for CPA & audit firms

Clients upload documents. Data arrives extracted.

Stop chasing K-1s and bank statements. Stop keying data from the documents that finally show up. PBCFlow handles the collection and the processing.

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Acme Corp — 2025 Annual Audit

18 of 25 items received
Request Item Status Extracted Data
K-1 (Partnership) Extracted Ordinary income: $142,800 · Net rental: ($8,200)
Q4 Bank Statement — Chase Extracted Ending balance: $847,293.41 · 312 transactions
Payroll Summary — Dec 2025 Received Processing...
Fixed Asset Schedule Reminder sent
Accounts Receivable Aging Outstanding
The problem

Your PBC process has two bottlenecks. Most tools only fix one.

1

Chasing documents

Emailing clients. Following up. Following up again. Checking shared drives. Wondering if the K-1 they uploaded is actually a K-1. The average firm spends 18–30 days collecting documents before real work begins.

2

Processing what arrives

Documents land in a folder. Then someone opens each one, checks it against the request list, and manually keys the data into your system. Collection tools stop at the folder. You don't.

3

Multiply it by busy season

One engagement is manageable. Eighty concurrent engagements from January to April is not. Every client is on a different timeline, every email thread is a different stage, and your staff is drowning in follow-ups instead of doing audit work.

How it works

Three steps. No manual data entry.

Step 1

Send your PBC list

Create a request list from audit, tax, or advisory templates — or import from Excel. Send your client a branded portal link. No login required on their end.

Step 2

Client uploads documents

Clients drag and drop files from any device. Real-time tracking shows what's been received and what's still outstanding. Automated reminders go out on your schedule.

Step 3

Data arrives extracted

Uploaded documents are classified, matched to the right request item, and extracted into structured data. K-1 income figures, bank balances, payroll totals — ready before you open the file.

“We were processing 3,500 audit documents across thousands of formats. Templates couldn't handle it. Lido's AI adapts to whatever the client sends — no training, no rules to maintain.”
Managing Partner · Top 100 CPA Firm · 3,500+ documents/year
85%
reduction in document processing time
3,500+
audit documents processed per year
0
templates to build or maintain

Other tools collect documents. PBCFlow processes them.

ContentSnare, SmartVault, etc.

  • Client uploads a document
  • File lands in a folder
  • Staff checks it against the list
  • Staff opens it and keys the data
  • Staff flags if anything looks wrong

PBCFlow

  • Client uploads a document
  • AI classifies it (K-1, W-2, bank stmt)
  • Auto-matched to the request line item
  • Data extracted into structured fields
  • Inconsistencies flagged before you look

The PBC workflow your staff actually wants

Templates for audit, tax, and advisory

Pre-built PBC request lists for common engagement types: annual audits, 1040/1120 returns, 1099 compilations, advisory work. Clone and customize for each client.

No client login required

Send a secure link. Clients upload from any device, any browser. No app download, no portal account, no "I can't find my password" emails from your client's controller.

Automatic document classification

AI identifies what was uploaded — K-1, payroll summary, bank statement, 1099 — and matches it to the correct line on your request list. No manual sorting.

Data extraction on arrival

Key figures are extracted the moment a document lands. Partnership income from K-1s, ending balances from bank statements, gross wages from payroll reports. Scanned and handwritten documents included.

Smart reminders, not spam

Customizable email sequences that show the client exactly what's still missing. Reminders go out on your schedule with your firm's branding. Clients see a progress bar, not a wall of text.

Handles whatever clients send

iPhone photos of W-2s. Multi-page scanned PDFs. Password-protected bank exports. Your clients don't send clean files — PBCFlow processes them anyway.

Security & compliance

Your clients' data, handled the way you'd expect

Encrypted at rest and in transit

AES-256 encryption for stored data. TLS 1.3 for everything in motion.

SOC 2 Type II

Built on SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure. Pursuing our own certification.

Configurable data retention

Set retention periods by engagement type. Client data is purged automatically on schedule.

Engagement-level access controls

Control who sees what — by engagement, by client, by document. Staff see only what they're assigned to.

Stop keying data from documents your clients already sent you

We're onboarding a small group of CPA and audit firms during early access. Request a spot and we'll schedule a 15-minute walkthrough of your workflow.

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