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CCH CGT And Dividend Scheduling
Portfolios
This document provides a structured guide on managing portfolios within the CGT and Dividend Scheduling feature. It outlines key maintenance options including accessing the Portfolio List by fiscal year, editing and deleting portfolios and periods, and recalculating opening balances. Each function is linked to detailed help pages for further information, assisting users in effectively managing their financial records.
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CCH CGT And Dividend Scheduling
Global Reports
This document provides an overview of key features related to tax planning and security code management within a guidance system. It highlights the "Tax Planning Reports," which help generate fee income through proactive tax strategies, and the "Security Code Counter," designed to count securities using SEDOL codes for the London Stock Exchange. The information is aimed at enhancing users' capabilities in tax planning and securities management.
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CCH CGT And Dividend Scheduling
Maintenance
The document outlines various maintenance options related to the CCH Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and Dividend Scheduling tool. Key sections include managing portfolios (listing, editing, deleting, and recalculating opening balances), generating global reports (such as tax planning), updating securities (including valuations), modifying settings, and converting legacy data. Each section contains links for detailed help and resources, facilitating users' understanding of the software's functionalities for effective financial management.
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CCH CGT And Dividend Scheduling
Convert Legacy Data
This document outlines a guide for converting legacy data within the CCH CGT and Dividend Scheduling system. It includes links to sections on Conversion Settings, CCH Gains Conversion, and CCH SecTAX Conversion. Users are directed to access specific maintenance options to set their environment before initiating data conversion processes. Each section provides essential steps to ensure a successful transition from legacy data systems.
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CCH Central
Maintenance
The document provides an overview of the Maintenance menu within CCH Central, detailing its various functions for configuration and system maintenance tailored to practice needs. Key sections include managing addresses, contact information, assignments, client/supplier setups, document settings, employee management, internal organization, task codes, and security settings. Each section is linked for deeper navigation, empowering users to customize the software effectively for their operational requirements.
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CCH iFirm Time and Fees
Firm Details
The details for your firm are entered during the setup process, so you will only need to use the Firm Details area if you want to change these settings later.
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CCH Audit Automation
Tests and Work Programme
The document outlines the functionalities of an audit automation system that enables users to track audit progress, complete checklists, and maintain comprehensive working papers. It features a color-coded system for document status, provides options to enter audit test details, update checklists, and create working papers. Additionally, it allows for various sign-offs from senior to partner levels, manages reviews, and includes tools for calculating sample sizes. Users can also transfer comments between documents, structure their audit files effectively, and utilize calculators to enhance their auditing processes.
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CCH Audit Automation
System Variables
This document outlines the functionality of system variables within an audit pack, which serve as global variables recalculated when trial balances or journals are modified. It details how to define, add, edit, and delete these variables, including the structure and limits of variable names and formulas. The formulas, up to 254 characters, can incorporate various operators and refer to accounting data and classifications. Additionally, it discusses how variables can have restrictions for data inclusion and provides guidance on managing these elements within the system.
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CCH Audit Automation
System Settings
The document outlines the system settings and configurations for CCH Audit Automation, detailing how these settings are stored, modified, and their implications for user operation. Key features include managing data paths for database access, international settings for date formats and currency, and various user interface options. Additionally, it addresses settings that facilitate integration with third-party applications, alter audit pack completion status, enforce password changes, and manage access permissions. The document serves as a guide for System Managers and users to optimize their use of the software while adhering to internal protocols.
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CCH Audit Automation
Status Documents
The document explains the functionality of status documents within a client information system, detailing the process of accessing, editing, and finalizing these documents. It describes how to view available status documents, the use of default screens if documents are missing, and the procedure for editing documents by checking them out for local storage and subsequently checking them back in after updates. An accompanying image illustrates the interface.
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CCH Audit Automation
Restricting access to clients using CCH Central
This document outlines the procedure for restricting user access to audit clients in CCH Central. It explains necessary steps, including configuring security settings in the maintenance section, creating virtual companies, and linking employee records to the appropriate client teams. Users must be given access to clients either by linking them to the same company or by adding them to the client team with appropriate permissions. Lastly, it emphasizes the importance of applying Central data security settings in CCH Audit Automation for effective access control.
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CCH Audit Automation
Materiality Base of Factors
The document details the functionality of CCH Audit Automation in calculating up to four materiality figures based on defined factor bases. Each materiality figure is an average derived from a combination of classifications from the chart of accounts, such as turnover and result before tax. It describes the process for defining materiality factors, editing classifications, and setting applicable percentages. Additionally, it outlines the use of a materiality calculation matrix and explains how to apply graduated or flat percentages, including restrictions for account totals. Overall, it serves as a guide for customizing materiality calculations within the system.
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CCH Audit Automation
Transferring an audit pack and distributed processing
This document outlines the functionality of the CCH Audit Automation system regarding client data transfer between network and local environments. It details the process for transferring client audit packs, including how current and back-up data is managed. The document explains the user interface elements such as the "Pick list" and "Action" buttons used during the transfer, as well as data verification steps that ensure safe transfers. Additionally, it highlights that transferring a client pack also includes the master pack and user files to maintain access and consistency across devices.
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CCH Audit Automation
Removing an Audit Pack
The document outlines the process for deleting an audit pack in CCH Audit Automation to free up space in the database. Users can initiate the removal by selecting the "Remove pack" option from the System maintenance menu. After entering the relevant pack code, the system verifies its validity and prompts for confirmation to delete the specified client code and period. A progress report is provided during deletion, and users can subsequently clear orphaned records from the database.
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CCH Audit Automation
Resetting the User Count
CCH Audit Automation tracks user access to data packs, with a maximum of one user for single-user systems and dynamic user counts for multi-user versions. The user count can be affected by events such as power failures, which may require a reset. The system provides real-time updates on active users and a facility to reset the user count from the maintenance menu. Care must be taken to ensure no users are actively accessing the data before performing a reset, as doing so may disrupt necessary operations. The user list is updated every 10 seconds and follows a last-in, first-out basis for active sessions.
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CCH Audit Automation
Introduction to System Managers Manual
The document outlines the configuration and system settings for CCH Audit Automation, detailing crucial features such as data path management, internationalization support, and various operational settings. It explains how users can modify these settings, manage user access levels, and customize the software's behavior regarding document creation and audit processes. Specific options include integrating third-party accounts, managing user passwords, and applying security measures. The document serves as a comprehensive guide for both system managers and users, ensuring they understand and can effectively utilize the software's capabilities.
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CCH iFirm Contact Management System
CCH iFirm Contact Management System
CCH iFirm Contact Managment allows synronisation of clients/contacts from CCH Central to CCH iFirm. It is the cloud equivalent of CCH Central in that it holds the contacts, client records, addresses, associations that have been pushed from CCH Central to CCH iFirm.
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CCH iFirm Time and Fees
Time and Fees Security Roles
When the Jobs & Billing module becomes active you can assign the relevant Jobs & Billing security roles to the user accounts. The following information outlines what each of the Jobs & Billing security roles allows a user to do in the system.
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CCH iFirm Time and Fees
Subtract previous invoices
When you change the layout of a draft invoice, you can choose an alternate layout mode that shows a WIP line with the total WIP on the job to date, less any previous invoices created for the job. In other words, you can see all the WIP items that are unallocated to the job on the invoice, in addition to all previously invoiced WIP items for the job. Then the previously invoiced amounts are subtracted from the amount due.
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CCH Practice Management
Set up Task Permissions
The document outlines the process of setting task permissions in a system to manage user access based on their security group. It details how to establish default permissions, customize them, or create new ones, emphasizing the importance of not deleting existing default permissions to maintain system functionality. It provides a step-by-step guide for setting task permissions, including selecting products, security groups, and allowing or disallowing tasks. Additionally, it references related resources for further assistance with security settings and task management.
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CCH Accounts Production
Import/Export Definition
This document outlines the functionalities of CCH Accounts Production for importing trial balances or transactions from delimited files. It details the setup process for creating and editing file structure and nominal mapping, including selecting file types, formatting details, and field mappings. Instructions for deleting file structures, importing external mapping files, and converting existing mappings are also provided. The document emphasizes the need for specific permissions and provides guidelines for naming and saving configurations, ensuring efficient data handling within the CCH Accounts Production software.
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CCH Central
Deleting a Responsibility Type
This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to delete a Responsibility Type within a system. It details the process through the main menu, selecting the desired type, confirming the deletion, and saving changes. An important note highlights that a Responsibility Type that is currently in use cannot be deleted, as attempting to do so will result in an error message.
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CCH Central
Deleting an association from a contact or client
The document outlines the process for managing associations between contacts and clients in a database, specifically focusing on how to delete an association. It provides step-by-step instructions for locating the relevant contact or client, accessing the associated tab, selecting the relationship to delete, and confirming the action. Additionally, it notes that if a relationship is the only one linked to an associate, both will be removed from the list, while multiple relationships require individual deletions.
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CCH Central
Linking an existing address to a contact or client
This document outlines the steps to link an existing address to a contact or client in a system. It includes instructions on accessing the Contact or Client page, using the Address tab to search for and select the relevant address, choosing an address type, and confirming the linking process. Finally, it details saving the changes made. The process emphasizes user interaction with the interface, including navigation through tabs and confirming selections.
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