CONNECT THE REPORTS BEFORE REVIEW
Use report labels and version references. Let the professional define the pairs and the comparison.
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Bookkeeping migration report-pair and exception-review workbook
After a bookkeeping software move, a report from the old system and a report from the new one need a clear connection for the professional reviewing them. This helpful preparation resource from PickYourPro.ai keeps report pairs, review explanations and later versions together. It is a conversation record, not a way to validate balances or carry out a migration.
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Preparation only. Not accounting, tax, software-operation, migration, reconciliation, data-validation or legal advice. Do not choose accounting methods, calculate differences or change records using this workbook. Keep balances, transactions, identifiers, credentials, account details and private exports separate.
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How to use this resource
Give each pair a label such as R1 or R2. Use report titles and version references, never balances or transactions. Ask the professional to define which reports belong together and explain their purpose, period and reporting basis. Keep an unconfirmed comparison separate from a difference the professional has reported. If new outputs are supplied after a correction, link the replacement pair to the earlier version and record the professional's recheck explanation. Leave unresolved questions visible. Your notes do not certify accuracy or authorize a system cutover.
Open the PDF in a form-capable viewer, save a copy, then fill it in. Reopen your saved copy to check your answers. You can also print the blank pages and write by hand. Your answers are not submitted to PickYourPro.ai.
KEEP EXCEPTIONS WITH THEIR PAIRS
Record what the professional reports. Do not calculate a difference or diagnose an accounting error.
CHECK THE REVIEW TRAIL
Tick what is organized. A completed list does not certify that a migration or its figures are correct.
QUESTIONS FOR THE BOOKKEEPER
Ask for a clear review record. Financial conclusions and system changes stay with the appropriate professionals.
COMPARE THE SAME REVIEW COVERAGE
Use Professional A and B. Compare the same report-pair list, not a generic promise to check the migration.
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Bookkeeping software migration preparation checklist
- Label each source/destination report pair and identify the professional responsible for defining it.
- Record report titles and version references without copying financial figures or private data.
- Ask the professional to explain the intended purpose, period and reporting basis for both sides.
- Distinguish an unconfirmed comparison from a difference the professional has reported.
- Link each reported exception to the relevant pair and version, with an explanation owner.
- Keep the original pair reference when replacement reports are supplied.
- Record the professional's recheck explanation and any question that is still unresolved.
- Keep written conclusions and actual acceptance or cutover authorization separate from these notes.
Questions for the migration-review bookkeeper
- Which source and destination reports will you pair for review, and what is each pair intended to show?
- How will you explain whether their periods, reporting basis and coverage are comparable?
- How will you distinguish a comparison still awaiting clarification from a reported difference?
- Who investigates each reported exception, and what explanation or other professional input is included?
- How will replacement reports link to earlier versions, and what recheck explanation will you provide?
- Which report pairs, exception reviews and rechecks are included or excluded from your proposal?
Write down the answers and any exclusions. If two proposals describe different work, clarify the difference before comparing their totals. Leave unanswered points blank until the professional confirms them.
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Official references and scope
These are original planning prompts, with AI assistance, prepared by PickYourPro.ai. Official links checked October 19, 2026. This pack has not been independently reviewed by a licensed specialist.
- Intuit: Switching from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online ↗
Product-specific background for asking a professional about source and destination report review. Checked October 19, 2026. This original workbook gives no software steps, product limits, accounting-method selection, tax guidance or migration approval.
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