Duct for finance and audit
Find the evidence behind every number.
Search invoices, statements, spreadsheets and scanned receipts at once, and jump to the line that matters.
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Transfer to Halden Supplies Ltd … NGN 1 250 000.00
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The problem
Evidence is spread across invoices, bank statements, spreadsheets, scanned receipts and emailed approvals. At audit or tax time, staff hunt for the one document that supports a transaction, often in files clients send in every format.
What Duct does
- Finds an amount however it was written: 1250000, 1,250,000, 1 250 000 and 1,250,000.00 all match.
- Reads spreadsheets sheet by sheet (old .xls included), scanned receipts and statements with OCR, and emails with attachments.
- Exports an evidence list (file, page, passage) as a spreadsheet or Word document for the audit file.
- Keeps client financial data on the firm’s own machines.
How it works for finance and audit
- 1
Add a client’s folder
Statements, invoices, receipts and the spreadsheets clients send, in whatever format they arrive.
- 2
Search an amount, a supplier or an invoice number
Amounts match however they were written: with commas, spaces, decimals or none.
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Build the evidence list
Collect the documents that support a figure and export file, page and passage for the audit file.
Made for this work
The parts of Duct you’ll use most.
Amounts, however they were written
Search 1250000 and find 1,250,000.00 in an invoice, 1 250 000 in a bank statement and 1.250.000 in a supplier’s quote.
Spreadsheets, sheet by sheet
Excel (including old .xls and .xlsb), OpenDocument and Numbers files are read sheet by sheet, and results say which sheet the match is on.
An evidence list in one click
Export results as a spreadsheet of document, page and passage, safe to open in Excel, or as a Word document for the working papers.
Invoices due and contracts renewing
The deadlines radar shows due dates that passed and renewals coming up, from the documents themselves. Duct says “due date passed”, never “overdue”: it can’t know what was paid.
Reads the files you already have
No converting, no uploading. Duct reads 99 file types where they are.
Search you can verify
Every result names the file and the page it came from, and opens the document there with your words highlighted. Your documents stay on your computer or your own server.
Which plan
Team for firms. Pro for independent accountants.
Compare plans →Questions
Can it read photos of receipts?
Yes. Turn on OCR and Duct reads images and scanned PDFs, including iPhone photos.
Does client data leave the firm?
No. Everything is indexed and searched on your own computers.
Can we filter by period?
Yes. Filter any search by when files were last changed, or tag documents by client and year.
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Find the evidence behind every number.
macOS, Windows and Linux · No account needed · Open source