Clear Books + Forensic Accountants: Faster Bank Import
Forensic accountants investigating fraud or financial irregularities need to process hundreds of bank statements into analysable data. If you use Clear Books for your accounting, you need a fast way to get bank statement data into the system.
BankScan AI for Forensic Accountants Using Clear Books
BankScan AI converts any bank statement PDF to CSV formatted for direct import into Clear Books. Bulk-convert bank statements into structured spreadsheets for pattern analysis, timeline reconstruction, and expert witness reporting.
The Forensic Accountants + Clear Books Workflow
Forensic accountants receive large volumes of bank statements through court orders or client disclosure. They convert statements to structured data, build transaction timelines, identify unusual patterns such as round-sum transfers or structuring, cross-reference transactions across multiple accounts, and prepare expert witness reports with supporting schedules.
Key terms you'll encounter: transaction tracing, fund flow analysis, structuring, Benford's Law analysis.
How It Works
Upload any bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Saves 4-8 hours per investigation on initial data extraction, allowing forensic accountants to focus on analysis rather than data entry across cases spanning hundreds of statements
AI formats for Clear Books
Output as CSV with Date, Description, Money in, Money out — Clear Books uses separate columns for credits and debits — dates in DD/MM/YYYY.
Import and reconcile
In Clear Books, go to Money > Bank Accounts > select your account > Import. Upload the CSV and map Date, Description, Money in, and Money out columns. Clear Books has built-in Corporation Tax estimation that updates as bank transactions are imported, giving directors a live view of their CT liability.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Clear Books Features for Forensic Accountants
- Clear Books ready — Output formatted as CSV matching Clear Books's expected column structure
- Smart integration — Clear Books has built-in Corporation Tax estimation that updates as bank transactions are imported, giving directors a live view of their CT liability.
- Built for Forensic Accountants — Saves 4-8 hours per investigation on initial data extraction, allowing forensic accountants to focus on analysis rather than data entry across cases spanning hundreds of statements
- Software compatible — Output works directly with CaseWare, IDEA Data Analysis, Excel with Power Query
Import Steps for Forensic Accountants Using Clear Books
As forensic accountant, here's how to get bank data into Clear Books:
- In Clear Books, go to Money > Bank Accounts > select your account > Import
- Upload the CSV and map Date, Description, Money in, and Money out columns
Common Import Issues
Clear Books requires header row labels to exactly match expected names. Rename columns to Date, Description, Money in, Money out if import fails.
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