Xero + Attorneys: Faster Bank Import
Attorneys handling divorce, bankruptcy, personal injury, and business litigation cases need to analyze bank statements for financial discovery and evidence preparation. If you use Xero for your accounting, you need a fast way to get bank statement data into the system.
BankScan AI for Attorneys Using Xero
BankScan AI converts any bank statement PDF to CSV formatted for direct import into Xero. Convert client and opposing party bank statements to searchable Excel spreadsheets for faster discovery review, asset tracing, and litigation support.
The Attorneys + Xero Workflow
Attorneys receive bank statements during discovery in litigation, review them for asset tracing in divorce and bankruptcy cases, analyze financial evidence in fraud and embezzlement matters, and manage IOLTA trust accounts for client funds. They convert statements to structured data for timeline construction, hidden asset identification, and expert witness preparation.
Key terms you'll encounter: IOLTA trust account, discovery production, asset tracing, three-way reconciliation.
How It Works
Upload any bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Saves 2-4 hours per case on financial discovery analysis, with complex asset tracing cases saving a full day or more of manual statement review
AI formats for Xero
Output as CSV with Date, Description, Amount (single column, negative for debits) — or Date, Description, Debit, Credit as separate columns — dates in DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.
Import and reconcile
In Xero, go to Accounting > Bank accounts > select your account > Import a Statement. Choose the CSV file from BankScan AI. Xero auto-maps the Date, Description, and Amount columns. Xero's bank feed rules can auto-categorise imported transactions, so once you've set up rules, future imports from the same bank are largely automated.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Xero Features for Attorneys
- Xero ready — Output formatted as CSV matching Xero's expected column structure
- Smart integration — Xero's bank feed rules can auto-categorise imported transactions, so once you've set up rules, future imports from the same bank are largely automated.
- Built for Attorneys — Saves 2-4 hours per case on financial discovery analysis, with complex asset tracing cases saving a full day or more of manual statement review
- Software compatible — Output works directly with Clio, MyCase, QuickBooks for Lawyers
Import Steps for Attorneys Using Xero
As an attorney, here's how to get bank data into Xero:
- In Xero, go to Accounting > Bank accounts > select your account > Import a Statement
- Choose the CSV file from BankScan AI
- Xero auto-maps the Date, Description, and Amount columns
Common Import Issues
Most common error is date format mismatch — Xero rejects MM/DD/YYYY dates. Also watch for CSV encoding issues with special characters in payee names.
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