Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Avoiding Audits - The Crucial Role of Workflow in Cash Handling #legalaccounting #lawfirms

27 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, the speakers stress that any law firm handling cash—particularly immigration firms—must implement a clear, documented workflow and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to track cash from receipt through bank deposit. They explain that written procedures create accountability, define who handles money, when, where, and how, and are essential for managing trust money. By maintaining these controls, firms can protect themselves from audit scrutiny and avoid the weak points that arise when cash is loosely handled.

You have to have workflow whenever you're dealing with cash. There has to be a workflow. And, you know, we work with immigration firms. There's always cash involved in immigration firms. And we have specific subset of workflows is overseeing so that the money's being accounted for. It's written down because we need to track it. And then it eventually ends up in the bank, but we need to make sure because that's the place, that's a weak point in a workflow if you've got cash available to people.
And this is a way, this subject right here is a way to avoid an audit. Have your documented workflow, have your SOP. Those are ways to avoid an audit. Have your workflow, hold people accountable. Who does what, when, where, how, you know, especially with trust money.
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