Lawyers, Paralegals and legal professionals have to adhere to monthly and year-end compliance rules set by Law Societies of their jurisdiction and also follow compliant financials for CRA this document explains how to get to that level of compliance in minutes

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MONTHLY & YEARLY
A SIMPLE WALKTHROUGH TO AUTOMATE YOUR BOOKS
FOR REGULATORY SCRUTINY
COMPLIANCE REPORTING | 2021
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Monthly & Yearly
Compliance Reporting

3. YOUR YEAR-END CHEAT SHEET FOR
CRA & LAW SOCIETY
For All Provinces
• HST
• GST
• PST
For Alberta Firms
• Accounts Receivable by Matter
• Billing Journal by Matter
• Trust Ledger Opening Balances by Matter
• Trust Account Transactions
For Ontario Firms
• Dec 31st Reconciliation Statement & Financial
Statement
(i) Client’s Trust Receipt
(ii) Client’s General Receipt
(iii) Client’s Trust Payments
(iv) General Disbursement
(i) Client’s Trust
(ii) Client’s General
YOUR MONTHLY CHEAT SHEET
FOR LAW SOCIETY
• Trust Reconciliation
• General Reconciliation
• ETTR Form 9A/9C
• Expense Book
• Fee Book
• Inter Matter Trust Transfer
• Journals (4)
• Ledgers (2)
Month & Year-End
Cheat sheet
MANAGE WHAT MATTERS.
ANYWHERE

4. DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR
MONTHLY
LAW SOCIETY
COMPLIANCE
USING ULAWPRACTICE,
YOUR DIGITAL LEGAL ASSISTANT
STEP 1: LOG IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT -> ACCOUNTS (LEFT COLUMN)->[COMPLIANCE] (TOP ROW)
->MONTHLY
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STEP 2: OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING MENU
IMPORTANT
This list of documents represents the grand
sum of what is expected to be produced at
the end of each month.
Take stock of your ledgers, journals, and
various other documents.
In terms of importance, work your way from
the bottom, which we will cover in more
depth in
STEP 3.

5. STEP 3: DO YOUR RECONCILIATION
DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR
MONTHLY
LAW SOCIETY
COMPLIANCE
FOLLOW THE INTERACTIVE
GRAPHIC
Handling monthly reconciliation is by far
the most important task to conduct, as each
subsequent document you produce is based
on these numbers being correct.
Click to download your reconciliation. You
will see an interactive 5-step graphic. Follow
the instructions. A good hint is that most
entries should be reading ($0.00) if properly
reconciled.
STEP 4: DOWNLOADING REMAINING
DOCUMENTS
Once your accounts are fully reconciled,
you can move on and download the
remaining forms, books, ledgers and journals
located under the same window found at
[Compliance]->Monthly.
Submitting these to your relevant Law
Society on a timely basis will ensure you are
compliant.

6. YEARLY COMPLIANCE
LAW SOCIETY
& CRA
INTRODUCTION
Before handling your year-end compliance documents, make sure you’ve generated
your month-end compliance documentation for the month of December.
Extra care and consideration should be made for year-end compliance reporting,
which must be prepared for both your relevant Law Society, but also the Canada
Revenue Agency. uLawPractice automates these reports and documents, and in the
next page we will show you how it can be done.
Be aware that specific requirements exist for different Law Societies. However, all law
firms are expected to have documents sent to the Canada Revenue Agency. Variations
for CRA will be based on whichever tax is applicable for your province. (HST/GST/PST)
On the next page you will see instructions for how to acquire your year-end
compliance documents. You may notice some similarities between monthly and
yearly compliance reporting. This is a good thing.

7. DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR
YEARLY
LAW SOCIETY
& CRA
COMPLIANCE
STEP 3: FOR ALBERTA FIRMS
IMPORTANT
Since uLawPractice is certified for use in
the province of Alberta, the software can
generate four more documents necessary for
submission to regulators in that province:
• Accounts Receivable By Matter
• Billing Journal By Matter
• Trust Ledger Opening Balance by Matter
• Trust Account Transactions
ONTARIO YEAR-END
USING ULAWPRACTICE,
YOUR DIGITAL LEGAL ASSISTANT
STEP 1: LOG IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT -
> ACCOUNTS (LEFT COLUMN)
->[COMPLIANCE] (TOP ROW)
->YEARLY
STEP 2: OBSERVE ABOVE MENU
The first set of reports are based on taxes owed to the
government. You can be on a quarterly or annual basis.
Download & submit to the relevant agencies. We’ll be
covering province-specific requirements in the next
steps.
From uLaw you will need your statement of
reconciliation from Dec 31st of the year.

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