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Why a Free Trial File Beats Another Sales Call

How to evaluate a bookkeeping capacity partner with one real Xero or MYOB file — NDA, templates, query logs, and what “good” looks like overnight.

Sales calls tell you what a partner claims they can do. A trial file shows what they actually deliver overnight — in your templates, inside your Xero or MYOB, with a query log you can audit.

If you are evaluating bookkeeping or BAS capacity support, insist on a free trial file under NDA before you discuss monthly seats.

What to send

  • One real ledger or BAS pack (not a toy demo company)
  • Your chart of accounts and coding preferences
  • Any workpaper template you want matched
  • MFA-controlled access — you keep the keys

What “good” looks like next morning

  • Reconciliations completed or clearly flagged
  • Coding that matches your rules — not theirs
  • A query log for items needing your judgment
  • No unexplained local downloads of your data

After the trial

If the file meets your standard, move to a short pilot on live volume — then a monthly capacity seat. If it does not, you have spent almost nothing and learned fast.

That is the whole point: de-risk the relationship before BAS season or EOFY peaks hit.

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