I am using DoxCycle on a portrait monitor and not normally using the sidebar. The checkmark on DoxCycle pages (in the top left corner) is not much different from the unchecked status (I think the checkmark is just bold-faced when checked). Is there a way to make these stand out more when checked?
Also, I know there is a filter on the sidebar to hide empty categories. Is it possible to have a filter to only show unchecked documents?
We love using DoxCycle and will continue to do so. It is fantastic for reviewing files remotely. However, with the use of AFR now, we rarely post from DoxCycle anymore. We would like the option to set the default to show/not show the post annotation and then we can default to not show. Then in few instances we can restore post annotation when we want to use it. We spend too much time deleting the post annotation. I know we could just leave it but as a visual it is easier if it is not there so i can focus on the posts that were actually done from DoxCycle.
Thanks for your consideration.
I donāt post from DoxCycle to the T1 program so I assume I donāt need this option. I can see that someone posting from DoxCycle could use this as OCR can really slow down scanning.
Iām similar to @BertMulderCGA ā customized AFR stamp.
Physical scan? Rarely.
Import PDF to DoxCycle? Frequently, but not always.
For more complex (documentation-wise) T1s I just build a separate directory and stash their stuff thereā¦itās easier to control than in DC. ie multiple rental properties, businesses etc.
But still, even for those, the stuff likely to be requested by CRA I import to DC.
I wholeheartedly agree with Arliss on this. As I have mentioned in other threads, DoxCycle is a key part of our tax preparation system. It comes before AFR for us. We use AFR as a way to make sure CRA doesnāt have something our clients didnāt bring in or didnāt get. There is no way we would wait for or rely only on AFR. Plus DoxCycle provides a great, paperless way to keep the tax documents on file and organized - including the support for non-slip income.
I use a mixā¦but the biggest problem I have with DC is not being able to add a second, third or fourth āposting stampā to documents imported from client PDFs when there is more than one receipt per āpageā.
Then I need to do things like give it a name āCharity 1 / Charity 2ā and show two amounts on the posting box. Iād rather have the option to add a posting box to each slip if theyāre on one page. (Maybe thereās a way to do this and Iāve never figured that out? If soā¦it would go to the training suggestion!!)
Right, Matthew. Iām about to gain some space in my home office by getting rid of the filing cabinet I havenāt opened for at least 5 years. Lots of space in the file drawer in my desk.
Go, Doxcycle!
There was a webinar or something a few years ago. I attended it, and couldnāt see how it would benefit me. But Iād be willing to attend another demo or webinar and re-assess. Iāve re-watched some of the YouTube videos, but they donāt show me anything new or useful to my process.
I have flirted with a system similar to the one provided by @Arliss. I concluded, though, that I donāt need this level of detail for any other than the most complex tax returns. I use DC to arrange the slips/information by taxpayer (principal, spouse, children) and within each taxpayer in order of income, deductions, credits, and correspondence/notes. Once done that, I do my editing in a different PDF editor with more customized stamps. Better annotation features in DC would bring me back to using it exclusively.
I tried scanning medical documents and could not get Doxcycle to read them properly. Then the dates didnāt show up properly in the Medical Expenses work sheet and I just gave up. I can scan documents with my Scansnap ix1500 and store them in related files. I failed to see the benefit of DoxCycle with all the extra work it caused for me.
Unfortunately I have had the same experience. I love the support from the TaxCycle team, but I find DoxCycle only creates more work.
I even lost data because the DoxCycle PDF got corrupted for a client one day. In that case you loose all the data, not just one PDF because they are all combined into one.
It seems like a nice program but it creates a lot more work than just using Adobe Acrobat and then manually entering everyoneās information from the slips. By the time youāve checked off each box and entered numbers that it couldnāt read, iāve already entered 3 or 4 slips manually.