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What is the difference between a workpaper and a worksheet?
What is the difference between a workpaper and a worksheet?
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Written by Marco Fiumara
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Workpapers and worksheets are key components of Cimplico Workpapers, designed to help you organise and complete your jobs effectively. Here’s how they differ:

Workpapers

A workpaper represents the job or engagement as a whole. For example:

  • An annual compliance job that includes preparing financial statements and income tax returns.

  • A specific engagement requiring evidencing, calculations and verification

Each workpaper contains a collection of worksheets that break the job into manageable sections.

Worksheets

Worksheets are the individual components of a workpaper where most of the core work happens. This includes:

  • Attaching supporting evidence for specific accounts, using default worksheets.

  • Grouping together files and notes for a particular issue, using generic worksheets.

  • Performing reconciliations and calculations, by adding Calculations to a default or generic worksheet.

ℹ️ Note: You cannot create or have a worksheet without a workpaper. Worksheets always exist within a workpaper because they are tied to the broader engagement or job.

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