Features

Legal accounting, without unnecessary complexity.

Brief Accounting is organized around the work law firms actually do: capture time, bill clients, manage receivables, handle trust funds and keep the books current.

Billing Accounts Receivable Trust Office Accounting Reporting

Time & Billing

Move from time entry to invoice without fighting the software. Brief Billing supports individual or batch workflows, flexible invoice formats and consolidated billing.

Fast slip entry

Prebills and final invoices

Batch editing

Consolidated client billing

Split billing

LEDES / task-based billing

Accounts Receivable

Track what is outstanding, apply payments and review client billing history without moving between separate systems.

Single or batch receipts

Payments across matters

Aged A/R reporting

Client ledgers and statements

Flat-fee invoice workflows

Integrated accounting entries

Trust Accounting

Maintain a clear audit trail for client trust funds and the reports needed to keep the account reconciled and reviewable. Brief Accounting meets the trust compliance requirements for all jurisdictions in North America including the Law Society of Alberta's Trust Safety Accounting Upload.

Trust receipts and cheques

Apply trust to invoices

Multiple banks and accounts

Bank reconciliation

Trust journal and liability reports

Client trust history

Office Accounting

Handle day-to-day bookkeeping in the same environment as billing and trust, reducing duplicate entry and keeping financial records current.

General office cheques

Accounts payable

Vendor invoices

General ledger

Chart of accounts

Adjusting journal entries

Reporting

Give lawyers, administrators and accountants the information they need without turning reporting into a separate project.

Timekeeper reports

Work in progress

Payment allocation

GL detail and trial balance

Balance sheet and income statement

Export reports to Excel

A different approach

Not everything needs to live in a browser.

Brief Accounting uses a hybrid approach that combines convenient web-based time entry with a powerful desktop accounting application.

Timekeepers can enter slips from anywhere, while your accounting team works in a dedicated client/server application designed for the heavier demands of billing, trust and financial accounting.

That means your firm gets the mobility of the web without giving up the performance, reliability and control of a local application.

Control your data Your firm retains control over its accounting data, backups and hosting environment.

Less dependence on the internet Your central accounting team can continue working even when internet connectivity is unavailable.

Built for complex accounting A full desktop application provides the depth and responsiveness needed for billing, trust, receivables, payables and financial reporting.

Web when mobility matters. Desktop when control and capability matter.

Flexible by design

Use the modules your firm needs.

Billing, Trust and Office Accounting are tightly integrated, but can also be purchased according to your firm’s requirements.

Talk to us about your setup