Small Business Taxes

E‑Signature and OCR Tools: Streamlining Tax Document Workflows

Updated 2025-10-28

Collect signatures quickly, standardize document intake with OCR, and keep a clean audit trail for your tax files.

  1. E‑signature policies
  2. OCR intake & naming
  3. Storage & retention
  4. Audit trails & roles
  5. Privacy & encryption

E‑signature policies

Use templates for recurring forms and client consents.

OCR intake & naming

Adopt a canonical filename convention with dates and doc types.

Storage & retention

Classify documents by year and entity; apply retention schedules.

Audit trails & roles

Log who signed, when, and which version; restrict editing.

Privacy & encryption

Encrypt at rest and in transit; restrict PII access.