Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about how Sourcery works. Can't find what you're after? Send us a message via the Contact page.
What is Sourcery?
Sourcery is an automated record-keeping service for Australian investors and their accountants. You forward or upload financial documents — rent statements, bank statements, broker reports, dividend statements, fund documents — and Sourcery reads them, extracts the details, and prepares draft double-entry accounting records for review.
How do documents get into Sourcery?
Two ways: email or upload. Every portfolio gets its own Sourcery email address — forward documents as they arrive (or have your property manager, broker or fund send them directly) and they are processed automatically. You can also upload PDFs directly in the app.
What types of documents can it process?
Sourcery handles the documents that drive investment bookkeeping: rental/agency statements, bank and loan statements, broker contract notes and holding statements, dividend and distribution statements, fund and registry documents, plus SMSF-specific items such as ASIC fee invoices and activity statements.
Document support is always expanding — if something you rely on isn't processed, let us know via the Contact page.
What happens after a document is processed?
Each document is classified, its financial details are extracted, and draft journal entries are created and matched against related documents (for example, a dividend statement against the bank statement showing the deposit). You review and approve the results — nothing becomes final without you seeing it.
What if the extraction gets something wrong?
Automated extraction is very good but not perfect, which is why review is built into the workflow. You can correct or manually override any entry, re-match transactions, and re-process documents. Your corrections take precedence over the automated values.
Do I need accounting knowledge to use it?
No. Sourcery does the double-entry bookkeeping under the hood and presents results as plain-language records, reconciliations and reports. Accountants get the full journals and trial balance; investors get a clear picture of income, expenses and holdings without needing to know what a journal entry is.
Who is Sourcery for — investors or accountants?
Both. Self-managed investors use Sourcery to keep their property, share and SMSF records complete all year. Accounting firms use agency accounts to manage many client portfolios, with clients forwarding documents as they arrive so files are complete before lodgement time — no year-end document chase.
Does Sourcery support SMSFs?
Yes. Sourcery supports self-managed super funds holding property and shares, including fund-specific documents like ASIC fee invoices and activity statements, and keeps parent-fund and investment-level records linked.
How does pricing work?
Plans include a monthly allowance of processing credits, with per-credit pricing beyond that. There are plans for individual investors and for accounting firms. See the Pricing page for current plans and inclusions.
Is my data secure, and where is it stored?
Your data is hosted with reputable cloud providers using Australian regions where practicable, encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access controls and optional multi-factor authentication. Your documents are never used to train AI models, and we don't sell your data. See our Privacy Policy for full details.
Is Sourcery financial or tax advice?
No. Sourcery is a record-keeping and workflow tool. It prepares accounting records from your documents but does not provide financial, taxation or legal advice — for that, talk to your accountant or adviser (and give them access to your beautifully complete Sourcery records).
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