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Getting Started

Learn how Institution works, how your workspace is organized, and what to expect after purchasing or requesting a service.

Getting started with Institution

Understanding your Institution workspace

15 articles

Account and Workspace

Manage sign-in, account access, profile information, workspace members, notifications, and account settings.

How to sign in to Institution

Troubleshooting sign-in problems

20 articles

My Services

Understand available services, activation statuses, service requests, and how to manage ongoing work.

Understanding the My Services page

What Not activated means

15 articles

Bookkeeping

Learn how bookkeeping workflows, monthly close, account connections, documents, reports, and bookkeeping requests work.

Getting started with Institution bookkeeping

Understanding the monthly bookkeeping process

30 articles

Tax

Understand business tax preparation, tax documents, deadlines, notices, extensions, amendments, and planning workflows.

Getting started with business tax preparation

What documents are needed for tax preparation

35 articles

Company Formation

Learn how company formation requests, business names, formation documents, EIN requests, and post-formation steps work.

Getting started with company formation

What information is needed to form a company

30 articles

Registered Agent

Understand registered agent service, official notices, address changes, renewals, and document delivery.

What a registered agent does

Understanding Institution registered agent service

18 articles

Compliance

Manage annual reports, franchise tax, state notices, business information updates, and ongoing company obligations.

Understanding company compliance

What appears in the Compliance section

24 articles

Tasks and Requests

Learn how to complete tasks, respond to information requests, submit work, and track progress.

Understanding the Tasks page

Understanding the Requests page

20 articles

Documents and E-Signatures

Upload, review, download, organize, and electronically sign documents securely.

How to upload a document

Supported document types

25 articles

Invoices and Payments

Understand invoices, receipts, payment status, billing methods, failed payments, refunds, and account billing.

Understanding the Invoices and Payments page

How to view an invoice

25 articles

Proposals

Review service proposals, understand scope and pricing, accept terms, and sign agreements.

Understanding the Proposals page

How to open a proposal

15 articles

Messages and Appointments

Communicate with the Institution team, manage threaded conversations, and review scheduled appointments.

Understanding Institution messages

How to start a new conversation

20 articles

Support Cases

Create, track, update, and resolve support requests with the Institution team.

How to create a support case

Choosing the right support topic

20 articles

Security and Privacy

Learn how Institution protects account access, documents, business information, and customer communications.

How Institution protects your account

How Institution handles uploaded documents

15 articles

Troubleshooting

Resolve common browser, upload, access, display, notification, and performance issues.

General troubleshooting steps

Institution is not loading correctly

24 articles

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