Sign client document batches without opening them one by one.
An accounting practice processes the same kinds of batches over and over: withholding certificates at the start of the year, VAT returns each quarter, year-end summaries. Each batch is the same template filled in for different clients, and they all need the accountant's signature.
The problem
The usual flow is to export the PDFs from the accounting software, open each one in a viewer that allows signing with an image, place the signature, save and move to the next. For a batch of forty documents that's forty open-sign-save cycles, easy to skip one and easy to place the signature in slightly different spots.
The Fdo. flow
- Load every PDF in the batch. Drag and drop the folder exported from the accounting software.
- Set up the signature once. The accountant's image, anchored to the "Signed:" label or to a fixed position on the last page. Same for every document.
- Download the ZIP. Each PDF keeps its original filename (client tax ID, document number, etc.) ready to send.
Concrete example
A practice with 80 clients exports the previous year's withholding certificates in January. Each certificate is the same template with different data. With Fdo.: load the 80 PDFs, draw the signature once, anchor it to the "Signed:" word in the document, download the ZIP. Filenames are preserved, so they can be uploaded straight to the client portal or attached to 80 outgoing emails.
The fiscal data shown in the PDFs never leaves the accountant's browser. This avoids the usual "I'll send the PDFs to a web tool to sign" path that is explicitly forbidden in many practices by the data protection officer.
What it isn't
Fdo. is not qualified electronic signature with a digital certificate, and it does not replace the digital signature needed to file something with the tax authority. For that you still need the official tool. What Fdo. covers is simple signature on internal and operational PDFs: client certificates, signed copies for archiving, returns the client signs for their records.