Ignition + Practice CS

Connect Thomson Reuters Practice CS and Ignition with the Desktop Connector. Sync clients, invoices and payments both ways to automate proposals, billing and collections.

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Why use Ignition with Practice CS

Sync Practice CS clients into Ignition and send bulk proposals from proven templates, with packages, add-ons and automatic price increases built in. Collect payment details upfront when clients sign.

Import unpaid Practice CS invoices on a daily schedule and invite clients to pay online right away. Or bring in Practice CS time with WIP billing and invoice it against the agreed scope.

Payments collected in Ignition post to Practice CS as receipts, with the Ignition reference attached, applied to the oldest open invoice.

Invoices issued in Ignition are created in Practice CS, mapped to projects and engagements, so WIP clears the way your firm already works.

Practice CS stays your system of record for time and billing. Ignition runs engagement, invoicing and payment. No exports, no re-keying.

How Ignition + Practice CS work together

Install the connector

Set it up on a Windows PC or server that can reach your Practice CS database. It takes about 30 minutes.

Match clients and services

See which clients are synced, not linked or only in Practice CS. Match them one by one, in bulk or by CSV.

Send proposals and collect

Send bulk proposals from templates, import unpaid invoices and collect payment online.

Post back automatically

Turn on automations to import new invoices and post receipts to Practice CS every day.

  • "Before Ignition, the process would be up to 30 minutes per client, and we probably had 150 different engagement letters going out. Now we do about five minutes per item, so you're saving 25 minutes per client."
    Marcus Dillon avatar
    Marcus Dillon
    President, Dillon Business Advisors
  • "Ignition allowed us to more than double our revenue. It’s replaced and sped up the proposal and sales process and we can scale the number of proposals we send out."
    Michael Ly avatar
    Michael Ly
    CEO, Reconciled
  • "We want all of our clients to feel like VIPs. And Ignition did something that other platforms didn’t – it allowed us to really play with personalization, to give you a deliverable or a guide to how our services work."
    Keila Hill-Trawick avatar
    Keila Hill-Trawick
    CPA, CEO & Founder, Little Fish Accounting

Built to protect your Practice CS data

Your IT team will want to know how the connector touches your database. Here's what it does and doesn't do.

Nothing moves until you say so

The connector only writes to Ignition or Practice CS when you press an action button, or when an automation you turned on runs.

Least-privilege access

It uses a dedicated SQL login with read access and insert-only access to the tables it posts to. It never updates or deletes Practice CS records.

Secure by design

It connects through a revocable link to your Ignition account, stores credentials encrypted on your machine, and never stores card data.

No silent failures

Anything that can't post cleanly is flagged Needs review with a plain-language reason.

Getting started is simple and free

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Frequently asked questions

Install the Ignition Desktop Connector on a Windows PC or server that can reach your Practice CS database, then link it to your Ignition account. It syncs clients, services, invoices and payments between the two. If you'd rather not install anything, you can still import clients and unpaid invoices with a CSV file.

You can automate proposals, invoicing and collections in Ignition while Practice CS stays your system of record. Securing payment details upfront in signed proposals helps eliminate late payments. With the Desktop Connector, payments post back to Practice CS as receipts, so no one has to re-key them by hand.

Yes. Once your Practice CS unpaid invoices are in Ignition, you can invite clients to pay securely online and capture payment details upfront when clients sign. With the Desktop Connector, you can schedule daily invoice imports and receipt posting too.

With Ignition, you can provide flexible payment options, including credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and ACH. You also have the option to pass on credit card fees to cover your costs if needed.

Ignition does not charge extra for this integration, and it is included on our Enterprise/Pro+ plans for US customers. 

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