One standard behind the practice, the classroom and the library
McLean Standard builds accounting tools and teaching material on one shared map of authority. A rule is written down once. The same row feeds the tax rule, the audit step, the textbook chapter and the exam question.
- McLean SystemsBookkeeping, planning and analysis, and one client portal for private equity firms, accounting firms and bookkeeping clients.Open McLean Systems
- McLean ResearchStandards turned into code: GAAP, tax law and IFRS mapped to the steps that use them, with an open library of research.Open McLean Research
- McLean AcademyTextbooks, courses, exam prep and homework, all written on the same map of authority.Open McLean Academy
- 15finished Full books
- 176chapters, all readable
- 8working books pages in the demo
Watch one rule travel
A rule is written down once. Follow it from the page of law to the work and the classroom.
- The ruleWritten once in plain words, with its source.
- The tax stepThe return line that uses it.
- The audit stepThe test that checks it.
- The chapterThe book page that teaches it.
- The exam questionThe question that proves it.
This is an early preview for friends and family. Have a look around, open a book, and tell us what you think at the bottom of any page.
Start here
- The modelAuthority on top, our systems in the middle, client data in, deliverables out.Open now
- VisionWhere this is going and why.Open now
- Business planThe plan, with numbers you can move.Open now
- McLean TaxA guided interview on a made-up taxpayer.Open now
- One placeEvery number, down to the entry and the standard.Open now
- Your firm modelEnter your own numbers, pick services, see the estimates move.Open now
- How it all connectsThe backbone: rule to control to workpaper to file to number, and every view tagged.Open now
- People roadmapBringing staff along: involved, not afraid, culture kept.Open now
- InvestmentsHoldings, fair value levels and the disclosures. Accounting only.Open now
- Public company viewAn annual report mapped to rules, controls and gates.Open now
- The whole pictureHow the rules, the work and the books connect, with the numbers.Open now
- Client portalOne front door for private equity firms, accounting firms and bookkeeping clients.Open now
- McLean SystemsThe bookkeeping system. A working set of books for a made-up company.Open now
- AcademyTextbooks, courses, exam prep and homework.Open now
- AuthorityThe rules in plain words, tied to the steps that use them.Open now
- SearchOne box across rules, courses, chapters and terms.Open now
- AskAsk a question and get an answer drawn from this site.Open now
- What is newA running list of what has been built.Open now
- LibraryOpen-access research mapped to the chapters and steps that use it.Coming later
And at home
- McLean Personal FinanceYour accounts feed in, every dollar gets a job, and you are told in plain words what to do next.Open now, on a made-up household
- SubscriptionsThe ways it could be offered. Drafts.Open now
- What is open, by who you arePick your seat and see your pages.Open now
- What a lawyer still has to reviewAn honest list.Open now