Why ingestion is the hard part
Every intercompany tool on the market assumes you can connect it to the ERP. Outsourced accounting firms and most mid-market groups cannot: the entities run different systems, some are client systems you have read access to on Tuesdays, some are a spreadsheet. What you actually have is exports and documents. TieOut Pilot starts there.
What it accepts
| Type | Formats | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Trial balance / intercompany ledger | XLSX, XLS, CSV, TSV | Any column order and naming; header row detected; multi-sheet workbooks read per sheet |
| Invoices, credit notes, debit notes | PDF (text or scanned), JPG/PNG, DOCX | OCR for scans; handwritten amendments are flagged, never read as the value |
| Bank statements | PDF, CSV, MT940, camt.053 | Fee lines, FX lines and references extracted |
| Correspondence | EML, MSG, pasted text, PDF of a thread | Decisions, amounts and dates extracted with the sender and date |
| Agreements and policies | PDF, DOCX | Clauses indexed so explanations can cite §x.y |
Layout learning
The first time an entity's export arrives, the agent proposes a column mapping and shows it to you. You correct it once. From then on that entity's files map automatically; if the layout changes, you are asked again rather than guessed at.
What it never does
It does not log into your systems, does not pull data on a schedule you did not start, and does not write anything back. Ingestion is one direction: from your files to your workspace.