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Review is not a second opinion on the conclusion. It is a check that the conclusion can be reproduced from the sources. Harriet Larkspur on what gets approved, what gets preserved, and how a correction is written.
Harriet Larkspur · Managing Partner · · 4 min read
Learning
Prove what you know, then learn what you need. Harriet Larkspur on the associate certification track: a pre-assessment, three short modules, a timed review, and the one thing the badge does not mean.
Harriet Larkspur · Managing Partner · · 4 min read
Practice operations
A time entry is evidence, not a sales pitch. Rohan Mehta on factual narratives, why the signed letter comes before the invoice, and how a private research note and a shared methods note are billed differently.
Rohan Mehta · Tax Partner · · 4 min read
How we work
Halden Foods is matter 2041. Orrin Marine is matter 2057. Their working papers are never in the same place, even though some of the same people work on both. Harriet Larkspur on what a matter lane is and what it protects.
Harriet Larkspur · Managing Partner · · 4 min read
How we work
Before anyone at Larkspur & Vance opens a client file, there is a signed engagement letter. Here is what it records, why a request on a call is not a change of scope, and what goes wrong when a firm skips the letter.
Harriet Larkspur · Managing Partner · · 4 min read