Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Can I Get That In Writing?

21 Feb 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief excerpt, Speaker A confronts a colleague about a recent accounting decision, asking for a written statement that explains why the transaction was recorded the way it was. The speaker emphasizes the need for documentation to protect themselves during future audits, expressing doubt that the expense qualifies as a legitimate business item and indicating that the decision was directed by someone else.

Can you sleep at night with this decision of what you're— where you're putting this on the books? And please put that in writing so I can take that snippet and stick it inside my transaction so that I can remember it 3 years from now when you're audited, why I put it there. You directed me to put it there because I don't want to have that on me. I know I'm looking at this going, this is not a business item.