Quoted as he said it, so it stays his standard and not a paraphrase of it. When a judgement call comes up, this is the tiebreak.
“as long as the total amounts of deposits and withdrawals equal what’s shown on the bank statement, and like you have the business expense identified to whatever business expense, that’s all that you need to focus on because the rest of it, we can change, we can do whatever, and we’ll have the raw information to be able to sort through it much quicker.”
The whole standard, in one sentence — tie to the bank statement, and identify the business expense. Everything else is adjustable later.
Still open with him