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The terms that govern use of joelfriend.com and any interactions initiated through the site.
Draft for counsel review. These terms were drafted from how this website actually operates. They have not been reviewed by an attorney. Before launch they need review by counsel familiar with Florida law, professional-services website terms, and the interaction between these terms and the firm’s engagement letters.
By using joelfriend.com you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
We may revise these terms from time to time. The current version always appears on this page with the date it was last revised, and continuing to use the site after a revision means you accept it. We do not send individual notice of changes to these terms.
Everything published on this site — articles, service descriptions, form explanations, examples, and figures — is general educational information. It is not tax advice, legal advice, accounting advice, or investment advice, and it does not account for your particular circumstances.
Tax law changes, thresholds are indexed, and the right answer for one owner is the wrong answer for the owner down the street. Do not act on anything you read here without talking to a professional who knows your situation. Reading this site, emailing us, or submitting a form does not create a CPA-client relationship.
A client relationship with Joel Friend & Associates begins only when both sides sign a written engagement letter describing the scope of the work, the fee arrangement, and the responsibilities of each party.
Nothing on this site is an offer to perform services, and nothing you send us through this site is confidential in the professional sense until an engagement is in place. Where an engagement letter and these terms conflict on any point, the engagement letter controls.
The content of this site — text, articles, layout, graphics, and code — is owned by Joel Friend & Associates and protected by United States copyright law. “Joel Friend & Associates” and the firm’s logo are marks of the firm.
You may read, print, and share individual pages for your own non-commercial reference with attribution intact. You may not republish or sell the content, and you may not use the firm’s name or marks in a way that suggests an affiliation or endorsement that does not exist.
This site links to outside resources — IRS pages, the Florida Department of Revenue, professional bodies, and occasionally a third party’s article. We link to them because they were useful when we wrote the page.
We do not control those sites, we are not responsible for their content or accuracy, and a link is not an endorsement of the organisation behind it. Government guidance in particular is revised regularly; check the date on anything you intend to rely on.
The site is provided as is. We make no warranty that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or current, and we disclaim implied warranties to the fullest extent Florida law allows. To the extent permitted by law, Joel Friend & Associates is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from use of this site or from reliance on anything published here.
This limitation covers the website only. It does not limit our responsibility for professional services performed under a signed engagement letter — that responsibility is governed by the engagement letter and by the professional standards applicable to CPAs.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of use of this site will be brought in the state or federal courts serving Broward County, Florida, and by using the site you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.
Questions about these terms can be sent to [email protected] or by mail to Joel Friend & Associates, 2863 Executive Park Dr Ste 105, Weston, FL 33331.
