· 0 ·The New Hire
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· 0 ·
The New Hire
in the place of the fool
upright
Fearless, curious, and certain the binders will hold.
reversed
The binders were a cliff. The dog was receipts.
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· I ·The Spreadsheet Wizard
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· I ·
The Spreadsheet Wizard
in the place of the magician
upright
One pivot table to summon order from the chaos.
reversed
A VLOOKUP returned N/A and so did your faith.
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· II ·The Materiality Threshold
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· II ·
The Materiality Threshold
in the place of the high priestess
upright
She knows which errors are allowed to simply exist.
reversed
That penny haunted you for three more hours.
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· III ·The Binder That Ties
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· III ·
The Binder That Ties
in the place of the empress
upright
The client hands it all over tabbed, labeled, already reconciled. You almost don't trust it.
reversed
It tied because two errors canceled out, and you'll never find where.
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· IV ·The Managing Partner
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· IV ·
The Managing Partner
in the place of the emperor
upright
The throne of billable hours, and he has never seen a laptop.
reversed
Signs your work, takes the credit, leaves at four.
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· V ·GAAP
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· V ·
GAAP
in the place of the hierophant
upright
The sacred codex; every debit has its blessed credit.
reversed
The standard changed and nobody told the juniors.
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· VI ·The Engagement Letter
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· VI ·
The Engagement Letter
in the place of the lovers
upright
Two parties join in a contract written to last.
reversed
That request lives in paragraph four: out of scope.
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· VII ·The Extension
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· VII ·
The Extension
in the place of the chariot
upright
Form 4868 grants you six glorious borrowed months.
reversed
October is here and you did exactly nothing.
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· VIII ·Reconciling To The Penny
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· VIII ·
Reconciling To The Penny
in the place of strength
upright
Calm hands close the beast's two halves at last.
reversed
Off by a dollar that costs you the whole night.
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· IX ·The Lone Reviewer
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· IX ·
The Lone Reviewer
in the place of the hermit
upright
One lantern of a tickmark over the silent floor.
reversed
Everyone went home; the workpapers did not.
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· X ·The Fiscal Year-End
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· X ·
The Fiscal Year-End
in the place of wheel of fortune
upright
The wheel of quarters turns and lifts you skyward.
reversed
One client closes June 30 just to ruin you.
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· XI ·The Audit
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· XI ·
The Audit
in the place of justice
upright
The binder is perfect; let the examiner come.
reversed
The sample landed on the one entry you fudged.
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· XII ·The Last K-1
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· XII ·
The Last K-1
in the place of the hanged man
upright
The return is finished. It stays open on your screen because one K-1 still hasn't come.
reversed
You call again. Still with their other accountant. You leave it open another week.
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· XIII ·The Write-Off
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· XIII ·
The Write-Off
in the place of death
upright
A dignified farewell; the dead receivable is laid to rest.
reversed
They paid the day after you wrote it off.
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· XIV ·The Adjusting Journal Entry
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· XIV ·
The Adjusting Journal Entry
in the place of temperance
upright
Patient hands pour debit into credit until it balances.
reversed
The fix created two new entries to fix.
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· XV ·The Shoebox Client
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· XV ·
The Shoebox Client
in the place of the devil
upright
A battered box and a Post-it that simply reads trust me.
reversed
A cough drop is taped to the only receipt that mattered.
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· XVI ·The Restatement
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· XVI ·
The Restatement
in the place of the tower
upright
The tower of reports falls and you finally feel awake.
reversed
Root cause: one locked cell nobody ever checked.
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· XVII ·The Partner Track
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· XVII ·
The Partner Track
in the place of the star
upright
Another brutal season logged, another rung climbed. This could finally be the year.
reversed
Same review notes as last year, word for word. One rung higher, on paper only.
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· XVIII ·The Suspense Account
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· XVIII ·
The Suspense Account
in the place of the moon
upright
You park the entry you can't explain in suspense, certain you'll circle back and clear it.
reversed
It's carried the same unexplained balance for three years. No one remembers what's in it.
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· XIX ·The Refund Direct-Deposited
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· XIX ·
The Refund Direct-Deposited
in the place of the sun
upright
The deposit lands; for one bright hour, you are a hero.
reversed
They asked when next year's would arrive.
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· XX ·The Final Review & Sign-Off
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· XX ·
The Final Review & Sign-Off
in the place of judgement
upright
The trumpet sounds; the return rises sealed and done.
reversed
At midnight the phone buzzed: just one more thing.
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· XXI ·April 16th
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· XXI ·
April 16th
in the place of the world
upright
You dance in a wreath of shredded W-2s; it is finished.
reversed
Far on the horizon, a small cloud reads October 15.
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