Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
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Out of curiousity, do most consultants provide electronic (pdf) or paper copies of reports to their clients?
I do almost 100% electronic for everything I write (papers for grad school, homework assignments, consulting reports, etc). However, a couple times when I have requested copies of public record documents from the city government, they have claimed not to have electronic copies and wanted to photocopy them.
Which is more common in the consulting world?
I do almost 100% electronic for everything I write (papers for grad school, homework assignments, consulting reports, etc). However, a couple times when I have requested copies of public record documents from the city government, they have claimed not to have electronic copies and wanted to photocopy them.
Which is more common in the consulting world?
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RE: Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
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RE: Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
RE: Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
With the recent change to Florida Statues regarding wet seals, are you issuing maintaining an original signed and sealed copy of all drawings, letters, reports, etc. and transmitting copies or scans of these documents, or are you issuing original signed and sealed documents, only with a wet seal instead of an impression?
Hope this isn't a thread hijack, but it seems inline with the original post (just a little FL specific).
Daniel Toon
RE: Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
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RE: Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
RE: Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
I haven't purchased my "wet seal" yet, but what I've done in that regard is to make an impression seal and imported that as a graphic into Adobe Acrobat for signature purposes.
I also have one with a signature overlay that I can paste directly into a document, then produce a PDF.
I put a sentence at the bottom to note the electronic copy:
"This is an electronic copy provided to expedite the receipt of the information contained herein. A signed and sealed original is maintained on file."
Ron
RE: Electronic or paper copies of consulting reports
If the reports normally get questioned if they were submitted by the client for invoice payment, then I would always send over an extra wet stamped copy. Doesn't happen for us though.
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