Terms of Use | Aligned Consulting

Acceptance of These Terms

These Terms of Use are an agreement between you and Transform with Kristin LLC, a Florida limited liability company doing business as Aligned Consulting (“we,” “us,” or “our”). They apply to alignedconsultingco.us and everything on it.

By accessing or using this website, you accept these terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the website. If you are using it on behalf of a company or other organization, you represent that you have authority to accept these terms for that organization.

Your use of this website is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these terms by reference.

Who We Are

Aligned Consulting provides accounting cleanup and reconstruction, financial systems consulting, process improvement, workflow automation, custom-built business solutions, financial operations consulting, and accounting technology implementation.

Aligned Consulting is not a certified public accounting firm. Nothing on this website should be read as holding the practice out as one. We do not perform audits, reviews, compilations, or any other attestation or assurance engagement. We do not provide legal services, investment advice, or securities recommendations. We do not provide tax return preparation, tax representation, or tax opinions unless a separate written agreement expressly says otherwise and we are authorized to do so.

No Client Relationship

Submitting an inquiry, using this website, or receiving information through it does not create a client relationship. A client relationship is established only through a written agreement executed by Aligned Consulting and the client.

This applies to every point of contact on this site: filling in the contact form, emailing the address published here, requesting a conversation, or having an initial call. Until a written agreement is signed by both parties, no engagement exists, no work is authorized, and we owe no duty of performance to you.

Because no client relationship exists at that stage, do not send confidential, proprietary, or sensitive information through this website. Information sent to us before an engagement is signed is not covered by an engagement’s confidentiality terms and may not be protected from disclosure. Send only what is needed to describe the problem in general terms.

We may decline any inquiry for any lawful reason, including a conflict, capacity, or fit. We are not obligated to respond to every inquiry, and a delayed response or no response does not create any obligation on our part.

No Professional Advice

The content on this website, including service descriptions, articles published under Insights, examples, and any other material, is general information about the kind of work we do. It is published for education and to help you decide whether to contact us.

Accessing this website does not create any accounting, tax, legal, investment, audit, assurance, advisory, fiduciary, or other regulated professional advisory relationship, and nothing on it constitutes professional advice of any kind.No content here is a substitute for advice from a qualified professional who has reviewed your specific facts. Accounting treatment, tax positions, reporting requirements, and legal obligations depend on circumstances this website knows nothing about.

Before acting on anything you read here, consult a licensed CPA, attorney, tax professional, or other qualified advisor about your own situation.

Engagement Agreements Control

Actual consulting work is governed by the written agreement for that work: the engagement letter, proposal, Statement of Work, Master Services Agreement, or other written agreement executed by both parties. That agreement defines the scope, deliverables, fees, timeline, responsibilities, confidentiality obligations, and the terms on which the work is performed.

If anything in these Terms of Use conflicts with an executed client agreement with respect to that engagement, the executed agreement controls for that engagement.These terms continue to govern your use of this website in all other respects.

No Reliance on Website Content

We make a genuine effort to keep this website accurate, but we do not warrant that it is. Content may become out of date as standards, software, regulations, and our own services change, and we are under no obligation to update it. Content may also contain errors or omissions.

You should not rely on anything on this website as the basis for a business, financial, accounting, or legal decision. Any reliance you place on it is at your own risk.

Descriptions of past work are illustrative and generalized. They describe categories of engagement, not guarantees. Every situation is different, and no outcome, timeline, or result is promised or implied by anything on this site.

Permitted Use of the Website

You may view, browse, and print pages of this website for your own informational use, and for the internal purpose of evaluating whether to engage us. You may share links to it freely.

Any other use requires our prior written permission.

Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

Use the website for any unlawful purpose, or in violation of these terms
Copy, reproduce, republish, sell, license, or redistribute content from this website for commercial purposes without our written permission
Present our content as your own, or remove any attribution or proprietary notice
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, its hosting environment, or any connected system
Interfere with the operation of the website, including by introducing malware or by overloading, flooding, or disrupting it
Use automated means, such as scrapers, bots, or harvesters, to collect content or contact information from this site, or to submit the contact form
Use the contact form to transmit spam, chain messages, solicitations, or anything unlawful, defamatory, harassing, or infringing
Submit information that is false, or impersonate another person or organization
Use content from this website to train a machine learning or artificial intelligence model without our written permission
Circumvent any security or access-control measure on the website

We may restrict or block access to the website by anyone who violates these terms, without notice.

Intellectual Property

The content of this website, including text, articles, service descriptions, page structure, design, layout, typography, graphics, images, photographs, and code, is owned by us or used with permission, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

The Aligned Consulting name, the wordmark, and the tagline “Time to Get Aligned.” are our marks. Nothing on this website grants you a license to use them. Other names and marks appearing on this site, including accounting and business software referenced by name, belong to their respective owners; we reference them descriptively, and their appearance does not imply affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, partnership, or certification unless expressly stated.

Except for the limited permission described under Permitted Use, no right, title, or interest in the website or its content transfers to you.

Your Submissions

You are responsible for what you send us. You represent that you have the right to submit it, that it is accurate to the best of your knowledge, and that it does not violate anyone else’s rights or any obligation of confidentiality you owe to another party.

We treat inquiries as business correspondence and handle them as described in ourPrivacy Policy. As noted above, information sent before an engagement is executed is not subject to an engagement’s confidentiality terms. Do not send anything you would not want disclosed.

If you send us feedback, suggestions, or ideas about our website or services, you agree we may use them without restriction, attribution, or compensation. This does not apply to your business or financial information, which we do not use for any purpose other than those described in the Privacy Policy or an executed agreement.

Third-Party Links and Services

This website may link to or reference websites, platforms, and services we do not control. Those links are provided for convenience. We do not endorse, and are not responsible for, the content, accuracy, availability, practices, products, or security of any third party, and we are not liable for any loss arising from your use of them. Your dealings with a third party are between you and that third party.

Parts of this website rely on third-party providers, including the service that delivers contact form submissions and the provider that hosts the site. Their availability and performance are outside our control, and we are not liable for their failures or delays.

Website Availability

We may change, suspend, restrict, or discontinue this website or any part of it at any time, without notice and without liability. We do not guarantee that the website will be available, uninterrupted, timely, error-free, or free of harmful components. You are responsible for your own connection, device, and security.

Disclaimer of Warranties

This website and all content on it are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranty of any kind, express or implied.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, and any warranties arising from course of dealing or usage of trade. We do not warrant that the website will meet your requirements, that defects will be corrected, or that the site or the servers delivering it are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so parts of this section may not apply to you. This section does not limit any warranty expressly given in an executed engagement agreement, which is governed by that agreement.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, arising out of or relating to your use of this website or your inability to use it.This applies regardless of the theory of liability, whether contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise, and even if we have been advised that such damages are possible.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to this website and these terms will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars ($100.00).

This limitation applies to your use of this website. It does not apply to and does not limit the liability provisions of an executed engagement agreement, which are governed by that agreement. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Transform with Kristin LLC, its members, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, cost, or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to your use of this website, your violation of these terms, your violation of any law, or your violation of the rights of a third party. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification, at your expense, and you agree to cooperate with that defense.

Governing Law

These terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to this website are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of law rules.

You agree that the exclusive venue for any such dispute is the state or federal courts located in St. Johns County, Florida, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. Dispute resolution for a specific engagement is governed by the executed agreement for that engagement, which controls if it provides otherwise.

General Provisions

If any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, that provision will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions stay in full effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.

These terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding your use of this website, and they supersede any prior understanding on that subject. They do not supersede an executed engagement agreement. You may not assign these terms; we may assign them in connection with a transfer of the business. The sections on intellectual property, submissions, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law survive any termination of your use of the website.

Changes to These Terms

We may revise these terms at any time. The effective date at the top of this page shows when the current version took effect. Changes apply going forward from the date they are posted, and your continued use of the website after that means you accept the revised terms. Check this page periodically.

Contact Us

Questions about these terms can go to:

Transform with Kristin LLC
d/b/a Aligned Consulting
hello@alignedconsultingco.us
35 Durbin Station Ct, Ste 105
Saint Johns, FL 32259