Notes.

N/001 – N/006 · Thinking out loud on VAT, AI and teams

N/0012026-08

Local AI for finance: nothing leaves the building

The confidentiality problem with cloud AI in tax, and the local-first architecture that solves it.

N/0022026-08

AI does the tedious work. People do the judgment.

The only division of labor that works in AI-assisted compliance — and the one line automation should never cross.

N/0032026-07

Taking a tax team from L1 to L5

AI adoption in a tax function has levels. Most teams are stuck at L1. Here's the ladder I use.

N/0042026-06

The Desktop Review, automated

How a repetitive manual control step became one standard, dashboard-driven process.

N/0052026-05

ViDA and e-invoicing: compliance goes real-time

The EU is moving VAT from periodic returns to transaction-level digital reporting. Most teams aren't ready.

N/0062026-04

What six promotions taught me about compliance teams

Staff to Manager in one specialty, one firm, ten years. The patterns that survived every level.