What's the best accountant to be (I.E. Tax accounting, CMA, CPA, Auditing) ?
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CPA specializing in taxation has the easiest time finding work.  PARTNERS make the most money.  No matter which accounting specialty you go into, make absolutely certain that you are COMPUTER LITERATE and understand COMPUTERIZED DATABASES or you will be an old fogey within a few years.\n\nIf you're good at math, an ACTUARY makes much more money than any of the accountants.  Actuaries have math degrees.
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It is an accountant that is specialized in taxes, many of them have master in taxes, they will help you a lot.
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Being an accountant is not cool.  It never was, and it never will be.\nHowever, it will always be NECESSARY.  If a company makes money, they need accountants.  If a company loses money, they need accountants.  If a company makes the same as last year, they need accountants.  I think you get the point.\nIf you can get your CPA, you will have steady work for life.
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Major in Accounting...then go to grad school.  Most states require 150 credit hours, and specific accounting coursework to sit for the CPA exam.  Some states also require public accounting experience.\n\nYou could also major in something else too...though Accounting would be the quickest way to finish.  I was Marketing undergrad....and I'm about to sit for the CPA exam in Maryland sometime next year.  \n\nBest Wishes to you!\n\nWould like to add that it's well worth it too! The work is good and stable.\n\ncheck out:\nhttp://www.nsacct.org/index.asp
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Chartered Accountant (CA) is a brand originated from British Royal Charter and widely spread in the Commonwealth since its inception in 19th century. The standard for UK CAs is said to be equivalent to a British degree.\n\nIn the accounting profession, there is no competitive league table similar to Master of Business Administration. As such, no accounting body can ethically claim to be the best in the world or equivalent to an MBA in the absence of a fair comparison. For non-British nations, Certified Public Accountant brands are the most popular. In the 21st century, CPAs or non-Chartered Accountants (even in United Kingdom and Australia) have become the largest bodies in terms of global membership. e.g. ACCA & CPA-Australia. As CAs can now freely merge with or reciprocate with non-CAs or non-audit bodies, equal treatment is given to all stakeholders. All auditing bodies recognized under statutes should have acceptable quality.\n\nIn the United Kingdom, there are five accounting bodies authorised by the Department of Trade and Industry under the Companies Acts to audit the accounts of a business as Registered Auditors. A member of these bodies will generally be known as a graduate member after passing all the necessary exams and then become an Affiliate, Associate or Fellow. Their counterpart in U.S.A is called American CPA or CPA of individual state board of accountancy (without mutual recognition agreement at Federal level). He or she should have been trained by a recognized qualifying body (RQB) such as the Association of International Accountants (AIA), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS),the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW), Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland or Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). The primary authority is the Companies Act while the traditional authority is a Royal Charter granted by Her Majesty the Queen. Apart from brand preference, all five registered auditors are with equal status under law, particularly by reference to EU directives for mutual recognition with auditors of all twenty-five EU member states.\n\nIn Britain, ICAS is the oldest and smallest of these organisations. The AIA is the youngest with just around 76 years. In terms of number of members, ICAEW is the largest in England and EU while ACCA is the British largest global accounting body. All five British registered auditors are recognized to be a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) subject to certain requirements. As such, "English Chartered Accountant equivalents" in UK are AIA and ACCA, recognised by the DTI, and by mutual recognition agreement with HKICPA, China (as Hong Kong was formerly a British state pre-1997).HKICPA is the only accounting body which gained exemptions from China Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Beijing (CICPA)and with reciprocal with six chartered accountants.\n\nConsumers or employers may be confused by the standing of Chartered Accountants (CA) in various jurisdictions. CAs in UK and those in the Commonwealth may not be interchangeable or be regarded as equivalent standards. Many jurisdictions have their own accreditation programs for admission of foreign or out of state accountants for quality assurance.\n\nSimilarly in the Republic of Ireland, there are five audit bodies under the Irish Companies Act: the Institute of Certified Public Accountant in Ireland, Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, ACCA, and ICAEW, three of which are the same in the UK. "Irish Chartered Accountant equivalents" in the Republic of Ireland are the CPA (Ireland) and IIPA.\n\nIn United Kingdom and Ireland, there are other accounting bodies which have received the Royal charter or Royal Coat of Arms such as CIPFA,CIMA and ICEA but which are not yet authorised by the DTI to be Registered Auditors. It seems that such bodies will merge with
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What do you mean by "chartered"?\n\nIf you mean CPA, sure.
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Any charted accountant can do it.
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If you know you will be auditing a specific area (i.e. financial institutions, benefit plans, etc.) the AICPA puts out "Audit and Accounting" guides which are a great reference.
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By going through hell. :D\n\nThe way folks in my area become accountants is as follows:\n1). Go to a Business College in an accredited university.\n2). Get As in all the major accounting courses.\n3). Join a student organization (preferably an honors one) and use the opportunity to network with professionals and recruiters from major firms and companies.\n4). Apply to all of these major firms if you have decided that this is still what you want to do after going though all the required classes\n5). Balance interviews with your grueling courseloads.\n6). Panic.\n7). Graduate, hopefully with the major you have chosen.\n8). Start work and/or start studying for the CPA Exam, which is a part of the overall CPA Certification Requirements that involves a comprehensive final on all the stuff you've already forgotten upon graduation. :D\n\nIf you want to know how to become a CPA, that depends on what state you are from and what kind of Pathway you are seeking.\n\nTo answer the second part of your question, a lot of CPAs in my area typically make around 50k-60k starting, but our cost of living is rather high (I am in San Jose, CA).\n\nHope this helps! E-mail me with any questions you have - I work a lot with people in the accounting field, specifically in recruiting from my University. I am at Yahoo! at HisDivineShadows.\n\n-HDS
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Management Accountant - CMA\nAn accounting designation whose holder has formally demonstrated a mix of expertise in financial accounting and strategic management. This certification expands on financial accounting by adding management skills that help to make strategic business decisions based on financial information.\n\nInvestopedia Says: Entry to a Certified Management Accountant program requires a university degree. The program comprises a series of tests that participants need to pass to receive the designation. This accounting certification program is administered by an accounting association in each country, such as the American Accounting Association in the U.S. and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association in Canada.
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CA or CWA exams if you want to be Accounts professional.\nCS exams if you want to move towards co. secretary prof.\nMBA if you want to move towards Management side ( which I think would be a best move).
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Well, unless you know someone who needs work done, I'd say you need to go to work for a CPA firm who performs outsourced work. Once you have a lot of experience and a good client base, MAYBE you'd be able to go out on your own and make good money at it. I guess you could advertise, but I know we like to hire firms who either have good referrals or who we have had good experiences with in the past.
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I'm currently a staff auditor for a public accounting firm.  I chose audit because I believe that you learn more from audit than tax.  With tax you are in the same office each and every day and you do relatively the same thing day after day.\n\nI enjoy auditing because I have variety in my career.  I am not in the office all that often, maybe 1 week per month.  Sometimes more, sometimes less - depends on the client and the firm you work for.  I enjoy traveling to different areas and I get that opportunity.  I also like audit over tax because if you want to leave public accounting after a few years (with is pretty common in the profession) you have more career options than that from being a tax accountant.
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creativity and accountancy are miles apart. So you need to choose profession which can fulfil your needs. you seem to have mathematical abilities. Accountancy is used in forensic investigation, try knowing more about it. strategic consulting could be a good choice but u need start with MBA.
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The first thing to note is that the answer to which is more interesting is completely subjective. If you took a random survey, my guess would be that more people would answer finance rather than accounting - but the bean-counter stereotype of accountants is rapidly changing with the hype generated by Worldcom, Enron, and the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Act.\n\nPublic accounting is a mighty interesting place to be, my recommendation would be take Intermediate Accounting - that's what will determine whether you can stand accounting. Nonetheless, auditing is a great springboard into anything in the business world.
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There are two ways to become an accountant either though training or though an accounts degree.\n\nYour first step would be to do an accountant techcians course such as CAT.  Then you can either do a degree and be a qualified but not a chartered accountant or do the ACCA or CIMA.\n\ni have finished the irish version of the accounting technicans course and it took me 2 years to complete the exams and i am currently working my way towards the required 2 years work experience before i can become a member.  The techicans exams allow you to skip the first year of any accountancy degree and the professional exams.  Definately worth doing.  \n\nTry these websites for more information:\n\nhttp://www.acca.co.uk/\nwww.cimaglobal.com/\nwww.iati.ie\n\nHope you find what you are looking for.\n\nxx
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Accounting is a boring job.\n\nHowever, spending the large amounts of money that you make as an accountant is very enjoyable.