i have my CPA, a 3.87 graduate GPA for my MSA, and am in tax at a big four
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an accounting department that has been there for at least 15 years
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You should be able to find that information in the student handbook of your particular college. \n\nAt mine, you had to get a GPA below 2.0.
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Buddy,\n\nIf your good at accounting you will make serious dough but be ready to kiss your social life good bye. The private firms such as Pricewaterhouse Cooper pay starting 50K a year for the first three years and work you like dogs. But the big raises come pretty soon....If you can make it there for 10 years without quitting from lack of sleep-expect to make double the number you mentioned. Only problem is no one can do it for a long time. Like anything it takes a lot of work.\n\nBut generally out of college you make 45-55K starting. They usually expect you to go and get a CPA license..public accountants make anywhere from 70-110K depending on how much you want to work. Public accountants are good because you basically choose your own ours and work when you have to ....great for families.\n\nToo much info? Good...I wish someone told me this in high school. :-)
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I think anything above a 3.0 counts as really good.  Then again, I go to a school where only 4 or 5 people have graduated with a 4.0 (our average grade really is a C...), so your standards may be different.  Are you planning to apply to grad schools?  Cause if not it doesn't make a whole lot of difference what your GPA was.\n\nCyanne, that was unnecessarily harsh.  He's clearly trying to improve his GPA, and that counts for a great deal.  Besides which, very few people graduate from my school with above a 3.5 GPA, and yet we have among the highest rates of graduates go on to earn PhDs of all colleges in the US, so at the very least it depends a great deal upon the instution from which he will graduate.
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ask your counseler\n      OR\ndivide the total number of people in your class by the number of people who have the same or better GPA  than you
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Wow!  That is amazing!  And here I though GPA's only went as high as 4.0.
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It has to be a year to year thing.  Since each taxpayer is different when it comes to the type of deductions, it is impossible to get things exactly right with the withholdings.  \n\nBasically, each withholding gets you $3200 that is not taxed.  They guess (based on your wages) what your bracket will be after all deductions and withholdings, but since everyone is different, it isn't quite right.  \n\nAfter you do your taxes this year, figure out what your tax rate is (divide the tax owed by the adjusted gross amount - the amount after all deductions).  If you multiply this rate by $3200, this will give you a pretty good idea of the tax savings of 1 withholding for you.  You can then decide how many withholdings to claim to come up with the closest to perfect amount withheld.\n\nExample:\nIf you find out that your tax rate is 18%, then a withholding for you is worth $576.  If you have a refund of $1500 this year, you can say that you needed 2 more withholdings (576 x 2 = 1152).  You could bump your withholdings up to 3 and be much closer to perfect.  You would still have a refund of $350, but if you were to claim 4 you would owe $225, which is much worse in my mind. \n\nThere is no way to break completely even, but you can come pretty close.
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Check the webpage for the Pennsylvania State Board of Accountancy at <http://www.dos.state.pa.us/bpoa/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=432421>.\n\nEach state's requirements are slightly different, so it's best to check with them to see whether or not your credentials work.\n\ngood luck!
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cpa is de best u can make a lot of money frm it
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The previous answer works, and that is how colleges determine your gpa, but converting from a 100 point scale to a 4 point scale can be simplified.\n\n - Take your gpa on a 100 point scale (87.3)\n - Multiply by 4\n - Dividie by 100\n\n(87.3 x 4)= 349.2\n\n349.2/100 = 3.492\n\nYour GPA (On a 4.0 scale) is 3.49
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That's a start.  Now you have to get a job and get at least 3 years of work experience working for a CPA or CPA firm auditing company's books, tax experience ect..  Then you have to pass a 4 part test, which inculdes Auditing, Business Law, Taxation and Accounting Theory.
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If you already have a Bachelors in commerce it will be very easy for you to do. The best way to do this is to go for an associate degree in accounting  in a community college and then transfer to a four year college. If that is not possible you can start by taking diploma courses from\n H&R Block\nJackson &Hewitt etc.\nI am also currently in the process of expanding my business for the next tax year. If you are interested please feel free to contact me.
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If your income goes up at all and puts you out of the Earned Income Credit guidelines, it could pose a real problem.  To be safe you should continue claiming 4 which is high as it is.  Besides the return is nice at the end of the year and you dont really notice the withholdings much.
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Hard I guess depends all on what are you good at. But just to give u an Idea Auditing and the Accounting papers are both 4 hours long , the regulation is 3 hours and the bussiness is only 2.5 hrs so I guess if u want to thought with the shortest ones then that will be a good idea. That is what I am currently doin BEC and REG
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Don't let the others scare you.  You will pay:\n\n6.2% for Social Security\n1.45% for Medicare\n4.3% for Federal (assuming you enter Single 0 on your W-4)\n?% for state\n?% for local\n\nAt worst, 15% will be gone for taxes.  I don't know how Michigan taxes you, so I put in ??.  It can't be much.  Here in PA it is 3.07%.  In CA it would have been close to 0% because you didn't earn much.\n\nI am assuming your parents still claim you as a dependent.  If not, your federal will be lower.  15% is a worst case estimate based on solid assumptions.  As you earnings rise, the percent for federal will rise too, but social security and medicare will remain a constant percentage.  I highly suggest entering Single with 0 withholding allowances on your W-4.  The W-4 is one of the forms your employer will have you fill out when you start work.\n\nGood luck and don't worry so much about taxes.  Try to earn as much as possible!
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It really depends on the state you work in. For the Big4 in CA, NY, and other big markets don't expect anything less than 50k starting . I know some friends who've started at 55k in SF and gotten about a 3k signing bonus. Also, if you pass the CPA during the first couple years the Big4 usually throw in another bonus. In middle markets, I've heard you make slightly less, 47k-50k.\n\nIf you work at a midsized firm (e.g. GT) expect about the same/slightly less salary than at the Big 4.\n\nGood luck on your job hunt.
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This is a great question.  As an accountant you should be able to do the financial analysis on this pretty easy.\n\nThe first answer to your question is that a Masters in accounting, especially on top of a CPA, has the potential to open many, many doors to you.  It will give you access to jobs that you would not be able to get without the masters.  Whether it will be easy to get those jobs is another question.  It depends.  Do you have a criminal record?  Are you articulate?  Do you have good work habits?\n\nTo do the economics consider these factors.\n\nCOST\nIf you study full-time, then in addition to the $40K price tag of the degree, you have the opportunity cost of lost income during the 1-2 years of your studies.\n\nThere are masters programs that cost as little as $17K and as much as $80K.  Have you picked the right one?  What is your objective?  A less expensive degree will open doors that simply require a masters degree.  Some exclusive positions require (it is illegal to put this in writing, but its true in the background) a "top-tier" degree - from an expensive school.  If you want those jobs, you'll have to cough up.\n\nSubtract from these costs any tuition reimbursement your company gives you, grants or scholarships, etc.  Don't subtract loans.\n\nBENEFIT\nA) How many years do you expect to work before you retire?\nB) How much extra do you think you might make, on average, per year, because of the Masters?\n\nMultiply AxB and see if it is greater than or less than your costs.\n\nMy guess is if you have 20 or more years left in your career, the masters probably will make sense.  Reason being that if all the masters has to do is give you one opportunity that increases your income by as little as $2K a year, the degree pays for itself.  Now if you have to stop work or you decide to do a more expensive program, the math gets harder.