What are the benefits of becoming a Certified Public Accountant?
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Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are accountants in the United States who have passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and have met additional state education and experience requirements for licensure as a CPA. Only CPAs are professionally licensed to provide to the public, attestation (including auditing) opinions on publicly disseminated financial statements.\nMany states prohibit the use of the designations "certified public accountant" or "public accountant" (or the abbreviations "CPA" or "PA") by a person who is not licensed as a CPA. According to the National Society of Accountants, the "public accountant" does exist nationwide subject to certain exceptions.
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Dear Friend,\n\nThere are economic benefits.  Depending on whether you work for a big firm, for yourself, for government and/or, or a corporation, the salary can be huge or minimal.  \n\nThere are social benefits.  For all the lawyer jokes, being an attorney is still a widely-respected profession.  To be an attorney is to have a certain amount of status.  More fundamentally, much of society is run by people with law degrees -- like all judges, most legislators, and a fair amount of executives and other government officials.\n\nBut, ultimately, you will hate the law if you choose it for those reasons.  The only real reason to be a lawyer is because you want to take part in the progress of the law, the continual and gradually process of creating an orderly and equitable society.  Even the big money attorneys working for world-class corporate clients have to think in terms of values like due process, reasonableness, fair notice, and proportionality.  It is a professional all about getting facts straight and making value judgments -- applied social philosophy -- and when approached correctly, it can be the best job in the world.\n\nYour Friend,\nFrancesois
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enroll yourself in a degree course with major in accounting  and start to prepare to give CPA or CA exam
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JUST A ACCOUNT PAYABLE IS A VERY GOOD JOB TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING. YOU WOULD LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP IN AN OFFICE SETTING, WITH PEOPLE WITH THE SAME INTEREST THAN YOU. GET AND KNOW PEOPLE THAT COULD BE OF HELP AND GOOD REFERENCE  IN THE FUTURE
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It means you hire an accountant. You have some advantages that most people overlook.
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It all depends.  If you ever get in a downsizing situation (or a centers of excellence reorg) it sure would be a good idea to be the one dba holding a certification.  If your company has ever had the experience of hiring a bogus certified dba, they won't look at yours with any particular favor.
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You did not say what your educational level is, but even if you have just a high school graduate, at the age of 49, you still have time to go to college, get your degree in accounting, and get certified as a CPA. Being an accounting is not particularly hard work physically, so you can work at this profession for at least a decade, or so.
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I'll list a few things about it - you can be the judge if it's positive or negative.  \n\n1.  If you do bookkeeping, it can be repetitive, same thing every month\n2.  You will deal with the public alot if you work at a CPA office \n3.  Tax season usually means long work hours and you will most likely not be able to take any vacation/days off from Jan - April
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a Certified public accountant?, i certanly dont know ... but you can try to find out
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Heavens, no!  Once you've earned your degree, it's yours.  Whether or not you're certified has no bearing on your degree.\n\nAnd CPA is not the only certification.  There's the CMA, CFM, CIA, and CFP just to name a few.\n\nDon't let the CPA exam be your only direction.
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One of the benefits is that you become eligible to\na lot of higher educational opportunities.\nAlso a lot of professional courses can be\npursued once you have a basic degree in science.\nYou become eligible for employment in industry and\ngovt. institutions depending upon your subject of\nspecialization.\n\nOf course, if you have acquired the basic skills\nin experimentation, ability to analyze problems \nlogically, learnt about the scientific method\nand philosophy of science; there is no limit to\napplying these in your personal life as well.
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No.  All you really need is to pay attention to details and be willing to put up with semi-tedious work.  If you put your mind to it, you can easily become an accountant.
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Some people have become accountants without degrees and are in practice currently, but that doesn't happen very often any more with more people going to college.  You need a four year degree in most universities to have a Bachelor in Accounting.  If you want to be a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) you need 150 credit hours though.  150 credit hours take most people five years.  You also have to pass a very extensive test that could take you a very long time to finish as it has to be completed in several sections.  Most accountants get their four year degree, get a job, and then work on their CPA certification as they go.  Good luck!  It's a great job market.  Every one needs accountants!
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Accounting...4 year degree and getting a CPA license.  A friend of mine did both and he makes alot of money.  Start by looking into what universities you like...you can also start at a community college if you want, get an associates degree in accounting and transfer to the 4-year university to finish the bachelor degree in that field.  Maybe go on to get an MBA at a business grad school.  That would be another 3 years, but the income jumps up with more education.
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By having a prfessional prepare your taxes they will be able to make sure sto include everything that has to be included this may make it more profitable and also the IRS is less likely to audit you on your taxes if a professional prepares them. \n\nThere may be a fee but it is often worth it because you get the most out of your money. The tax professional will make sure that you get everything that you can get (credits and deductions) and if there is an audit you will have a professional there to help you through it. At most professional tax offices (H & R Block) there are also guarentees to the taxes being right and if they are not right they will usually make it right with you (Pay penalties or some of the amount you owe if they were wrong).
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It's a useful thing to know about if you're in a corporate job, but to work as an "accountant" is not for everyone.  It leans towards back-office work (where no one really gives you the glory you deserve), and it involves a lot of repetitive, boring activities.  If you are an extrovert, or if you have poor attention to details, this is not really the job for you.\n\nHowever, taking up Accounting does not necessarily "doom" you to a career in accounting.  Knowing about it will give you an edge in certain jobs such as investment banking, finance, management, marketing, and other corporate jobs because it gives you awareness of where the money is and where the money goes.  Also, if you decide to become an entrepreneur, accounting is a critical skill to have.
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They are called an accountant or cpa (Certified Public Accountant.)