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  Accountant
Accountants working for the government and public companies travel to audit other companies or branches of their own company.
Employment of accountants and auditors is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2014.
Accountants who have a lot of special skills, such as certified public accountants (CPAs) and certified management accountants, should have the easiest time finding a job.
www.bls.gov /k12/money01.htm   (506 words)

  
 Accountant - Uncyclopedia
It was the accountant who approached Adam and Eve in the bible and advised them to make sure that all their expenses were classified correctly for tax reasons.
Accountants on rare ocassions have been depicted as charming and attractive men, appealing to people's vanity and presenting them with appealing and attractive temptations.
Accountants pose as very, very boring people; they sit in the office all day doing a few sums, but they are actually supervillains from a far away planet who pose as accountants in order to not arouse suspicion.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Accountants   (434 words)

  
 The investigative accountant and confidentiality in a criminal tax fraud investigation.
If the regular accountant is consulted by someone who believes that he or she is the subject or target of a tax investigation, this accountant should be able to explain the implications of further communication in addition to insisting that the taxpayer retain an attorney.
Once the decision to retain an accountant to assist in the investigation is made, the natural tendency of the attorney or the taxpayer might be to look to the taxpayer's regular accountant because of his familiarity with the taxpayer's finances.
Where two accountants are used, it is easier to distinguish which communications and work papers were for what purpose, and the investigative accountant and the attorney will be in a better position to demonstrate successfully that the attorney-client and work-product protections should be maintained.
www.nysscpa.org /cpajournal/old/14038928.htm   (2666 words)

  
 Accountant
Accountants are expected to have a broad knowledge of the doctrines, theories, and principles of the accounting profession, and to be able to apply these to all types of financial transactions.
Accountant IV Graduation from college with a major in accounting and six years of experience in accounting; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Accountant III Graduation from college with a major in accounting and four years of experience in accounting; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
www.hr.uci.edu /comp/size_neutral/acctg.html   (459 words)

  
 Accountant-City.com Registration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Accountant City shall be sole judge of whether any material is pornographic, obscene, vulgar or otherwise derogatory.
In the event that Accountant City deems any material placed on or transmitted through the Service by User to be pornographic, obscene, vulgar, derogatory, or otherwise not in compliance with Account City's standards, Account City may immediately suspend or terminate the Service without notice to User.
Accountant City may change the terms of the agreement by providing the user with notice of such change not less than thirty (30) days prior therein.
www.accountant-city.com /users/register.aspx   (1613 words)

  
 Accountant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Accountant, or Qualified Accountant, or Professional Accountant, or Accountancy Practitioner, is an accountancy and financial experts legally certified in different jurisdictions to originally worked only in public practices, selling advice and services to other individuals and businesses, but today in addition many work within private corporations, financial industry and government bodies.
Accountants may be licensed by a variety of organisations, such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Institute of Chartered Accountants, and are recognized by titles such as Chartered Certified Accountant, Chartered Accountant, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Certified General Accountant and Certified Practising Accountant.
Senior accountants in Hong Kong may consider this a period of re-learning, adoption of frameworks and principle based standards and a more stringent in governance and regulation of the accounting profession.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Accountant   (3200 words)

  
 Legislating accountant's third-party liability.
Accountants, however, are in the unusual position of having potential liability to unspecified or unknown third parties; this is primarily due to the nature of the accountants' work product--the auditor's report.
Therefore, accountants are in a unique situation which requires them to work for a particular client and to owe a duty of due care to that client, as well as to unspecified third parties who may use and rely on the report in making business decisions.
The Restatement approach expands accountants' liabilities for negligence; any third parties to whom the accountant supplies the work and any third parties or groups (even though specific identifies are unknown) identified by the client as intended recipients of the work will have a cause of action for negligence.
www.nysscpa.org /cpajournal/old/07551220.htm   (3200 words)

  
 Accountants and auditors
Accountants employed by Federal, State, and local governments guarantee that revenues are received and expenditures are made in accordance with laws and regulations.
Accountants also are beginning to perform more technical duties, such as implementing, controlling, and auditing systems and networks, developing technology plans, and analyzing and devising budgets.
Accountants and auditors employed by public accounting firms and government agencies may travel frequently to perform audits at branches of their firm, clients’ places of business, or government facilities.
www.bls.gov /oco/ocos001.htm   (4185 words)

  
 The Office of the Accountant of Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The principal purpose of the Accountant and his Staff is to ensure that persons appointed by the Courts manage the estates under their charge in a proper manner.
The Accountant of Court is also authorised to administer Child Trust Fund accounts where there is no person who has parental responsibilities for a child under the age of 16, who is in care and accommodated in Scotland, all in terms of the Child Trust Fund Act 2004.
Guardianship cases, where the Accountant of Court is supervising the management of the financial affairs of persons deemed incapable of managing their own financial affairs, and where the appointment was made prior to the introduction of the Adult’s with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2002 are currently dealt with in the Edinburgh office.
www.scotcourts.gov.uk /session/accountant.asp   (690 words)

  
 Two Fun Guys and an Accountant Joke Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
An accountant was walking on the countryside when he found a shepherd who had a lot of sheeps.
On the last day the departing accountant tells him that he has left two envelopes in the desk draw and that the envelope number 1 should be opened if he ever encounters any sort of crisis in the job and envelope number 2 if a further crisis occurs.
From a DOC in CA A physicist, an accountant and a lawyer are all standing around at a party discussing if it's better to have a wife or a girlfriend.
www.thorstenconsulting.com /2FGA/JOKE.htm   (5233 words)

  
 Small Business: How to hire a good accountant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
An accountant may have one client who is seeking financing and another who is looking for a good investment; the accountant can put the two together.
Accountants can also refer other professionals, such as attorneys, insurance brokers or bankers, to small business clients.
Fees for accounting services vary greatly and depend upon the size of the firm, the experience of the accountant and the area of the country in which the firm is located.
www.bankrate.com /brm/news/biz/Biz_ops/19991214.asp   (1077 words)

  
 Accountant
Accountants track companies’ expenses, as well as prepare, analyze and verify financial documents.
Management accountants are members of the executive team who record and analyze information about budgets, costs and assets.
CPA accountants will continue to be in high demand, especially as states increase the education and experience requirements for the certification.
jobprofiles.monster.com /Content/job_content/JC_BusinessandFinancialOperations/JSC_accounting/JOB_002_accountant/jobzilla_html?jobprofiles=1   (459 words)

  
 St. Louis Accountant - Why you need an accountant
An accountant can crunch your numbers in a variety of ways to see which setup would be best for your situation.
Your accountant will be able to help you isolate which clients and activities net you the most and which are eating up your time for little or no profit.
Your accountant will probably find deductions you hadn't even thought of as well as ways of building expenses into the second half of the year that will make you happy come next April.
www.st-louis-accountant.com /st.louis.accountant.why.need.accountant.htm   (1221 words)

  
 Finding an accountant
Because an accountant has to know virtually everything about you, your family (if you have children) and your business (if you have one or in the process of setting up one).
To be a CPA most states require students to complete five years of coursework at an accredited university and pass a national exam covering a variety of subjects such as income tax law, business law and theory.
The goal of a good accountant or tax adviser is to help individuals and businesses accumulate and preserve wealth, says Ron Hanser, president of Hanser and Associates, a public relations firm for the accounting, tax and financial firm RSM McGladrey in West Des Moines, Iowa.
www.bankrate.com /brm/news/advice/19990609c.asp   (967 words)

  
 AccountantsWorld
Although accountants are the key individuals who play a pivotal role in the accounting function for small business clients, the developers of accounting applications for small-to-medium-size-businesses treat them like backstage actors.
The painful truth is accountants have lost the control of the accounting process—surrendering it to programs that ignore their crucial role.
For starters, this means that accountants and their clients must share the same data and use the same core application.
www.accountantsworld.com /DesktopDefault.aspx?page=issue&category=story&faid=322   (1046 words)

  
 Office of the Chief Accountant: Application of the Commission’s Rules on Auditor Independence, Frequently Asked ...
The Commission has recognized that certain situations, including those in which accountants and their audit clients have joined together in a profit-sharing venture, create a unity of interest between the accountant and client.
A: No. When an accountant and his or her client, directly or through an affiliate, enter into an agreement of indemnity which seeks to provide the accountant immunity from liability for his or her own negligent acts, whether of omission or commission, the accountant is not independent.
See Question 4 regarding the definition of "principal accountant." If the principal accountant's billings or expected billings include fees for the work performed by others (such as where the principal accountant hires someone else to perform part of the work), then such fees should be included in the fees disclosed for the principal accountant.
www.sec.gov /info/accountants/ocafaqaudind121304.htm   (7332 words)

  
 Accountant/Auditor
Accountants must be comfortable with numbers, but must also spend a considerable amount of time reviewing other people’s work and, in particular, delivering bad news.
Corporate tax accountants, however, are involved throughout the year in corporate decision-making, analyzing the tax effects of corporate investment policy, and advising other company managers on tax-planning issues.
Accountants move to positions in bank operations, budgeting offices, financial analysis, management consulting, the FBI (where accountants track, analyze, and report on illegal interstate money transfers and hidden asset recovery-FBI accountants even brought down Al Capone), and full-service brokerage firms.
www.princetonreview.com /cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=1   (473 words)

  
 Town Accountant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Town Accountant is responsible for maintaining the town's financial records, including the statement of revenues and expenditures, balance sheet, and any other records required by law or regulation.
The town accountant prepares warrants for payment (a list of bills compiled for signature of the Board of Selectmen) and may withhold payment of an item if the expense is illegal, not approved by appropriation, or would cause the appropriation to be exceeded.
The town accountant also prepares the monthly budget report of revenues and expenditures of all town funds.
town.freetown.ma.us /dept?DeptID=ACCOUNT   (192 words)

  
 World of Warcraft Addons: Accountant | World of Warcraft @ Curse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Accountant is a basic tool to track your monetary incomings and outgoings within WoW.
But it is impossible for me to reset the data given in accountant.
apparently, accountant uses the name as the primary key, and doesn't distinguish between the two.
www.curse-gaming.com /en/wow/addons-1313-1-accountant.html   (1187 words)

  
 Accountant
Candidate strongly demonstrates the skills needed to succeed as an Accountant.
Thus, a significant portion (58.8%) of the intended domain is assessed by the Accountant Staff Selector.
Given the demonstrated relationship between the abilities and traits required to perform the eleven key tasks of the Accountant job, and those measured by the Accountant Staff Selector, the test represents a content valid evaluation device for that job.
www.waldentesting.com /main/admintests/acct.htm   (501 words)

  
 NYC Business Solutions - Find an Accountant
Choosing the right accountant is an important step for your business.
Since there are many specialty areas in accounting, financial statement preparation and tax filings, make sure the accountant or firm you choose can handle all of your needs.
It is also important to check the references of the actual accountants who will be handling your business.
www.nyc.gov /html/sbs/nycbiz/html/managing/accountants.shtml   (451 words)

  
 Canon NetSpot Accountant - IKON Office Solutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
NetSpot Accountant is designed with a simple premise in mind: to let your organization better manage the costs associated with document production and output.
NetSpot Accountant is able to communicate directly with the copier or printer itself; no additional hardware on the device side is needed.
NetSpot Accountant is an add-on application that is compatible with all Canon imageRUNNER devices as well as select devices from manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard.
www.ikon.com /products/workflow/AIM/Canon_NetSpotAccountant.asp   (1012 words)

  
 City of Torrance - Accountant
An Accountant is distinguished from a Senior Accountant in that the incumbent is not responsible for a major accounting or auditing function within the Department.
An Accountant receives direction from a Senior Accountant or higher level supervisory position in the department.
A typical way to obtain the knowledge and skills would be: Graduation from an accredited four year college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting; or possession of a Certified Accounting certificate from the State of California or governing agency and one year of experience involving the preparation or maintenance of financial records.
www.ci.torrance.ca.us /6842.htm   (638 words)

  
 The Accountant - Moviefone
Synopsis: The Accountant was produced for British television.
Movie Review: The Accountant / Mountain Xpress / Asheville, NC [The Accountant plays for one show only as part of Patterson Hood's performance, Thursday, January 13 at 9 p.m.].
The Accountant - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times Tracie Hart costars in The Accountant, which was first shown in the US over the AandE cable network.
movies.aol.com /movie/the-accountant/1084510/main   (150 words)

  
 Information for Accountants – QuickBooks: Premier Accountant Edition 2007
QuickBooks: Premier Accountant Edition 2007 provides all-in-one bookkeeping, write-up, and financial reporting tools to complete key accounting tasks and work more efficiently with your QuickBooks clients.
Accountant Edition puts you in the best position to support the small business market with its bookkeeping, write-up and financial reporting tools - plus compatibility with QuickBooks clients.
Only Accountant Edition has the tools to save you time and better serve your clients.
accountant.intuit.com /products_services/quickbooks_premier_accountant_edition/index.aspx   (189 words)

  
 1111 Financial Auditors and Accountants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Accountants plan, organize and administer accounting systems for individuals and establishments.
Financial auditors and accountants are employed by auditing and accounting firms throughout the private and public sectors, or they may be self-employed.
To act as a trustee in bankruptcy proceedings, auditors and accountants must hold a licence as a trustee in bankruptcy.
www23.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca /2001/e/groups/1111.shtml   (476 words)

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