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    unsavory picture of accountants, but this profession doesn’t deserve such a bad reputation. Accountants make a pretty good living, and they have a lot of job security. After all, as long as people make money, they'll need other people to handle it for them. Put simply, an accountant is a person who keeps or inspects financial records. They’re “numbers” people who excel at organization and detail-oriented work. Since they deal with money – sometimes significant amounts of it – accountants must also possess

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    organization. Accountants are relied upon to be trustworthy and maintain high ethical standards. It is because of the nature of the profession that puts them in a position of trust with people who rely on their professional judgment and guidance in making decisions. These decisions are extremely important in accounting and more so that companies that have high ethical standard or main good ethical culture spend enormous time to train the staffs about the conduct that is expected of them. Accountants are held

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    encourage ethical and responsible behavior to their employees. Accounting profession has a code of ethics containing the required behavior of accountants for the profession. It represents the ethical requirements needed to observe and comply in order to act responsibly in the public interest. The fundamental principles presented in the code help accountants avoid any action that could discredit the profession. The code of ethics provides an opportunity for accounting professionals to examine the values

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    Meta Description: Being a bookkeeper and being a tax accountant are two very different things. Letting your tax account handle your federal taxes makes sense for a variety of reasons. Meta Keywords: Federal taxes, Tax accountant, Tax preparation, CPA vs. bookkeeper The Job of a Bookkeeper and the Job of a Tax Accountant are Two Different Things Bookkeepers and tax accountants both operate in the same arena but they have very different specialties. To maximize the benefit to your business make sure

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    “All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.” ― Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason We, as accountants, work within a framework that defines a numerical view of reality. Our understanding of organization and management is influenced by different images and insights generating from the subject of our investigation (Davis, Menon and Morgan, 1982, pp. 307–318). By recognizing how images and metaphors shape

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    Radiology Vs Accounting

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    Technologist Salaries, it states, “The median annual Mammography Technologist salary is $66,063, as of September 30, 2016, with a range usually between $59,873-$72,376.” On the other side tax accountants also make a dissent amount of money. In the tax accountant 1 salaries, it states, “The median annual Tax Accountant salary is $53,092, as of September 30, 2016, with a range usually between $47,468-$60,042, To become a mammorgrapher there is an education requirement. In the online article, what are the

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    Page 1 Recommendation Page.3 Executive summary Page.4 Introduction Page.5 Analysis Page.6 Recommendations and conclusion Page.7 Appendix 1 – Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants Page.8 References Page.9 Page 2 Recommendation Erin should notify Smart Worx of the postponement as it is consistent with ethical principles of integrity and professional competence. As Erin is complying with these codes of ethics

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    accountancy student. It should be depicted by elusive terms such as perception, judgment, integrity and wisdom (pp.1). Based on an article entitled ‘The Personality Types of People who become accountants’ and written by Thompson (n.d), it explains how there is no single personality that is present in all accountants. He further explained that although there are diverse personality types of Accountancy students, some characteristics have been found to be common among accounting students. They tend to trust

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    accounting practices. These contrasts with normative accounting[->1] theory, that seeks to derive and prescribe "optimal" accounting standards. In other words, the accountant should to obey the standard accounting rules and regulation to prepare financial report and they must utilize optimal accounting standards. But in this film, lots of accountants prepare the misleading financial report, which make the potential investors and shareholders believe that companies still operate profitability, and on-going

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    Ringing in the new year also means the start of another tax filing season. People begin to gather all the receipts and other documents needed to file their year tax returns. For some this is an easy process for others, it can be stressful and hard to figure out; this is when a tax professional can lend a hand. Making a mistake on a tax return can have the IRS in Galt CA sending notification of an audit. Certified Public Accounts (CPA) are professionals at helping people with their tax returns and

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