Can you help ! My son has a degree in Accounts and is qualified accountant?
I would like to get him some business cards for xmas as a surprise but I don't know what his title would be and don't want to ask him because I want keep it a surprise ! Any Ideas from you academics out there who may had a degree in business accounts who may know all about this ?? Thankyou ion advance .
Careers & Employment - 3 Answers
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Answer 1 :
I would of thought of just his name, followed by ACCOUNTANT. Or is that just a stupid simple answer.
Answer 2 :
You need to find out which account body he is affiliated to and whether he has attained member status yet. Once you find this out you just put the initials for his registered body after or under his name e.g A Body, CPA or A Body ACCA. Membership of the accountants governing bodies often requires practical training after qualification and is a requirement before you may use the desiganted letters, so in order to ensure you do not get your son into trouble double check his membership status. If your son is not a member of his governing body you can not use the letters pertaining to it, you may however, put down the type of accountant he is e.g Financial accountant or Management Accountant. If he only has a degree in accounting you should put down the type of degree rather than the fact that he is an accountant e.g BA (hons) or Bsc. Hope this helps.
Answer 3 :
A degree in accounts does not qualify you as an accountant. It's often the first step towards becoming a qualified accountant, but he isn't there yet.
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
What is difference in the United Kingdom between a chartered and certified accountant?
What is difference in the United Kingdom between a chartered and certified accountant?
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Chartered Accountant in Britain and Commonwealth Countries is equivalent to CPA in the USA. In England, Chartered Accountants have the designation ACA or FCA, in Scotland - CA. When in Public Practice they also do a lot of Estate work that in the USA is done by Attorneys. In the UK, Cerified Accountants are usually employees in Corporations.
Answer 2 :
There are six accounting bodies in the UK that have royal charters. -The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), designation: ACA and FCA. - The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI), designation: ACA and FCA. - The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS), designation: CA -The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), designation: ACCA and FCCA. And two others. The designations carried by UK accountants will depend on the body/ bodies through which they qualified. Members of the ICAEW, ICAI and ICAS are known as Chartered Accountants while as members of the ACCA are known as Chartered Certified Accountants or Certified Accountants Chartered Accountants and Chartered Certified Accountants have identical legal recognition and the work they do isn’t fundamentally different although, (especially with the ACCA), this can depend on the factors such as the field of specialism chosen by student accountants (management accounting? audit and taxation?) and the auditing, tax, legal & financial reporting systems they studied to qualify. For historical reasons, proportionally more chartered accountants work in public practice (as opposed to industry) than is the case with Chartered Certified Accountants. The other two bodies are CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) but these deal with different fields of accountancy altogether, namely management accounting (CIMA) and public sector finance and accounting (CIPFA).
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Careers & Employment - 2 Answers
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Answer 1 :
Chartered Accountant in Britain and Commonwealth Countries is equivalent to CPA in the USA. In England, Chartered Accountants have the designation ACA or FCA, in Scotland - CA. When in Public Practice they also do a lot of Estate work that in the USA is done by Attorneys. In the UK, Cerified Accountants are usually employees in Corporations.
Answer 2 :
There are six accounting bodies in the UK that have royal charters. -The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), designation: ACA and FCA. - The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI), designation: ACA and FCA. - The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (ICAS), designation: CA -The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), designation: ACCA and FCCA. And two others. The designations carried by UK accountants will depend on the body/ bodies through which they qualified. Members of the ICAEW, ICAI and ICAS are known as Chartered Accountants while as members of the ACCA are known as Chartered Certified Accountants or Certified Accountants Chartered Accountants and Chartered Certified Accountants have identical legal recognition and the work they do isn’t fundamentally different although, (especially with the ACCA), this can depend on the factors such as the field of specialism chosen by student accountants (management accounting? audit and taxation?) and the auditing, tax, legal & financial reporting systems they studied to qualify. For historical reasons, proportionally more chartered accountants work in public practice (as opposed to industry) than is the case with Chartered Certified Accountants. The other two bodies are CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) but these deal with different fields of accountancy altogether, namely management accounting (CIMA) and public sector finance and accounting (CIPFA).
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
What apptitudes and qualities do you need to become a Chartered Accountant?
What apptitudes and qualities do you need to become a Chartered Accountant?
Higher Education (University +) - 2 Answers
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I'd suggest you begin by learning to spell 'aptitudes'
Answer 2 :
Attention to detail (see previous answer), passable mathematics, a liking for routine and an ability to scan documents at speed together with an ability to remember lots of unrelated facts. You also need to be able to keep confidentiality, work to deadlines and develop good business relationships.
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Higher Education (University +) - 2 Answers
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Answer 1 :
I'd suggest you begin by learning to spell 'aptitudes'
Answer 2 :
Attention to detail (see previous answer), passable mathematics, a liking for routine and an ability to scan documents at speed together with an ability to remember lots of unrelated facts. You also need to be able to keep confidentiality, work to deadlines and develop good business relationships.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Why would picking Accounting at A Level help with my career choice of being an Accountant?
Why would picking Accounting at A Level help with my career choice of being an Accountant?
I know this sounds like an obvious answer, im applying for another college and really want to get accepted and want to appear my best. Thanks for any help,
Higher Education (University +) - 4 Answers
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Answer 1 :
yes
Answer 2 :
I actually work as an Accounts Assistant but I have no formal qualifications. It is possible to get a job in this profession without an A Level in Accountancy but it does make life difficult. Any job application you make will be greatly helped by a good grade in Accounts because they'll know that you know all the different points about Accounts that someone unqualified such as myself has to learn from scratch. As with most jobs, there'll still be a certain amount of necessary training but it will help you to already know what they mean when they ask you for something. It will also train you to use accountancy programs such as Sage which some people find hard to grasp (personally I thought it was relatively straight forward but I know some people struggle) and there'll be other computer programs you'll be able to learn i'm sure (I just don't know of any because I don't use them). I want to go and do a day-release course to get an Accountancy qualification because I think not only would it help me learn things that would make my job easier, but it would also make it a lot easier for me to actually apply for a new job in the future. However, if you're determined to get a job in Accountancy, I really would recommend you go and do the AAT courses at University after you've got your A-Level as that will greatly help your application too, and you'd get a lot more skills that the A-Level just won't cover. I've actually been told by a number of people that the A-Level course barely skims a lot of the required skills... On your application, it might be beneficial to mention (if that's your intention) that doing the Accountancy A-Level will help your application to University to do the AAT course and that'll definitely help in my opinion. I hope this has been helpful!!
Answer 3 :
Hiya I'm currently doing AAT accounting which seems to be the best around for a career. You can do it as home based, a college course or as an apprenticeship/work based diploma. I think you need to look at what you want to do long term, statistics A level, and business studies might be better chioces as they are a bit less specialised at this stage. You should probably go chat to a careers advisor as they will have lots of publications on careers and courses. If you go to uni though you could probably start off at a higher level on the ladder. Not sure if this will help Good luck with everything.
Answer 4 :
yes, you should do AL Accouting because it'll help you to get your basics straight before going into the more complicated stuff when you go into higher education. Or else you'll have to learn what AL students learn over 2 years, within the first semseter of uni. If you're sure you want to be an accountant, why put it off for later? If you have to learn it some day anyway, might as well learn it now when you have more time and more attention from your teachers. However, it may not be the best subject to take if you;re looking at college admissions. Depends on the degree you're applying for, but some universities don't recognise Accounting as a full blown subject (like economics, maths and sciences subjects). And just to add, if you want to become an accountant, going through the degree route is probabaly not the best way to go about it. A professional course through ICAEW or ACCA would probably be a better option...
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I know this sounds like an obvious answer, im applying for another college and really want to get accepted and want to appear my best. Thanks for any help,
Higher Education (University +) - 4 Answers
People Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
yes
Answer 2 :
I actually work as an Accounts Assistant but I have no formal qualifications. It is possible to get a job in this profession without an A Level in Accountancy but it does make life difficult. Any job application you make will be greatly helped by a good grade in Accounts because they'll know that you know all the different points about Accounts that someone unqualified such as myself has to learn from scratch. As with most jobs, there'll still be a certain amount of necessary training but it will help you to already know what they mean when they ask you for something. It will also train you to use accountancy programs such as Sage which some people find hard to grasp (personally I thought it was relatively straight forward but I know some people struggle) and there'll be other computer programs you'll be able to learn i'm sure (I just don't know of any because I don't use them). I want to go and do a day-release course to get an Accountancy qualification because I think not only would it help me learn things that would make my job easier, but it would also make it a lot easier for me to actually apply for a new job in the future. However, if you're determined to get a job in Accountancy, I really would recommend you go and do the AAT courses at University after you've got your A-Level as that will greatly help your application too, and you'd get a lot more skills that the A-Level just won't cover. I've actually been told by a number of people that the A-Level course barely skims a lot of the required skills... On your application, it might be beneficial to mention (if that's your intention) that doing the Accountancy A-Level will help your application to University to do the AAT course and that'll definitely help in my opinion. I hope this has been helpful!!
Answer 3 :
Hiya I'm currently doing AAT accounting which seems to be the best around for a career. You can do it as home based, a college course or as an apprenticeship/work based diploma. I think you need to look at what you want to do long term, statistics A level, and business studies might be better chioces as they are a bit less specialised at this stage. You should probably go chat to a careers advisor as they will have lots of publications on careers and courses. If you go to uni though you could probably start off at a higher level on the ladder. Not sure if this will help Good luck with everything.
Answer 4 :
yes, you should do AL Accouting because it'll help you to get your basics straight before going into the more complicated stuff when you go into higher education. Or else you'll have to learn what AL students learn over 2 years, within the first semseter of uni. If you're sure you want to be an accountant, why put it off for later? If you have to learn it some day anyway, might as well learn it now when you have more time and more attention from your teachers. However, it may not be the best subject to take if you;re looking at college admissions. Depends on the degree you're applying for, but some universities don't recognise Accounting as a full blown subject (like economics, maths and sciences subjects). And just to add, if you want to become an accountant, going through the degree route is probabaly not the best way to go about it. A professional course through ICAEW or ACCA would probably be a better option...
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