What is an accountant?
An accountant is a person who tracks the income and assets of businesses over time. Accountants engage in a wide variety of activities besides preparing financial statements and recording business transactions, participating in strategies for mergers and acquisitions, quality management, developing and using information systems to track financial performance, tax strategy, and health care benefits management.
What types of accountants are there?
Accountants specialize in a variety of fields including, but not limited to, audit, budget analysis ,financial, management and tax accounting.
Where do accountants work?
Some accountants prefer to work alone, but in general they usually work for public accounting firms, the government or corporations.
What are some of the top accounting firms?
Some of the top accounting firms include KPMG/Peat Marwick, Ernst and Young, Arthur Andersen and Price WaterhouseCoopers amoung others.
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There are different types of accountants.
Accountants specialize in a variety of fields including, but not limited to, audit, budget analysis, financial, management and tax accounting.
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