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ACCOUNTING Hall High School Ms. McDermott. Accounting Exciting and Challenging System of RecordingSystem of Organizing.

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Page 1: ACCOUNTING Hall High School Ms. McDermott. Accounting Exciting and Challenging System of RecordingSystem of Organizing.

ACCOUNTING

Hall High SchoolMs. McDermott

Page 2: ACCOUNTING Hall High School Ms. McDermott. Accounting Exciting and Challenging System of RecordingSystem of Organizing.

AccountingExciting and Challenging

System of Recording

System of Organizing

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What is Accounting• The language of business.

Sensible Business Decisions

Good Judgments

Successful Business

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Careers in AccountingEntry Level

Accounting Clerk

Sorts, records and files data

Can specialize

Bookkeeper

Entire bookkeeping process

Supervise account clerks

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AccountantsInterpr

et

Analyze

Summarize

Plan

Record

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Pathway to a Career

A sound, fundamental knowledge of accounting

allows you to navigate through the various paths

to reach your career goal.

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Moving up the Career Ladder

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CPA

Certified Public Accountant

Requirements vary from

state to stateU. S. citizen At least 21

years old

College graduate with

major concentration in accounting

Comprehensive two and

one-half day exam

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Public Accounting

Does not work for any specific company

Auditor Management advising

Tax advising

General accounting

Performs services for individuals and organizations

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Private Accounting

Employed by a specific company

General accountant

Industrial accountant

Management

accountant

Controller (chief

accountant)

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Not-for-Profit Accounting

Employed by organizations the operates for an objective other than that of

earning a profit.

College or university

Public hospitals

Public charity

Government agency Church

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Forensic AccountingWorks in

major accounting

firms

Investigating mergers and acquisitions

Tax investigation

s

Economic crime

investigations

Civil litigation support

Specialized audits

Terrorist investigation

s

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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

• Rules that govern how accounting personal measure, process and report financial data.

Financial Data

Report

Measure

Process

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GAAP

Adequate

disclosure

Cost principal

Materiality

Objectivity

evidence

Going concern

Business entity

concept

Consistency

Matching

principal

Realization

principal

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Accounting Organizations

American Institute of Certified AccountsFinancial Accounting Standards BoardSecurities and Exchange Commission

Internal Revenue Service

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Certifications in Accounting

Certified Public Accountant

Certified Fraud Examiner

Certified Internal Auditor

Certified Management Accountant

Certified Bookkeeper• Two years experience• Pass exam• Sign a code of ethics

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Computer and AccountingComputer has taken over

accounting

Easier to complete

time-consuming

and mundane pencil-pushing

tasks

Frees workers

to do more

important tasks

Excel

QuickBooks

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Regardless of how automated and sophisticated

accounting systems become, you need a firm foundation in basic accounting

principles.