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- Who needs a CPA?
A CPA (Certified Public Accountant) is a personal financial planner, a management consultant, a management information specialist, a business consultant, and more.
- · CPAs act as advisers to individuals, businesses, financial institutions, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies on a wide range of financial matters. Today, many individuals turn to CPAs for help with both their tax preparation and personal financial planning.
- · Increasingly, people rely on CPAs for assistance in building college funds, planning for retirement, and creating estate plans.
- · Business owners and managers of various for-profit and nonprofit organizations have traditionally depended on CPAs for auditing services and advice on developing effective accounting systems, maximizing operating results, and resolving various management problems. In addition, CPAs assist businesses in designing and installing data processing and management information systems.
- · CPAs also serve in management at companies of all sizes. As corporate managers, they perform many of the same services that outside CPAs do. They also bring special expertise and insight to management issues, helping to reengineer company finance functions, structure transactions for the capital markets, manage employee benefit plans, and prepare and analyze financial and operational information for management decision-making. Whether chief financial officer, controller, or head of human resources, CPAs are trusted members of many successful companies' senior management teams.
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