Accountant?
What qualifications to u need to be an Accountant :) Roughly what pay do u recieve (after tax)
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Answer 1 :
It really depends on where you work. Here in the United States, some places are more expensive to live in and so the accounting jobs will pay a higher wage rate. It also depends on if you work for a big company or a small one. Bigger companies tend to pay more. The type of accounting you do also matters. If you are doing bookkeeping versus auditing, the auditing position will pay more. Pay also varies depending on how much experience you have. A person who has worked a few years can expect a higher pay rate than a person just out of school. As for qualifications, it depends on what type of accounting you are asking. For a bookkeeping position, you only need an Associates degree, which is a two-year college degree here in the U.S. If you want to work for an auditing firm, they want a four-year university degree. If you want to move up in the company, you want a four-year degree. An MBA will help and so will a CPA.
Answer 2 :
You need to have at least a BA degree in accounting. The industry is complex enough that you really can't avoid this. Salaries very a great deal depending on where you decide to work, what area you choose, and whether you pass the CPA exam and get your license. You can earn as little as $40k or millions, if you're really competitive and improve your training and education. (Because of efforts to standardize the field of accounting worldwide, this answer is actually good for about 2/3 of the countries in the world. International accounting standards of the IASB are not very different from those of FASB in the United States. Of course, you have to learn the standards used in your own country, and you have to license in your own country, but when you do, you'll have a great deal of understanding that can carry you in other countries as well.)
Answer 3 :
Lots of Yanks around here aren't there. UK (and Oz) you need a Certified/Chartered, or other RQB, qulaification to audit company accounts, but no actual qualification to act for individuals. Check out the ACCA and ICAEW websites, which both have Oz branches.
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