| In the accounting profession, it is
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| | will be making decisions and informed
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| evident that difference is made between
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| | judgments? How does an accountant
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| bookkeepers and accountants. Whether you
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| | identify, measure and communicate the
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| work in a small business or large
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| | information? Who is interpreting the
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| corporation, it will again make a
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| | accounting information?
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| difference. Are you an accountant or a
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| | Bookkeeping consists of various
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| bookkeeper? Is the consideration of the
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| | mechanisms used to identify and
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| bookkeeping role appropriate?
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| | accumulate the information, in order to
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| We will discuss here both roles that have
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| | measure and provide financial results. A
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| evolved over time, and their principal
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| | proficient bookkeeper will have
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| differentiation, depending on roles
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| | sufficient expertise to provide analysis
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| within small businesses or large
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| | of value to the audience. So, is there a
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| corporations.
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| | difference with accountants?
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| Accounting positions in large
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| | I would associate most of the
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| corporations often consist of day-to-day
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| | "accounting" positions is large
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| recordkeeping. Junior Accountant, Expense
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| | corporations to what a "bookkeeper" in a
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| Accountant, Revenue Accountant, Accounts
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| | small business is. Large numbers of
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| Payable Specialist, General Ledger
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| | accountants today has no accounting
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| Accountant, and much more titles invented
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| | education and are solicited to provide
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| to attract clerical personnel whose work
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| | the expertise in fields such as accounts
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| is primarily performed with
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| | payable, accounts receivable, revenue
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| well-developed systems, detailed
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| | recognition, etc. This is dangerous.
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| procedures and professionally designed
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| | Primarily, I expect accountants to be
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| training programs. Within just weeks,
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| | organization's goalkeepers, deal with
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| large corporations can benefit of highly
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| | internal and external requirements so to
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| educated individuals in record keepers'
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| | reflect what is happening in the
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| positions that will do the clerical side
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| | organization and outside and help the
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| of accounting.
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| | individuals who are not able to
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| On the other side, a "bookkeeper" working
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| | understand the results of operating
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| in a family ran business, will be
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| | activities make the informed judgments.
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| involved in resolving important tax
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| | Both, bookkeeping and accounting involve
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| matters, evaluating the efficiency of
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| | preparing and understanding of
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| operations and managing the broad range
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| | organizations' activities.
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| of complex accounting transactions.
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| | The criteria that guides decisions made
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| I, like most of my peers, think that the
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| | to hire a bookkeeper versus accountant
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| segregation of duties within large
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| | will be the level of education. Wrong!
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| corporations does not help the
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| | Working experience and the use of
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| individuals in their personal
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| | computer systems, ethics, and behavior,
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| development. For those individuals
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| | will prevail in my decision making
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| working in large corporations who are
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| | process for engaging a "record keeper"!
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| frustrated by the low pace, impatient to
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| | Be proud to be a bookkeeper. Not the
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| learn more, and bored of doing routine
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| | bookkeepers are only to perform their
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| tasks, the enthusiasm for learning more
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| | day-to-day, timely, and accurate,
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| fades away. Either they go out and look
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| | transactional system entries but they are
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| for different jobs, or they lose
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| | to keep their education at a level
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| self-confidence for doing anything else.
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| | adequate to perform all accounting
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| Lack of controls, almost inexistent in
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| | paperwork. The increasing demand on
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| family ran businesses, will however
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| | accountants makes the daily work ever
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| stimulate the individuals to make great
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| | challenging and interesting for all
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| sacrifices to achieve success.
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| | involved professionals. Bookkeepers shall
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| Whether we discuss the information issued
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| | be more then welcome to join large
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| by an accountant or a bookkeeper, the
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| | corporations since the need for stable
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| information is used for a decision making
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| | and efficient working environment is
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| process. A means to an end!
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| | apparent. To choose between the
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| "In a broad sense, accounting is the
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| | qualified "presenteeism", in other words,
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| process of identifying, measuring, and
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| | highly educated individuals bored with
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| communicating the economic information
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| | daily recordkeeping work, and involved
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| about an organization for the purpose of
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| | and productive recordkeeping
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| making decisions and informed judgments"
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| | professionals, the choice has no
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| (2003, Marshall, What the Numbers Mean).
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| | alternative.
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| What this statement does not say is who
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