I have a bachelors degree in
CPA, CMA or Other
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An MBA is a much better "fit" for an Investor or Business owner.
This is the million-dollar question.
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"CPA’s core strengths are in taxes"
Uh, not so fast! That is one of my main gripes with the CPA designation and the way it gets used by the various professional organizations, the CPAs themselves and the corporate and general public consumers of CPA services. It is automatically assumed to confer expertise in all types of taxes.
It doesn't. It never has.
Some CPAs specialize and become
For too long I saw this used as a "smoke screen" by CPA club members to extract larger fees and market the designation as expert in an area where that may or may not be true, depending on the individual. It would be equivalent that saying all doctors are expert surgeons.
For the argumentative here, how much of the CPA exam covers federal and state income tax law? Sales taxes? Property taxes?
Better yet, how much experience is required in each to be certified? Where I'm from, tax work didn't count for any time. Only audit time did. (And yes, I know that things have loosened up since then.)
CPA
If you might not end up working in Accounting, you may want to consider the CFA. It's a difficult exam but highly respected in the investment world. I have a friend that's a CFA. He works for an investment firm as a financial planner and has his own set of clients. CPA or CMA are reputable certifications but are more suited for public or corporate accounting.
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