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Considering a career in accounting? You have several
choices you can look at before making a decision as to which way you
might decide to tread. There are several fields you can consider with
auditing probably being the most prestigious of all. Even though you
could look at bookkeeping, accounts receivable, and payable and several
other area you could try. However auditing is probably the most visible.

If
you choose the auditing field, you can do a lot to help big companies
keeping all the stuff that goes on in proper order. However you can
become a government auditior for the IRS, or other government areas. If
you become a government auditor you have got to learn to shed the
hatred and resentment that comes with especially the IRS area of
auditing.

The increase in auditing jobs will grow a huge amount
in coming years. So it might a better field to be involved with. If
your taste excludes the Government and IRS auditing positions. Still
most all Companies must have certified Audits on a regular basis. The
larger companies must have a full time in house auditors. So as you can
see the field is not shy on needed personnel.

Most Auditors are
advanced as well as full fledge accountants. This is they way you would
move up your companies ladder by doing a superb job in the field you
start working in, then as positions higher open up, you are able to
move up if you are doing a super nice job in your present position.

If
you are an auditor, you main job consists of examining and verifying
all the corroborating statements. Examining all the financial
statements, making sure everything adds up as well as balances. When
the figures do not balance, there has to be a reason why? It is the
auditors job to find out why not and what must be done to prevent
future mistakes from happening.

If you are an auditor, you have
to be constantly on the lookout for the well being of your company tax
records. Also to be able to legally avoid tax liability for the
company. However if you are an auditor for the government, you are
constantly searching for areas and steps that companies and individuals
have taken to avoid taxes, some legal and some illegal. When tax
returns are filed that appear to be erroneous you have to scrutinize
them in every area. It is your job as a government auditor to make sure
that all taxes due are paid and to leave no loopholes open that should
not be.

As many businesses at times file tax returns with a lot
more expenses than a company of that nature should have. Then its time
for the auditor to determine, if these expenses are correct and proper.
If these expenses and receipts do not meet the tax code criteria, the
companies can face harsh penalties and fines. Thus the reason that most
government auditors are disliked to the point of being hated and are
given very bad reputations. It cannot be avoided. You have no choice
but to do your job properly.

You will discover that being a
government auditor is probably one of the top career positions you can
hold. When you are in this position it is your responsibility to
ascertain that people file tax returns properly and responsibly in
order to avoid cheating the tax man.

An auditor must be able to
decipher the different technologies being used by different companies
these days. No more sitting all day crunching numbers by hand, you must
be trained on all the latest machines and technology being used by the
various companies you will come into contact with on a daily basis. The
government auditor must always be prepared to present his findings in
court cases. There can be no guessing nor supposing when this happens.
Thus the reason for the government auditors higher pay.

In the
event you decide you might like being a company auditor you will need
at least a bachelor of science degree in accounting. If you proceed on
and get your Masters Degree there will be still considerably more job
opportunities that are open to you. In a lot of cases you will need to
be certified, in some states no certification is required, depends on
where your located, call them and find out what you will need.

If
you are young and just out of college you can count on starting out in
the $35000 range, as you gain more experience you can move up a good
bit. Most company Auditors are in the neighborhood of 50 to $60000 per
year. A lot of the Auditors especially the Senior auditors are earning
as much as $80 thousand per year. So as you can see being an Auditor is
not a lowly paid career. Some earn big money. Do not worry about the
starting salaries, it is the ending ones that really count.

Despite
the fact that most of the government auditors have poor reputations, if
you believe it is something you are cut for. If you love crunching the
numbers. You know you will have a good job and career. Why would you
really care what others think and say as long as you do the best job
you can possibly do. Do your job properly and you will be rewarded
properly this is the main reason for choosing an accountancy career to
begin with.