<p>Thank you for your advice, it just seems that nobody else replied. And I’m trying to get more responses by advertising my thread. It is my future and I need to struggle for it, by using any methods.</p>
<p>MY current track in school is to do a BMacc program and they have 3 options in the master’s part of it. One focues on audit, one on taxation, and one is a corporate track. My desires are for tax right now, but as I understand it there is fewer jobs in the public sector in tax, compared to audit.</p>
<p>If I do in fact get the Masters in Accounting Taxation and cant find a job, would firms not hire me for audit due to my tax background?</p>
<p>JDNELY,
If you going to pursue a masters degree, then MS in Taxation is the best out of all, but ONLY if you have a bachelors degree in accounting. If you have other business degree, then MS in Accountancy would be the best, for it makes you eligible for the CPA exam, unlike MS in Taxation. Don’t worry you can perform an audit with either degrees as long as you have your bachelors in accounting, if not, then MS in Accontancy is right for you.</p>
<p>There are a number of MS options for those that want an extra 30 credits, are one of which would be good options.</p>
<p>You can get an MS in forensics, or tax, or accounting, or computer science with an emphasis on internal controls, computer science or even financial planning. I even wonder whether law school qualifies for the extra 30 credits. The key is that the state boards of accounting don’t mandate any particular curriculum for the extra 30 credits.</p>
<p>I am currently in an Accounting Bachelors program. The school offers a BMacc (Bachelors/Masters in Accounting) program adding only 1 extra year and double dipping units from a few classes. So yes, My Bach degree will be accounting and do to the simplicity of the BMacc, my Master’s will be Accounting as well.</p>
<p>The Masters side has 4 specializations.
– Accounting Information Systems Track
– Corporate Track
– Professional Track (Seems to be Audit classes)
– Tax Track</p>
<p>My Questions is that if I choose the Tax track over the Audit track, would that permanently force me into tax? Do public firms hire MS Tax people into Audit positions or do they see your MS Tax and limit you to tax positions. There are fewer Tax positions so I am afraid of the gamble if the latter in the case. Tosh, you say you can preform an audit with either, yes, but will a firm hire you into audit in the first place?</p>
<p>Additionally, would any of the other 3 specializations be of any more use than Tax? If so, why?</p>
<p>I appreciate the help.</p>
<p>The short answer is no, it will not force you into tax.</p>
<p>My boyfriend was tax track. He started in audit. Be prepared to explain why you are a tax track student seeking an audit position, though.</p>
<p>Jdnely, I might suggest you one more option. You can get any masters that interests you, but then, try to get either CPA or CIA (Certified Internal Auditor) certificates and the auditing doors would be open to you. However, if you don’t plan to obtain these certifications, then the audit track will be better, for you said that you mostly interested in auditing. Moreover, if you want to be in the first place to be hired, then definitely you should pursue an audit track because you are going to be trained especially for audit.
Personally, I do not know whether with MS in Taxation you will be allowed to hold upper level positions in audit, but I think that bachelors degree in accounting is simply enough. AND, I believe that any masters degree will take you one extra year to complete because you only need 30 credits to obtain a masters degree, if you have a bachelors in accounting.</p>
<p>hi everyone. I am a freshman at a CSU and am an accounting major because i am interested in it but I have not taken any classes in accounting thus far. And my school is offering an internship opportunity for KPMG to freshman and sophmores so I don’t assume they expect extensive knowledge in accounting or business in general for that matter. But my question is what do they expect from me then if i do apply and get a chance? I am going to learn more about it, but what can a person with no experience be good for to them? Because I have no idea what I would be doing if I had a chance to get an internship with them.</p>
<p>I have a simple question for anyone willing to answer. Does anyone else find it strange that all but one of the big 4 would recruit from a school? If its good enough for the other three, why wouldn’t the last one tag along? There may be some very logical explanation for this, but I just don’t know what it is.</p>
<p>Either your school is just barely on the margin of “good enough” for the other 3 but not for them, or maybe that firm has smaller operations in your area than the other 3. Or maybe it has an exceptionally good pipeline from other schools. At my school Deloitte sends the best speakers and makes the most hires while PWC donates the most money. the other two don’t have as big of a presence. Maybe at some other nearby school the reverse is the case.</p>
<p>I’m finishing up my junior year in high school and trying to figure out what college I’m going to. I am 100% sure that I want to work in public accounting. I’m in a program called Academy of Finance allowed me to take a lot of business classes and a college accounting class at Anderson University my senior year. I have a mentor in the program who is a Senior Accountant at EY. I live in Indiana and my #1 choice for college right now is Purdue University but I want to go to whatever school I will have the best chance at landing a job in the big 4. Purdue is also not AACSB accredited which Indiana U is. Does it really make that big of a difference? Ball State is accredited but anyone with over a 2.0 can get in there. Purdue has a good business school in my opinion. </p>
<p>The other schools I have been looking into are Butler University, DePaul University, Illinois University and Northern Illinois. Would big 4 accounting firms see a MAcc as another big plus? I’d just like to know which accounting program would get me the furthest. I realize the first post says the school doesn’t matter but I feel like it may not matter to your knowledge but in the eyes of a big 4 recruiter it does.</p>
<p>My mentor told me that Purdue is not a school that is on the list of nationally of regionally recognized but that EY in Indianapolis still recruits from there but it may be harder to get a job at a firm outside of Indiana. I figured if I had a good GPA and was pro active about getting a job in the big 4 then I would be able to find one. If a firm doesn’t recruit then isn’t it very hard to get an interview with them?</p>
<p>I realize that is a lengthy read but if anyone has any suggestions or advice then it would be VERY helpful.</p>
<p>Hskid, try to get into Indiana University. I believe, out of those that you mentioned, it has the best business school, please correct me if I am wrong</p>
<p>I am in the process of picking my classes for my final year (5-year BS/MPA program), and I am stuck trying to decide on my final elective. </p>
<p>I need to choose between:
-International Accounting
-Non-Profit Accounting</p>
<p>Would international be better since it would probably deal with issues related to IFRS?
Or would non-profit be better in case I ever decide to work for the government or any other non-profit?</p>
<p>Since I can’t decide, I figured I’d ask any of the accountants reading this thread :)</p>
<p>One idea I had was taking whichever class was harder and try to self-teach myself the easier one since I would like to learn both.</p>
<p>You’ll have to take continuing professional education after you enter the real world and there are bound to be tons of IFRS classes that will be available in the next few years as we implement to those standards. Based on that, I’d go with the non-profit class. Personally, I really enjoyed that class years ago.</p>
<p>Dirk -Just so you know, non-profit accounting and governmental accounting are not the same. They would both be good classes though. Having some experience in non-profit accounting could make you a godd asset at a public accounting firm especially if you wanted to pursue the intricacies of the 990 through CPE courses. International accounting would be good too depending on what it focuses on.</p>
<p>Is the CPA exam equivalent to graduate school level work? Or is it a comprehensive exam of everything you covered in undergrad?</p>
<p>I’ll be eligible to take the CPA when i’m done with my undergrad since I have a degree in Computer Info System - PC Support, so that puts me over the 150 credits and i’ll have 24 accounting and 24 business admin. (Indiana requirements).</p>
<p>Undergrad stuff.</p>
<p>Legit question: what does an accountant do? </p>
<p>:|</p>
<p>It’s my major, and I have no idea. I am cool.</p>
<p>so how hard is “Accounting” as a major? i will soon start my freshman year of college, i was originally wanting to get a degree in marketing then go on to law school. but apparently “Accounting” can get me the same and sometimes more money than what lawyers make. So now i am thinking of just doing accounting. so i have a few questions, how good do you have to be at math to be good at accounting? i am probably average at math(if i try i probably could be well above average) so can an average math student succeed in accounting? do you know how many math classes accounting majors usually take? also what exactly does an accountant do at their job on a day to day basis? i really want a degree that will help me live comfortably. Btw if i get a degree in accounting i will more than likely get an MBA.</p>
<p>so what exactly is the CPA? and i hear about a 5 year Accounting program(i think you get a masters to).</p>