[Anonymous]

It appears that the trend is to NOT put CPA in email signatures. This applies to licenced CPA’s in public accounting, from staff to partners.

Anyone else noticed this trend? Is it not required? As a way around it, it looks like some are just adding “, CPA’s” to their firm name. Is this an exposure/liability move??

[UCFCPA]

At my public accounting firm, everyone with their CPA has it on their email signature. Most partners have multiple other designations also behind their names though. I intend to put it on mine!

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[wendywhite]

I want to put it on everything. (when I finish)!

But realistically I think it will be on my business cards – but as for email signature – it will be on it only if that is the norm for where I work. I'm in industry now – and my boss is not a CPA – but some of the controllers at other locations are – so I'll have to do some digging through old emails to see if it is norm or not.

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[LSNYC]

It is the norm at my company to add it to your signature. I work in Private. I plan on adding it as soon as humanly possible after I pass, AKA it could take IT a year to do it.

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[Kodiak]

If it's an official business / accounting / work-related email, I think it's proper form to include it. Those three letters carry weight like A BOSS.

Internal org emails = looks pretentious. People know who you are.

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[mla1169]

Maybe its a regional thing. I'm in MA, and I don't know a single CPA who works in industry and uses it in their signature. Its unfortunate because I was really HOPING to flaunt it, but those three letters did exactly what they were meant to do and landed me the right job!

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[Anonymous]

I know a few people who do have it in their signature and a bunch that don't. I certainly plan to put it in mine when I'm done. We work hard for this, we should be able to show it off!!

[Anonymous]

I think that adding CPA to work email would be appropriate, we work so hard for this, I think we should be able to show SOMETHING for our efforts (but only when it's obtained, of course!). I know someone who places their MBA in their personal email signature and I think that's a little pretentious.

[tomq04]

Any new thoughts on this?

I'm adding it to mine, at least until it gets me in trouble.

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[mw798]

It's appropriate to put CPA in your signature. It is however not appropriate to ever put MBA next to your name ever. It's tacky and it may cost you interviews. I know my boss throws out resumes of anyone who puts MBA next to his or her name after highlighting the mistake of the candidate to us. If you are going to put MBA next to your name, why stop there? Why don't you put BA or BS next to that as well? You get the point. It's against common business etiquette.

[Anonymous]

Generally if you work in a larger public accounting firm it's explicitly prohibited to add CPA after your name. Pretty much all of the clients I deal with in industry add it to their name though.

[thechapman]

@co10101 at the big 4 firm I work at people are prohibited from adding it to email signatures or business cards

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[Anonymous]

Why is it prohibited?

[thechapman]

@cpa8488 I've never asked because I won't have the work experience for another 9 months or so. Seems like they'd want to flaunt having a bunch of CPAs. However, allowing people to put CPA on everything would make associates without it stand out, and maybe clients would throw a fit about some of the staff not being licensed? Who knows

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[jbisdamon]

That's weird.. At my firm the email signatures vary.. Some put it and some don't. However for business cards the firm specifically orders you new ones with “CPA” after you name if you pass.. Guess it varies place to place..

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[stoleway]

I guess it's a different story when you work in public accounting. I work in industry and I don't use it, simply because my manager and my team mates don't have the CPA designation, so using it in my signature would make me look a little bit arrogant or an attention seeker.

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