OT: Things CPA's do that have NOTHING to do with accounting

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  • #174100
    mla1169
    Participant

    Thought this would be fun.

    Tell me something you do at work that has absolutely NOTHING to do with anything you studied on the exam (or in school for that matter).

    I’ll go first…….random government surveys/census things. I swear if it were up to me we’d just blow it off and pay the fine 😉

    FAR- 77
    AUD -49, 71, 84
    REG -56,75!
    BEC -75

    Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

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  • #378233
    Marivy22
    Participant

    ….Create reports like crazy for every stupid little thing that not only management needs, but sales people, technical support, even the receptionist… I am the system administrator by default, just beause nobody *$&Y#$&#)($ …. 😉

    Sometimes I wonder why I studied accounting and finance instead of IT.

    Done 😉
    Class of 2012!!!!
    Lots of prayers and hard work....

    #378234
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Putting together binders for presentations. At times I feel like a well paid admin!

    #378235
    jeff
    Keymaster

    Peer Mediation

    AUD - 79
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 76
    REG - 92
    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS)
    NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE | Another71
    #378236
    momto5
    Member

    Well, this is something they should probably teach in school, but I am the sales tax person at my company. When the corporate accountant for tax left our employ, I was awarded the sales tax portion of her job. (They split her duties up instead of replacing her). She trained me as best she could for the short time she could and I have had to learn a lot on my own. Our company collects sales tax in 13 states, and there can be different rules in each one.

    FAR - 92 (4/27/12)
    AUD - 96 (7/17/12)
    BEC - 92 (8/30/12)
    REG - 91 (11/12/12)

    #378237
    jomarie
    Participant

    @momto5 – I agree, I do a lot of sales tax reports for our clients. You almost need to be a mathematician to do a sales tax report for a gas station. Other reports are the payroll quarterly reports, along with the annual reports.

    Started sitting in May 2002, on and off. But since 2008 I've been nonstop and my scores are....
    AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
    REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
    FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73, 80 (Passed again in May 2012) Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
    BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70, 76!!!! I AM DONE!!! - Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
    After 10 long years of studying, I AM DONE!!!! Finally a Licensed CPA in the State of New York!!

    #378238

    If only the CPA exam were on being an expert at binding reports. Or folding Christmas Cards. Or entering time into our stupid admin program we have that takes about 30 mins of my day.

    B 71 - 79 EXPIRED
    A 69 - 75 EXPIRED
    R 65 - 48 - 45
    F 56 - 61 - 65 - 64

    Becker, Wiley Test Bank, Wiley Text and Ninja Notes

    "The fish who keeps on swimming is the first to chill upstream" -311

    Experience - Done, like WAAAY done.
    Still need 30 more credits, in basket weaving (gotta love new CA requirements)

    #378239
    jenuno01
    Member

    Ugh ENTERING TIME & billing it… I HATE that!!

    Class of 2012

    #378240
    jenuno01
    Member

    I have yet to convince my boss to add a column for A71 surfing.

    Class of 2012

    #378241
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    It was a hundred years ago but I still remember it. I had to serve coffee to a bunch of VIPs visiting the company and deciding its financial future. Teapots and everything; all highly breakable stuff.

    I've never worked anything outside of accounting (and babysitting) and this felt like a bizarre and embarrassing experience at the time 😀 😀

    And one more recently: Something very important needed to be delivered urgently; the courier didn't come and I dispatched myself to the office of the receiver :))) On foot.

    #378242

    Feeing office fish and finding boss' cat napping in file cabinets.

    CA CPA - All because of the journey listed below
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    FAR - 53('10), 8/25/12 79 PASSED!
    REG - 66('11), 69('12), 12/06/12 77 PASSED!!
    BEC - 58('10), 74('12), 01/05/13 77 PASSED!!!
    AUD - 43('11), 66('12), 69('13), 74('13) 7/29/13 85 PASSED!!!!!

    (Combinations of Roger, Yaeger, Wiley Book, Wiley TB, & NINJA Notes)

    Ethics 90%

    #378243
    Marivy22
    Participant

    ….listening to my manager's life stories and his opinion about the US government, marriage, parenting, etc…

    Done 😉
    Class of 2012!!!!
    Lots of prayers and hard work....

    #378244
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Making coffee!! prolly 6-7 time since i am a coffre drinker and an early bird! :-p

    #378245

    Fetching Glade plug-ins and vacuuming up the round paper dots from hole punching.

    B - 81
    A - 85
    R - 86
    F - 84

    #378246
    musicamor
    Member

    I am responsible for assembling binders for our annual budget presentation. I get to print, hole-punch and assemble the binders! I am still trying to figure out which section of the exam best prepared me for those duties!!

    Texas CPA - licensed in 2012!!!

    #378247
    red3biggs
    Member

    I splurged and bought a case of pre-hole punched paper just so I wouldn't have to mess with the time and mess of punching holes anymore.

    I did get to spend yesterday moving obsolete (and heavy) equipment to an offsite warehouse.

    AUD: 8/17/2012
    REG: 4/29/2013
    BEC: 7/8/2013
    FAR: 1/16/2014

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