Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

CPA® is offered by AICPA (American Institute for CPA’S)

A CPA has 4 parts:

• Auditing and Attestation (AUD)– Professional Responsibility, Risk Assessment & Internal controls, Auditing sampling, Auditing with Technology
• Financial Accounting and Reporting(FAR) – Basics, Inventory, Asset and liability, Present value, Deferred taxes, Equity ,Investment, Cash Flow, Consolidation, Hedging,  Govt/non- profit  Accounting etc.
• Business environment and Concepts (BEC) -Budgeting, Information Technology, Corporate Governance, Economic and Strategy, Financial Management, Performance Measures, Cost Measures and Planning Analysis.
• Regulation(REG) –Legal Responsibility, Federal Securities Acts and Antitrust Law,  Business Structure, Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy, Debtor-Creditor Relations, Agency, Regulation of Environment and Employment, Property and Insurance