Why It Is Shrewd For Your Firm To Hire A Chartered Accountant.

| Wednesday, June 8, 2011
By Carl Gibbs


When considering why it is best for your business to hire a chartered accountant you should appreciate that professional services are costly. If the size of a firm does not warrant professional services that fact must be accepted. However, even a quite modest turnover or projected turnover will warrant the sort of professional services rendered.

However, a project does not have to be profitable to afford a chartered accountant. In fact the firm that is running at a loss might be the one that most needs such services. Although an accountant is not a advisor his insight into the accounting system can be an excellent guide to how money is being earned and spent.

The service that chartered accountants render is an outcome of their professional training. Rigorous training is guaranteed by the qualifications that are only granted after a period of training and study that spans several years and culminates in an examination that is passed only when a candidate can demonstrate a high level of competence.

Globalization has had wide reaching consequences for everyone. As we live now in a global village it is necessary to have world wide standards and ways of doing things. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has extended its reach well beyond Britain where it originated. Now 72% of its membership is from outside Britain, and it has 83 centres all over the world, including centres in the East and in Africa.

Generally accepted accounting conventions must benefit any firm that they are applied to. The old saying that 'no man is an island' applies to business too. The application of world class accounting standards will earn the company respect and understanding at those points at which its activities intersect with others.

International trade is an ancient human practice but globalization is a recent phenomenon. The difference is that improved communication means that businesses operate across the globe continuously. One mining operation will have businesses on five continents with headquarters possibly in London. The need for international accounting standards is obvious

China became the second biggest economy in the world in 2011 but in 2010 few foreign exchange bank officials in South Africa could name the Chinese currency. This illustrates the pace of change and the way it leaves people struggling in the wake of change.

Many ACCA members work in small or medium sized enterprises. Their training helps them to enhance accounting practices and performances. They are also trained to conform to high ethical standards. Their work at the coal face of an economy is important for establishing sound accounting practice as a global practice. This is why it is good for your business to employ a chartered accountant.




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