[taxman2012]

Accountants need to be detailed oreinted at work. Please share your experience and techniques which help to to pay attention to details?

[jeff]

Screw up a tax return and get yelled at … you'll become more detailed.

[Noct]

Simple really, double check your work. Whether it's a tax return, financial statement, etc. document your work as you go and review the finished product as a whole. Does it make sense? Does it tie back to your detail/source documents?

I'm amazed sometimes by the simple errors I catch this way.

FAR - 79 - 07/2012
AUD - 65, 78 - 11/2012
BEC - 76 - 11/2012
REG - 78 - 01/2013
ETH - 98 - 01/2013

Material: Wiley books

[Anonymous]

I use checklists for EVERYTHING!

[MRSJLeon917]

One thing I've told someone at my work who has trouble with details – when you finish what you just worked on, set aside, and then come back and review it as if you are reviewing someone else's work. You will probably find plenty of errors that way. Self-review is so super important.

AUD (5/25/2012): 91
FAR (10/22/2012): 89
REG (11/28/2012): 89
BEC (01/05/2013): 82
Ethics Exam: 90

IL Licensed CPA - 7/15/2013

A long journey, officially DONE!

[Author]

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