[mla1169]

Just took a job as a finance associate for a very small company. They already have a bookkeeper and use an external CPA firm.

Been at my job a week and already told my boss he’d better rethink his CPA firm. I’m just looking things over and found a bunch of silly mistakes. Like the computer fixed asset acct is $30k but the accumulated depreciation is $140k. Meanwhile the heavy equipment acct has a $1.1m bal but only $6k in accum depr. The entries were from the CPA and no doubt they just transposed the G/L Account numbers but yikes. There were a dozen similar mistakes.

He asked me to talk to them about it but not mention that I’m a CPA because he doesn’t want them to think I’m edging them out already. The time for edging them out has passed, to be honest!

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Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[san4596]

OP – you may be missing some key details. I have clients that give me a set of books in shambles, and I make all the corrections. However, they fail to make all the journal entries, and they do not want to pay me to make the adjustments at their location. You need to get the facts straight first, and make sure it's not your bookkeeper. I have one client that has a bookkeeper who refuses to make journal entries.

QuickBooks – I have a pet peve now. You give me an accountants copy or nothing at all. After fixing their books, they can just import the changes, and do not have to worry about the client posting entries backwards.

CPA EXAM: DONE!!!!
Ethics Course: Passed
Application Mailed: 3/16/15
Professional Conduct Exam: 97
Certification Date: 4/2/15!!!

[Mayo]

My questions is: who cares what the external CPA firm thinks? If the work is crap then it's crap. I'd just make sure it's not an isolated mistake and make sure it's endemic of the firm's work overall before making it a big deal.

This coming from someone who works for an external CPA firm.

Mayo, BBA, Macc

[Mayo]

My questions is: who cares what the external CPA firm thinks? If the work is crap then it's crap. I'd just make sure it's not an isolated mistake and make sure it's endemic of the firm's work overall before making it a big deal.

This coming from someone who works for an external CPA firm.

Mayo, BBA, Macc

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