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What do accountants that work for a Big 4 company do?



What do accountants that work for a Big 4 company do?

In the Big 4 accountants tend to specialize in either auditing or taxation. Auditors will go to client sites and perform audit work over the client's financial statements to make sure that they are reasonably accurate and complete. Tax professionals tend to stay in the office preparing tax returns for companies and individuals or doing research on topics for clients.
Audits, Audits, and Audits.
Public accountants perform a broad range of accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting activities for their clients, which may be corporations, governments, nonprofit organizations, or individuals. For example, some public accountants concentrate on tax matters, such as advising companies about the tax advantages and disadvantages of certain business decisions and preparing individual income tax returns. Others offer advice in areas such as compensation or employee health care benefits, the design of accounting and data-processing systems, and the selection of controls to safeguard assets. Still others audit clients鈥?financial statements and inform investors and authorities that the statements have been correctly prepared and reported. Public accountants, many of whom are Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), generally have their own businesses or work for public accounting firms.
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Majorly it's Auditing. Others include Tax, Management and Financial consulting.
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