| Congress is promising to eliminate unethical accounting | | | | business tax needs they should ask the CPA for |
| practices with legislation and oversight committees. | | | | references. The best way is to ask for ten references |
| Although this will help it will not abolish bookkeeping | | | | and pick three to call. A CPA with ten quality |
| practices that prevent another Enron catastrophe. As | | | | references of varying locations and disciplines will have |
| long as there are rules there will be people figuring out | | | | a high likelihood they will perform the same quality job |
| how to break the rules and succeeding, since the | | | | for you. How long have they been in business. A CPA |
| beginning of legislation this has been the case. | | | | with less than ten years experience could provide you |
| My intention is not to condemn the IRS, they are just | | | | with a very good service, but I have found that the |
| another government entity serving a function, but to | | | | chance of success increases with experience. There |
| offer an alternative way to evaluate CPA's and all | | | | is no substitute for twenty years of references and |
| types of accountants: referrals. Anybody can fill out a | | | | experience rather than five. Another technique is to |
| form, join a committee, take a test, but obtaining | | | | use a search engine like Google to research their |
| referrals with merit is the best sign of a quality CPA. | | | | company. If you type their name in quotes and hit |
| The CPA's focus is on satisfying their clients by getting | | | | enter you should be able to find the groups they are a |
| the job done right it is the essence of their work, not | | | | part of, articles written about them and any other |
| an extra curricular activity or test. | | | | pieces of information that could help your decision |
| When one is selecting a CPA for their personal or | | | | making process. |