Reference: Miller. M. (2009, Jun 17).Earn an Accounting Designation. Retrieved on Sept 29, 2009 from: http://accountingdesignations.suite101.com/article.cfm/earn_an_accounting_designatio
Summary:
In this article the author discusses three different organizations which they offer many benefits for the accounting as a career and for the accountant as worker. These organizations offer a designation which can gives more qualification for the accountant. First one is CGA (Certified General Accountants Association of Canada) which established on 1908, and it is worldwide. This organization offer many things such as education and certification. It has many programs which help students to participate online in order to earn a professional CGA designation. The other organization is CMA national which is specific in management accounting. In order to get CMA you must have a university degree, pass entrance exam and other conditions. The last one is CICA (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants) which helps students to choose specialization in many business filed .Finally, the author talks about online learning and how can that make accountant designation more easy.
Reaction:
First of all, I would like to thank the author for this article, because it is very important to all readers who care about accounting. So, I am very happy to read about this because it will help me to get a lot of information about different organization in accounting filed. Those organization can make accounting better by certified many accountant.
In my country Saudi Arabia we have one organization which is authorized to make all roles in this field. It called SOCPA (Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants) which offers many things such as scholarship, certification and education. In order to get SOCPA you must take entrance exam which contain five subjects in finance accounting, auditing, business law, tax and Islamic role in business. I have taken this exam before I came to the USA and I passed it. From my experience student who are going to work in Saudi Arabia should be certification from SOCPA. My next step to get CPA from American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to be more qualified when I go back to my country.
