Off the Ledger
Your days as a college student are almost numbered. The working world is calling. As you get ready to embark on your career, you have to be thinking, “What am I going to do when I graduate?” “Is a job in public accounting right for me?”
Where do you want to go?
You have so many options. Big firm or small? How do you decide? Where can you go to get the real, honest look at a career in public accounting? What is it REALLY like to be an intern? What will my life be like as a staff accountant?
See your future...
At Porter Keadle Moore, LLP (PKM) we’re here to help. We’ve created this blog site just for you! To help you find answers to these and other questions about working in a public accounting firm. Real interns and brand new staff accountants chronicle their experiences with our firm. Read what they have to say. Ask questions, share your opinions and we’ll respond.
"Can you do my taxes?"
Carrie Connell- Audit Senior
Last week I was at a Super Bowl party and as I was taking the last bite of my hot dog, my friend asked me the same question that I am constantly asked every year between January 1st and April 15th…. “Oh! Since you’re a CPA, can you do my taxes?” My next response was, “well, will you still fill out the 1040EZ? If the answer is yes, then of course I can. If the answer is no, then I suggest you find a tax accountant, as I have been auditing financial statements for over five years and still feel like I am missing something when I fill out my own 1040EZ.” I definitely enjoy being in the audit department at PKM; however, there are many that are on the fence about which department they want to join—audit or tax. Then there are others that may just want to dabble in another department in order to better understand “the other side.” A wonderful aspect to PKM is that they understand this and at times allow rotations from the audit department to the tax department and even from the audit department to the information systems department. By taking advantage of these rotations more of us auditors may one day be able to say, “as a matter of fact, yes, I can do your taxes!”
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