ACCOUNTING BY: BRITT BOLER

WHAT IS ACCOUNTING?

• ACCOUNTING IS AN INFORMATION SCIENCE USED TO COLLECT, CLASSIFY, AND MANIPULATE FINANCIAL DATA FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.

WHY I'M INTERESTED • I AM INTERESTED IN ACCOUNTING BECAUSE IF YOU DO WHAT IT TAKES TO

BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT YOU CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A CPA (CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT) THAT DEALS WITH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND WHO DEAL WITH MONEY THAT COME IN AND OUT OF THE BUSINESS YOU ARE WORKING FOR.

SCHOOL

• THE DEGREE YOU WILL NEED TO WORK FOR TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT IS EITHER A BACHELORS OR MASTERS DEGREE WHICH USUALLY TAKES FOUR YEARS TO FIVE YEARS IF YOU GO WITH THE FULL COARSE. BUT REALLY AND DEGREE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ACCOUNTING.

MONEY

• ACCOUNTANTS EARNED AVERAGE SALARIES OF $65,840 A YEAR. THE LOWEST-PAID 10 PERCENT EARNED LESS THAN $36,720, WHILE THE HIGHEST-PAID 10 PERCENT EARNED MORE THAN $102,380. THE MEDIAN SALARY, OR HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST, WAS $59,430 A YEAR.

ANALYSIS

• AFTER DOING ALL OF MY HARD WORK RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT I DO WANT TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT AND THAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND SCHOOL TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ACCOUNTANT.