| Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are accountants | | | | 'CPA review classes.' They equip a CPA to |
| who have passed the Uniform CPA exam under the | | | | understand all the nitty-gritty details of tax and |
| supervision of the American Institute of Certified Public | | | | accounting and business. They train them to |
| Accountants (AICPA), and possess state | | | | understand the complexities and clauses involved in |
| requirements for licensure as a CPA. Only CPAs are | | | | specific business conditions, as well as the business |
| professionally qualified to provide the public, attestation | | | | law and tax structure laid down by the government's |
| along with auditing opinions on publicly distributed | | | | budget. They are taught on advisory skills and inter |
| financial statements. Many states forbid those without | | | | personal relations, as well as in how to increase the |
| a CPA license to label themselves "public accountants." | | | | client's profits and minimize their losses. They are |
| While CPAs are recognized by the common public | | | | taught all the particulars of tax documentation and the |
| typically for their tax know-how and for "doing the | | | | paperwork that they are so famous for. |
| paperwork" for minor companies, they are exclusively | | | | CPA review classes are in almost all states in the US, |
| educated for the attestation task mentioned above, | | | | and they are affiliated to all the prestigious universities. |
| and also for all-purpose business information that | | | | There are many independent review classes that are |
| enables them to function competitively in the private | | | | conducted by individuals or organizations that deal with |
| sector. | | | | finance and accounts. The study and reference |
| CPAs have to go through rigorous education and | | | | material for these classes are available at different |
| training and educate themselves with the economics | | | | sources, and the most famous are the Internet |
| and tax structure of their country, and this needs | | | | sources. These days the Internet has made CPA |
| special coaching classes. These classes are called | | | | review classes available online. |