CPA
Noun
Meaning
an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
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My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15.
in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations
A CMA can also provide services to the public, but to an extent much lesser than that of a CPA.
According to Teresa Radermacher, a CPA and tax director at Redpath and Company, there are pros and cons to getting a big refund and can depend on the individual.
A local oddity is a series of joint poles; those primary conductor cross arms are marked PGE and CPA (City of Palo Alto) to identify each utility's side of the shared cross arms.
All recognized national and provincial accounting bodies in Canada have now unified under the CPA banner.