<p>^ When and where did he say he want to be a CPA?</p>
<p>^ When and where did you see that I was referring to your conversation with him?</p>
<p>Yeah.</p>
<p>^ In which case what you are saying has no relevance to anything that is being discussed at present.</p>
<p>so this is where all the action is! count me in</p>
<p>It’s not related? You sure? CPA->Accounting. Not related still?</p>
<p>It’s an observation I pointed from several threads I have seen on here. If someone feels offended, then I don’t know what to say. G’luck.</p>
<p>tax or audit? which one is more prosperous?</p>
<p>Both would be prosperous. Although base on your fit you may either choose tax or audit. Taxing is mainly desk work while audit tends to travel and meet new people. So if your not really the people person go for taxing, but if you like to interact go for audit.</p>
<p>but isn’t tax limited while audit is very versatile?</p>
<p>if you are undecided, go the audit route. your exit opportunities are greater with less experience with an audit background. if you LOVE tax, then obviously choose tax.</p>
<p>I wonder what do people in tax do, when they are not in the middle of the tax season. In other words, when the tax season hasn’t begun yet.</p>
<p>Toshtemirov: Work on fiscal year end clients, estimated payment calculations, amended returns, specific consulting projects, proposals, billing and budgeting, CPE training, vacation/PTO.</p>
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I can see Deloitte Tax recruiting at GGU’s Law School or even the MAc Tax grads. Any indication that it is also recruiting BBA Accounting students at GGU?</p>
<p>No, I don’t see any indication that its under accounting students are recruited by big-4. It has a separate school of taxation and school of accounting. From reading its web pages, I feel the job placement of its tax program is not carried into its accounting program.</p>
<p>The link you provided in #1835 only says that Deloitte Tax Services recruites at Golden Gate University. It didn’t say which department. It’s possible that it only recruites JD’s and not MAc in Taxation.</p>
<p>^ I have to admit I’m not sure. My first thought, when checking the Deloitte link, was the recruitment must be coming from the Master of Taxation, I didn’t even think of JD. </p>
<p>([School</a> of Taxation - Golden Gate University](<a href=“http://www.ggu.edu/school_of_taxation]School”>http://www.ggu.edu/school_of_taxation)). I think you have a point. GGU brags about PWC’s recruitment of its tax program, but not Deloitte. </p>
<p>It would be interesting to see the student profiles of its program. I have the feeling that majority of the programs’ enrollment are continuous/update of tax education of those already in the fields.</p>
<p>Moss, thank you for the info. I always wondered what do they do besides preparing tax returns :)</p>
<p>GGU must have a pretty decent MST program, or it wouldn’t have this type of recognition, See below out of the GGU website:</p>
<p>PricewaterhouseCoopers Identifies GGU as a “Key School” for Recruitment
“In recognition of the quality of the Masters of Taxation program, PricewaterhouseCoopers has included Golden Gate University in its national list of ‘Key Schools’ for entry level recruitment purposes. In particular, our San Francisco and San Jose office tax groups look to Golden Gate University each year for a significant number of winter interns and full-time hires. We are particularly impressed by how quickly the Golden Gate University graduates smoothly transition into our tax teams; something we don’t believe happens by accident. The Golden Gate University Masters of Taxation program does an outstanding job of preparing candidates for the professional work experience, and it shows.”</p>
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<li>Gerald Barbo, Tax Partner, State and Local Tax Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.</li>
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<p>GGU has a reputable MST program. I know a few managers and senior managers who have attended. Yes, the Big 4 do recruit out of GGU MST. </p>
<p>But you don’t need a MST to succeed in taxation. At the end of the day, if you stay in public accounting, your level of experience (manager, senior manager, director, partner) speaks for itself.</p>
<p>Moss, that is a good point that makes sense to me.
After you finish your Bachelor’s degree (120 units), you need another 30 units of accounting and business classes in order to fulfill the CPA requirements (soon to be like that in California). Wouldn’t it make more sense to just go for the MST program, collecting the needed credits for the CPA requirements, and get another degree?</p>
<p>The 30 additional units don’t need to be accounting related. If you have an undergraduate degree in accounting, that should make you eligible to sit for the CPA exam in CA.</p>
<p>This is what you need for Pathway 2 to get licensed in California. Keep in mind that starting in 2014, Pathway 2 will be the only way to become licensed in CA. </p>
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<li>A bachelor’s degree;</li>
<li>24 semester units in accounting-related subjects;</li>
<li>24 semester units in business-related subjects;</li>
<li>150 semester units (or 225 quarter units) of education;</li>
<li>Passing the Uniform CPA Exam; </li>
<li>One year of general accounting experience supervised by a CPA with an active license; and</li>
<li>Passing an ethics course. </li>
</ul>
<p>You should already have fulfilled the first 3 requirements with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. The additional 30 units can come from any college course. The cheapest way is to enroll in community college and take classes that interest you (it doesn’t have to be accounting related) so that you reach 150 total units.</p>
<p>I am licensed under Pathway 2 with just a bachelor’s degree in accounting except I took a lot of classes and had over 150 units upon graduating.</p>