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by Ray Lam

Online Accounting Schools allow you to obtain an education without ever stepping foot in a classroom. You can earn 100 percent of the credits needed for a degree through an online school or distance learning program! An accounting degree obtained online is just as valid as a degree from a traditional school. An online accounting degree qualifies the graduate to perform important financial functions, such as bookkeeping, payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, tax auditing, and many more.

Online Accounting Schools instruct in professional accounting standards and ethics, financial accounting, management, cost control, budget control, taxes, legal issues, auditing, accounting principles and theory, reporting, statement analysis, research, planning and consulting.

First of all, be aware that you must possess a college degree to become a Certified Accountant, and CPAs must be licensed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). A good first step to long-lasting and lucrative employment would be to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Business (BA) with an emphasis on Finance and Accounting. A Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) would further increases your career potential, and could help you secure an accounting position with authority, responsibility, and high earnings. It is possible to obtain any of these credentials from online accounting schools.

Most true accounting positions require at least a bachelor degree in accounting; however, the professional accountant can expect greater career success with a Master of Business Degree (MBA) and certification or licensure in accounting. Master degree studies provide proficiency in accounting and computer software auditing programs, or can be focused on gaining specializations that give job seekers a strong advantage in the marketplace.

So, if you have big ambitions but little time to study, maybe you should give it a whirl. Studying online can be a blast, and the results could give your career the boost you need to succeed.

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14 Comments to “What You Need To Know About Accounting Schools Online”

  1. on 30 Mar 2009 at 10:55 pmsmilestamper

    If you go to a properly accredited school (which should be your first concern) then you can simply get a student loan from a private lender and defer it til you're done with school.

  2. on 02 Apr 2009 at 1:56 pmrhondawash

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  11. on 01 May 2009 at 8:29 pmNando

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  13. on 08 May 2009 at 9:35 amAmir

    The following is a summary of why I believe newspapers cannot survive in their current obsolete business model of selling dead trees with ink smeared on them (or possibly even online editions.

    It’s the economy, Stupid! It’s not the gadgets!

    1)The production of a newspaper requires massive amounts of capital to support its production. This capital is only partly to pay the writers and editorial staff. This money goes to support both vast timber resources in Canada and the United States and the (relatively) high wages of unionized printers. This is why only the rich (or rich corporations) own them. The new e-paper type readers attempt to significantly reduce these two largely fixed costs. But, I say this technology came too late, and will only slow the industry’s decline.
    2)The price of a newspaper has never come near to covering its cost of production. Advertising revenues made up the difference. Before large numbers of retail businesses began advertising in newspapers (generating large newspaper profits), newspapers remained small publications with few pages generated by fewer staffers to write articles.
    3)Now that retail business prefers to advertise on declining television networks or on the Internet (where we all watch our TV and naughty videos), newspapers lack of revenue will require them to return to a smaller, pre-advertising business model.
    Perhaps including:
    a) A very rich businessman financing the newspaper’s losses for the love of the business or local political influence. (Don’t expect to see much of this.)
    b) Government subsidies of newspapers as is done in France. (quite unlikely in this political climate and who could trust the final government-approved product?)
    c) Small, but influential newspapers printed by non-profit organizations run and edited by schools of Journalism in colleges (a Nation Public Radio-like nightmare with pledge breaks).

    We have to face the facts that the Good-Old-Days that created the environment allowing newspapers to flourish are gone and aren’t coming back. Online newspapers can appear a lot like a paper newspaper, but the so-called newspaper read on a video screen is an entirely different business creature. Zebras are a lot like horses, but you can’t saddle and ride a Zebra. The old newspapers are all dinosaurs.

    It’s said that in the next generation of computers speech recognition and synthesis will be greatly improved. In a few centuries will the average citizen even know how to read or need to because of high-tech gadgetry? Sadly, I tend to doubt it.

    In the end, all you can say is:

    Old King Newspaper is dead! Long-live the New Digital Media.

  14. on 09 May 2009 at 6:01 amMalcolm

    check out my school uses them and its awesome…maybe get your high school to sign on with them or something?

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