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ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR PROPOSAL
Hello and thank you for permitting me the chance to explore the career/job of my choice.
Accountant and auditor are the careers I have selected to do my research, and I have some
interesting facts about accountant and auditor. Upon my research, I found that accountant and
auditor started in Egypt. In the 14th-century, Luca Pacioli introduced double-entry bookkeeping.
In Italy Pacioli even published a book in five different languages named De Computiss et
Scripturis. Of Reckonings and Writings is the book translation in English. I hope with the history,
you will be persuaded to allow me continuously to use accountant and auditors for the course of
the class.
BACKGROUND
I have always found interest in accountant and auditor.While assisting by a supervisor at a job
fair at Craven Community College a young woman approached me about becoming a tax
preparer. Although the job sounds interesting, I declined the opportunity because I was already a
student and already employed. The conversation encouraged me to work toward my business
degree. I had always handled money and worked with people since I was 15 years old.
While working in at various convenience stores, the business was audited on a monthly basis. I
was always shocked at how fast the people were with their fingers on their calculators. I was not
aware that the auditor would collect and calculate all of the data entered into the other people’s
calculators. At the community college, I would hear that the auditor was coming and to my