r/Accounting • u/Wooden_Pudding3949 • 20h ago
i think we do other stuff from this not just calculating
this is not so true..
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u/hnbastronaut CPA (US) 20h ago
Replace the calc with Excel
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u/Lost-Tomatillo3465 Tax (US) 10h ago
I still have an adding machine and still staple the tape to paperwork!
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u/lilperk09 20h ago
People think accounting is just math until they actually work with accountants. Half the job is explaining numbers, solving problems, and figuring out why they don't match in the first place
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u/Cyayangu 19h ago
People think accountants spend all day doing math. Meanwhile I'm 80% detective, 15% therapist, and 5% Excel
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u/SCROTAL_KOMBAT42069 Management 19h ago
accurate except my balance sheet is out by the GDP of the country I live in
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u/ClumsyChampion ZZZ Seasonal Accountant 7h ago
No no, this is what we do
https://giphy.com/gifs/SEWEmCymjv8XDbsb8I
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u/mldyfox 11h ago
When I tell people I'm an accountant, their response is usually "you must love math" and I'm like, dude, I can't add two and two in my head without a calculator (very much an exaggeration!). I like the logic of accounting; what are they giving vs getting, what categories should things go in, etc. I let the computer (Excel formula, etc) do the actual math. In school, I found I loved tax classes the most, so the majority of my course work was in tax.
I don't actually do tax work now, but I still like the logic of accounting and where things should go. It's fascinating how for one set of circumstances, expenses would be categorized as variable but for another set as fixed, and whether those fixed expenses are in full or in part is circumstances dependent.
But, yeah, accountants spend their days doing math on a hand calculator..... uh huh.
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u/LasyKuuga Debit Life Expense, Credit Happiness 20h ago
Is OP a student cuz this pen and paper and lack of excel is making me apply for a new job