IT's your duty! By Simon Hurst

Posted by AccountingWEB PM | on Thu, 05/10/2006 - 15:42 8572 2 comments

"Society expects that professional accountants who accept an engagement or occupation have the required level of competence to perform the work required. The accountancy profession as a whole has the obligation to ensure that candidates for membership possess necessary IT competencies, and the credibility of the accountancy profession depends on its success in fulfilling this obligation..

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hmmmm

listerramjet | Thu, 05/10/2006 - 17:09 | Permalink

aren't there too many accountants offering IT advice of the back of a fag packet (Are we still allowed to use that metaphor?) - as in you should use this accounting app - my cleaner's mother-in-law swears by it (or is that at it? I can never remember!)

Accountants are accountants - they are not professionally qualified to unblock your drains, fix your car, or sell you IT. Unfortunately there are also IT consultants etc who are equally unqualified to sell you IT.

I wish

AnonymousUser | Mon, 16/10/2006 - 12:56 | Permalink

that accountants concentrated on being good accountants rather than being all things to all men. I think a reasonable degree of IT literacy is essential in ANY business environment and I am still staggered by the number of accountants who don't / wont / can't even use email effectively. However, accountants are in the "trust me" branch of professionals and may be deemed to be experts on any area in which they give advice. If they are not experts then they should leave well alone.