STIC - Accounting:
Licensing
 Introduction
ACTIVITY: Lecture & Discussion
TIME: 10 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOME:
Participants will understand the relative advantages and disadvantages
to becoming a licensed engineer as well as the basic requirements.
DESCRIPTION:
- Explain to participants that, unlike many other regulated
professions, accountants do not need to be licensed in order to
work in the field in Ontario . There are disadvantages, however, to
being an unlicensed accountant, rather than being a licensed CA or
a CMA or CGA.
- Engage participants in a discussion of the advantages
and disadvantages of attempting to gain a license. Answers
may include:
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Advantages
- Greater employment, opportunities, Higher salary expectations, Prestige,
Allows self-employment
- Disadvantages
- Costly, Time-consuming
- Explain that for many internationally trained accountants,
a license is an important asset in the job search. Because many employers
are wary of foreign qualifications, they look for some indication
that the applicant is qualified to work in Ontario. A license gives
them that guarantee.
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