An Accountant is a person expert in Accountancy and who has been so certified by legally recognized body or institution. An Accountant is known by many other names, including a Qualified Accountant, a professional Accountant, or a Accountancy Practitioners. Until only a few decades before, an accountant performed mainly the function of examining the books of accounts, certifying the same, and rendering advices and services to individuals and companies. However, now-a-days, functions of an accountant have expanded and an accountant does many works related to financial industry and financial services.
In the context of Personal finance, you will come into contact with many accountants and one should be careful in selecting one for seeking advice.
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