Accounting Hall Of Fame

Finance a la shmoop what is the AICPA alright people when you think wild and [People dancing in a club]

crazy parties rock stars jumping into swimming pools from the seventh floor [Man jumps off rooftop into swimming pool]

teenagers in skimpy swimsuits running down the halls of hotels you don't think

of the AICPA why because it stands for the American Institute of Certified

Public Accountants and their parties are just different [Group of people sipping cocktails]

yeah the AICPA is responsible for setting US accounting standards it

sets ethical standards so there isn't a CPA somewhere writing off weekly [Roosters preparing to fight]

trips to a cockfighting arena as, you know travel expense it sets all kinds of

professional standards as well like common tax practices, financial statement

auditing practices and quality control for accounting firms so that no matter

which accounting office you visit the coffee in the lobby can't be cold [Man drinking coffee]

come on AICPA you can do better than that all right well the AICPA also puts

together and grades the exam you have to take if you want to become one of those [Boy studying for exam]

accountant people the uniform CPA exam ...Fail to pass that

baby and you may only be able to get a job counting actual beans not the [Man counting beans on conveyor belt]

financial ones so yeah the AICPA is the wizard behind

the curtain of the world of CPA-ing certified public accounting yeah they're

they're just concerned with a different kind of green like AC/DC green [Man singing AC/DC into microphone]