A chartered accountant (RA) or an accounting consultant (AA). The term accountant is also used to refer to an accounting firm. In these recommendations, the term accountant refers to the accountant who audits the organisation’s annual accounts, or issues a compilation report in connection with them. An accountant may be an accountant in business, a government accountant, an internal accountant or a forensic accountant.

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