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Marthe48

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3. Accounting laws were established in the late 18, early 1900s

Reply to Prairie Gates (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 12:41 PM

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to regulate public accounting and accountants, because people were getting screwed sideways by crooks who concealed the status of the companies.

My grandfather chose accounting (CPA) as a career in the early 1900s. He made a good living, because it was a new industry and there weren't a lot of good, honest accountants.

In the present era, public accounting isn't something a criminal traitor like rapist felon can live with.

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