chartered accountant:

(plural: ‘chartered accountants‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘ch’ in ‘chartered’ rhyme with the letters ‘ch’ in “church”, and the letters ‘cc’ in ‘accountant’ are said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” )

Note: ‘Chartered accountant is the expression used mostly in Britain and ‘certified public accountant’ is the expression used mostly in the USA.

a chartered accountant at work

 

a fully qualified and licensed accountant who looks after and/or advises on the matters of the expenditure, profit and loss calculations/accounts of a business or office [usually written or said in its abbreviated form “C.A.”],

a firm of chartered accountants

e.g.

After the completion of her accountancy course, Alice joined as a junior chartered accountant at IPC Bank.

Every small or large business needs its accounts verified by a licensed chartered accountant before submitting them to the Income Tax Department.

A student who wishes to be a chartered accountant must be a commerce graduate who has done his special course in the field of accountancy.

For an informative article on the responsibilities of a chartered accountant, please click here, for an item of news that shows us how we come across this profession in everyday news, please click here. And to know the difference between a chartered accountant and a certified accountant, please click here, and to know the difference between an accountant and a chartered accountant, please click here.

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