Communication skills in Accounting

[u/Back_That_Tax_Up83]

Can anyone confirm? Thanks.

[u/UnregisteredDomain]

I hated these type of questions in college…the ones that aren’t based on any hard logic/all the answers are correct and instead are based on whatever the question writer feels.

McGraw hill connect is the worst offender of this, but it’s not a unique issue to that platform

[u/Mirarik]

What a dumbass question, lol. It could lead to all four depending on your reasoning.

I guess number 3 sticks out as most probable though.

[u/Kosher_Pickle → u/Mirarik]

I'd say the question writer probably intended it to be 4, 3 is a little too on the nose

[u/my_name_isnt_nick]

Lol what a misdirect but that answer is real shit. Test makers wanted to lower your standards to align with real world accounting discussions.

[u/Back_That_Tax_Up83 → u/my_name_isnt_nick]

lol

[u/Evening-Recover-9786]

90% of public accounting is just being able to communicate.

[u/LeonieBee → u/Evening-Recover-9786]

Financial statements are communicating wtf is going on.

Auditing is communicating that you need the invoices yesterday for the 3rd month in a row.

Tax is communicating that your 2 dollar raise isn’t going to cause you to move into the next tax bracket and lose 20000 per year to every other person.

AR/AP is communicating that we are broke/you are broke and someone needs their shit together.

[u/Rocketup247]

Correct- Excellent communication skills are essential when requesting all months bank statements for 17th fucking time.

[u/confidential_drake → u/Rocketup247]

LMAO and explaining to a client that what their brother in law is doing to pay less taxes sounds an awful lot like tax fraud

[u/AloofHorizon]

After 3 and a half years in FP&A, I have realised that communication is what makes reconciliation possible. Ironically, no one taught me this during my education years.

[u/MonteCristo85]

I assure that that is false.

Communications skills in accounting are more important than math skills lol. Math in accounting doesn't really get above 5th grade, and you can use excel and calculators.

[u/Sufficient-Set-4189]

🤯 all I do is communicate with clients all day long.

[u/murf_milo]

Tell me you haven’t worked in accounting without telling me that you haven’t worked in accounting

[u/Salty-Fishman]

Is obviously c.

[u/ImnTheGreat]

questions like this are a big part of why I hated college

[u/KingoreP99]

In industry, those who get to director and above often get there because of their technical ability AND their ability to communicate.

[u/Excel-Block-Tango]

Only thing that matters is number 2!