Fun thread with Japanese accountants, condensed for length/comprehensibility: Accountant: "Can you mail us Document X? The tax agency requested you produce it." Me: "I don't have X. I have Y, which I think is often substitutable for X in government processes. Would that work?"
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If this software thing doesn't work out I might have to sit one of the professional exams in Japan and spend the rest of my career getting dumbfounded looks from government offices while doing routine paperwork filings.
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While that's a joke I did look with a certain degree of seriousness at getting a CPA just so I would be able to stop saying "I am not an accountant but..." prior to giving accounting advice. It turns out that that is non-trivial.
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Also, it seems even accountants are not allowed to play accountants on the Internet. The world is mad.
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If you get a CPA you should be able to wade into comment threads and stay "Stand back citizens. I am here to balance the ledgers of truth and justice."
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