Find & Rate Accountants: A Tool For The Rest Of Us

PRLog (Press Release) - Jul 21, 2008 -
Finding qualified, professional accounting help can be a difficult job for the financial layman.  Whether for tax preparation, bookkeeping, or auditing, finding an accountant that can help you achieve your goals often begins with the Yellow Pages and ends with less-than-perfect results.  For those that have traveled this path, this method does little to assure would-be consumers of the competency, professionalism, or track record of the accountant or accounting firm in question.  However, a Tampa, FL based website, AccountingNation.com, offers consumers a new way to not only find reputable accountants, but also to rate and anonymously review their experiences with those accountants.  

According to AccountingNation.com founder, Robert Stewart, the quality, competency and customer service of accounting professionals can vary quite significantly from accountant to accountant, even despite the attainment of such industry certifications as the Certified Public Accountant, or CPA.  Says Stewart, “An accountants’ ability to assess and service their clients’ needs is greatly affected by the their experiences and personalities, two things that can’t be fleshed out by reading the Yellow Pages or checking certifications.”  

Individual consumers or businesses looking for accounting help can search the AccountingNation.com’s nationwide Directory of Accountants to find qualified accountants in their area.  Consumers can then check the website’s Rate It! function to find out whether others have rated their experiences with that accountant in order to gain greater confidence in their placement decisions.    There are also more traditional offerings such as job boards, classified ads, and discussion forums to help individuals and businesses find accountants and to answer any of their accounting-related questions.    

The Accountingnation.com offers a wide array of accounting and audit tools and tips to help both accountants and consumers of accounting-related services.  Among the many accounting-specific offerings to be found on the site are discussion boards, industry news, job boards, industry links, accounting dictionaries, accountant directories, accountants’ ratings, classifieds, and accounting humor.  

The Accountingnation.com’s website was launched in July of 2008 and you can visit them online at http://www.accountingnation.com.