Bookkeepers and accountants must continuously strive to stay current in their field; it’s what enables clients to trust the integrity of their work. There are associations in our profession that will help you become even better at what you do. These professional organizations allow you to associate with peers facing the same challenges you do. But of all the associations that exist, which should you choose to associate with? Because we know your time is valuable, we would like to help you find those groups that would best suit your needs.

Universal Accounting Center recognizes the value of the National Society of Accountants (NSA) membership and encourages its students and associates to join NSA’s elite association in order to enjoy valuable benefits. This is one organization that we know will contribute to your success.

What is the National Society of Accountants (NSA)?The NSA is an association of over 30,000 accounting professionals who provide accounting, tax, auditing, financial and estate planning, and management services to millions of individuals and businesses. NSA currently boasts of having 12,000 members and provides current accounting information, resources, and professional support.The NSA requires its members to adhere to a strict Code of Ethics, ensuring that all NSA accountants and bookkeepers keep the best of standards.

Membership Benefits When you join NSA you receive $800-worth of member benefits including NSA Help Desk access; a custom software search, member-only discounts on CPE, practice management tools; one free copy of NSA’s Tax Implications of a Divorce Booklet; a customized NSA Membership Certificate, and much more.

NSA Newsletters Membership benefits also include subscriptions to two of NSA’s email newsletters: NSAlertand MemberLink. Both are bi-weekly emails and contain timely, valuable information. NSAlertis devoted to timely legislative, tax, and law updates. MemberLink, is filled with ideas, tools, and news.

NSA and UAC’s Partnership in Excellence Just this year, UniversalAccountingCenterpartnered with the National Society of Accountants (NSA) to make accounting and tax education more accessible. UAC and NSA offer accounting and tax professionals the highest quality accounting resources available.UAC will provide NSA members free and specially priced training programs, including the Professional Tax Preparer Certification, Professional Bookkeeper Program and Professional Bookkeepers Guide to QuickBooks Program. These proprietary courses offer financial professionals skill enhancement and expanded opportunities. In turn, NSA will provide UAC students with all association benefits including discounted membership rates, a voice in the accounting community, 6 issues of NPA Magazine, 8 issues of NSA Technology Advisor, and an online business card in NSA’s “Find a Professional” directory. To learn more about NSA and their member benefits.

UAC’s Professional Bookkeeper Program If you’d like to learn more about Universal’s training programs, which NSA recognizes to be valuable professional advancement opportunities, visit Universal Accounting Center today. Did you know that over 85% of the opportunities in the accounting field are within small businesses? Universities prepare their students for corporate accounting which doesn’t address small business needs. Our Professional Bookkeeper Program will allow you to add a professional designation to your name and learn small business accounting. 

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Grow Your Business by Becoming a Full-Service Financial Provider

You may work on the side as an accountant or bookkeeper. Maybe you work in a full-time job performing accounting functions. Or perhaps you run your own accounting firm full-time. But regardless of what you currently do, if you’ve ever thought about either starting your own business as a full-service financial provider, then you’ve come to the right place.Universal Accounting Center is in the business of seeing that accountants, bookkeepers, and tax preparers succeed. And we have to admit, we’re pretty good at what we do. And after 25 years of experience we know you’ll find the most success if you become a full-service financial provider, the one-stop shop for your clients’ financial needs. You can do that by earning two valuable designations and mastering one software program: the Professional Bookkeeper (PB) designation, the Professional Tax Preparer (PTP) designation, and QuickBooks Made Profitable (QBMP).

The Value of the Professional Bookkeeper Designation

Over 85% of the opportunities in the accounting field are within small businesses. Universities prepare their students for corporate accounting processes, leaving a huge gap in the small business arena. Those who recognize this need and receive the proper training can take advantage of this fantastic opportunity by becoming small business accountants. More than 50% of these small businesses fail, and much of that failure can be attributed to lack of accounting expertise. Imagine contributing to the success of local small businesses, which will build your own community while providing you with job satisfaction and security. Now imagine doing this for 3 or 4, or perhaps 13 or 14 small businesses.At Universal Accounting, we understand the needs of the small business like nobody else. UAC has designed a curriculum specific to the needs of small businesses, and Universal Accounting offers the most complete small business accounting course anywhere. The Professional Bookkeeper Designation assures clients that you have the skills necessary to fulfill their small business accounting needs. For you, the training designation assures you have had the applicable experience to provide the quality service to your small business clients.

The Value of the Professional Tax Preparer Designation

Perhaps your accounting and bookkeeping practice is thriving. Maybe you are losing one or two clients to those who offer tax services in addition to accounting and bookkeeping. But whether or not you could use more clients, adding tax services to your menu of services could increase your income. How? Tax professionals charge $100+ per hour preparing individual and business tax returns. Many tax preparers make more money in the months leading up to the April 15 tax deadline than others make all year long! Since all individuals and businesses, small or large, are required to file taxes, tax preparation is a respected skill that will always be in demand. And many of your current clients would probably by happy to have you file their taxes as well as perform the standard accounting services you currently provide.Also consider who your clients will trust to file their taxes. Countless individuals are scammed each year by people who claim to know what they’re doing. More and more are becoming leery of alleged tax preparers who lack credentials. The Professional Tax Preparer Designation will put many of those individuals at ease, assuring them that you have been properly trained in tax preparation.

Become a Full Financial Service Provider

By combining the PB designation with the PTP designation, you will earn a terrific income all year long. It is easy to cross-sell from one service to another, making it easier to find clients, since you often service the same client for both tasks. Increase your income, increase the value of your business, increase your success. Order these two programs today!

QuickBooks Made Profitable-Our Free Gift to You!

Now is the perfect time of year to take advantage of this special offer. If you enroll now, come the New Year you’ll be ready to grow your business and experience the success and profitability of which you’ve always dreamed. And when you take advantage of this special package offer, you’ll receive a free gift: QuickBooks Made Profitable.Nearly 80% of small businesses use Intuit’s Quickbooks software. While other programs may be useful, Quickbooks has definitely captured the small business market. Learning Quickbooks will not only help you keep more efficient records, but it enables you to teach your clients how to use the software so that you can get the information you need, making your job much easier. Add to that the ability to represent yourself as a QuickBooks expert and you’ll be able to attract larger numbers of potential clients. This program will teach you how to leverage your time while saving clients money in taxes and helping them increase their profits. What client wouldn’t be interested in that? We’ll teach you how to use this valuable software package to generate even more clients!Don’t wait to grow your business and experience the success you’ve already imagined yourself achieving. There are countless potential clients out there in need of these specific services. You can be the one to provide them. Take advantage of this special package deal and order now!

Depending on Where You Live and Work… The Most Stable Career on Earth Just Got Even More Profitable

A sign of good times. Did you know that one of the five hot job sectors today is in accounting? In fact, according to Paul Kaihla, in an article published in CNN Money, “Accountants in Southern California today are a hotter commodity than IT workers were during the tech boom…”The accounting department has always offered a stable career with a good income, but now more than ever before it’s earning skilled accounting professionals in all disciplines, a better income. And if you live and work in the right area, you can demand even more.

Over 550,000 New Businesses Start Every Year

So many new businesses, so few bookkeeping and accounting professionals. According to an article published in Business 2.0, “Spot labor shortages in a handful of hot regional markets are triggering salary windfalls for select workers.””Windfall” is a very powerful word. With the number of new businesses growing every year, the need for skilled and qualified bookkeeping and accounting professionals has never been better. According to Robert Half International, (The worlds largest staffing agency for accounting professionals), if you work in the accounting department, you can expect a raise this year. It doesn’t matter where you work in the department, your services are in demand and in short supply. In fact, depending on where you live and work, you could be looking at a substantial increase.

Haven’t We Seen this Before?

We sure have. According to Mr. Kaihla, “Today’s economy is practically a mirror image of one a decade ago that foreshadowed the biggest job boom since World War II.””The [labor shortages] of 1995 soon spread to other locations and occupations — and by spring of 1996, when the national jobless number was still higher than it is today, more than 100 cities had fallen below the 4% mark. The trend hit its peak in April 2000, when U.S. unemployment bottomed out at 3.8%, the lowest in three decades. Today more than 100 metropolitan areas — about a third of all cities in America — boast unemployment rates at under 4%. Only 41 regions could make the claim in January 2004.”

What Does This All Mean for Me?

I may not be able to guarantee that we’ll see the same kind of across-the-board job growth of the last five years of the 90’s, but I can guarantee you a stable career with a real potential for income growth. All you need are the right skills.For over 500 years bookkeepers and accountants have been a critical member of the team in any business. Accounting professionals have been keeping businesses profitable and made a good living doing it for a long time. Now it’s your turn.

Where Do I Find the Bookkeeping and Accounting Skills that I Need?

There is good news. Although you need a specialized and professional set of skills, you don’t need a college education to join the accounting profession. In fact, with the right education, in as little as a month or two you can learn all the skills you need to become a small business bookkeeper. Skills that will allow you to advance in the accounting department where you work right now or find the perfect job in accounting someplace new. Click HERE if you’d like to learn more about some of the skills you need to be a successful small business bookkeeper.We’ve taught small business bookkeeping and accounting since 1979. And we do it better than anyone else. How can I say that? For over 25 years we’ve been considered the small business accounting experts by thousands of graduates of the Professional Bookkeeper program. People just like you and me who have started successful careers as small business bookkeepers and accountants.

What are the Opportunities In Small Business Accounting?

There are many opportunities in this exciting and lucrative field. Click on the link below and learn just what kind of opportunities there are.Click Here to Learn About Career Opportunities in Small Business Accounting Your education with Universal Accounting will not only provide you with an incredible opportunity to improve and advance your present career, but it’s 100% guaranteed.

Our No-Risk Guarantee

We feel so confident that you will find our course invaluable in your new career that we offer this guarantee: “If, after completing all of the practice sets, you do not feel that you have received your money’s worth, simply return the materials to Universal Accounting Center, for a complete refund.”When you last took a class at a college, how did their money-back guarantee read? Did they give any kind of assurance at all that their course would help you succeed in the real world? We stand behind our product and put our money where our mouth is. We take all of the risk because we know that the system works! Thousands just like you have completed our course and have gone on to successful careers in accounting and bookkeeping.We make a career in accounting achievable and stand behind you 100%. You have nothing to lose and your successful new career to gain!

You Don’t Have to Take My Word For It

Click Here to Learn About What Some of Our Graduates are Saying If you’re ready to advance your career, there’s never been a better time than now and there really isn’t a better place than Universal Accounting. For the best small business accounting education, the best guarantee in the industry and a program that will support you with a live voice at the other end of the phone for 12 months after graduation, contact Universal Accounting today.

Regardless of your background,IT WORKS!

It doesn’t matter if you have 20 years experience in accounting, or have never worked in the field before, the course is designed to provide practical, hands-on training for everyone!