There are four major fields in accounting public, management, government, and internal auditing. Accountants share some tasks across these four fields. However, they work for different clients and have some unique tasks. Within each of the four fields, accountants often specialize in one area Public accountants have their own businesses or work for accounting firms. Their clients are individuals or businesses from many different industries.
Public accountants provide accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting services.
For example, they examine a clients inventory or analyze their financial records. They may even help set up a clients new payroll plan. Many public accountants specialize in taxes. Thus they prepare tax returns for their customers. Management accountants work for corporations.