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I don’t understand how the CMA will ever be more accepted over the CPA. The CPA is a much tougher exam then the CMA is and CPA is considered the gold standard of accountancy already. People know what you went through to get it and accept it.
Though I’ve seen CMAs in industry. One of my F100 clients allows it as an accept cred as they require a CPA, CMA, Bar, or others to be promoted to manager or higher
CMA is completely irrelevant for big 4 tax
You don’t want to be in Big Four tax without a CPA. Maybe get a CMA in addition if it’s important to you, but no one will take you seriously if you get the CMA instead.
Until this post I had never heard of CMA. That’s how irrelevant it is for big 4 tax
Thanks D1.
I don’t think you can practice before the IRS with a CMA. At least, I’ve never seen it on the list so I dought the big 4 accept it
You might be right. Assuming you have EA for the IRS. Any benefit of doing CMA vs CPA? I hear it is more appealing as an exit option
Agreed.CMA not common in practice
Why not both? The CMA is not difficult to pass and obtain. That being said, a CPA is way more important and well known so will carry more weight.
Thank you everyone for the input
I asked one of the partners at my old firm who had it and he said it’s bullshit. When it first was a thing they just required ppl to pay he said