Recently more votes have been issued on the need for a new definition of the accounting profession. Special preliminary consultations are underway on this subject. The analysis of the accounting future is also carried out at the Ministry of Finance.
Participants in debates on the accounting profession almost in one hundred percentages support the definition of it again. Legislation is also taken into account.
Improving the security of trade
Strength 80% surveyed (according to data from the Accounting Association in Poland - SKwP) entrepreneurs expressed their approval of this idea. This is mainly argued by the safety of economic trade, but also by the possibility of choosing a good and professional accountant, who in turn could later serve as a business advisor.
According to the issues raised to be able to pursue the profession, it would no longer be sufficient to graduate in the field of accounting. According to Jerzy Koniecki, the president of SKwP, the graduates of the university are not properly prepared for the profession.
It is being considered to introduce an examination with a certificate allowing the profession, possibly combined with a cyclical verification of knowledge in active accountants, and all this to improve, in particular, the safety of economic trade.
In response to the deregulation of the accounting profession
This profession was unprecedentedly deregulated. Practically anyone who ensures that the activities in this field are carried out by persons who are fully capable of legal activities and are not convicted of certain offences is entitled to keep accounts in the service aspect.
However, any possible change and redefinition should be made with a certain amount of caution. It may turn out that additional requirements will not have to include all accountants. Not everyone who pursues an accounting profession is really obliged to have comprehensive accounting and tax knowledge.
It is important that accountants are sought on the labour market and restrictions in the pursuit of the profession may significantly impede recruitment processes.
However, it is difficult to disagree that the lack of formal substantive requirements in such a difficult profession does not promote the development of competences among these workers.
What are the solutions?
The only solution could be the certification or recognition of qualifications in the integrated qualification system (ZSK). Currently, the Ministry of Finance has granted certificates certifying accounting qualifications only three organizations.
second The solution could indeed be to recognise those certificates that have been awarded to accounting officers by organisations with a certain reputation and extensive experience in specialist training. It is also considered to return to the examinations organised by MF.