Funny Alternative Acronyms for CPA

I recently became a CPA in the state of Nevada.  By CPA, I’m referring to Certified Public Accountant.  Although this is a widely recognized acronym in the United States, Wikipedia lists many other uses of it throughout the world.

The CPA acronym is also often used to poke fun at number crunchers in many variations.  Here are a few of the best I’ve heard:

  • Cheapest Price Available
  • Copy, Paste, and Annotate
  • Can’t Produce Anything
  • Constantly Proposing Audits
  • Couldn’t Pass Again (referring to the CPA exam, of course)

I claim that none of the above are applicable to me, but I refuse to take the CPA exam again just to prove it.

If you have a hilarious CPA acronym to share, please leave a comment.  A hard-working accountant like me needs a burst of uncontrollable laughter once in a while.

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    Joel Ungar

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    Way back when I was a youngster at Deloitte we said it stood for “Cut, Paste and Assemble/Attach” as workpapers where done by hand. Paste was a literal paste – we often used rubber cement to glue stuff into the files.

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    Heber Longhurst, CFA

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    If you type cfa.org instead of cfainstitute.org you will find “The Cat Fanciers’ Association”. And all this time I thought I had become a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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    Joyce

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    …good ones Dustin. Looks like we are both new members to the club (I recently became licensed too). And CONGRATS!!!!

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    Dustin Wheeler

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    Congratulations, Joyce! I read that on your blog. Thank you.

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    Gregg

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    Cheapest Person Alive

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    Ryan R

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    In college we had a bar crawl with T-Shirts with “Certified Party Animal”

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    Kristina

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    Well after April 17th this year, for a day I may become a Certified Public Alcoholic, when at the beach for a full day of fun in the sun with lots of rum!

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    Sarah

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    Another Funny Alternative Acronyms for CPA
    Constant Pain in the Ass
    Cleaning Pressing and Alterations
    I knew one more and I can’t remember it.
    Sarah

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    Nick J Decandia

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    Good ones!
    How about clean press and adjust your tie

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