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Accounting facts you didn't know, by your small business accountants in Melbourne

Numbers aren’t the tell all be all when it comes to accounting and we are pretty sure that there would be a lot of people who don’t know much about our profession. So our small business accountants in Melbourne have some facts for you that you didn’t know.

Some of these even surprised our business accountants in Melbourne! Here are some amazing facts about accounting:

• Did you know that the word accountant, came from the French word ‘compter’
• The first book about double-entry bookkeeping was written back in 1494
• The state of New York gave their first ever certified public accountant exam in 1896
• Did you know that bubble gum was invented by an accountant in 1928
• The term ‘bean-counter’ was invented in the 1970s to refer to someone as an over detailed person
• Accounting offers one of the most stable employments across all professions

They are just some fun facts about our trusted profession and where our small business accountants in Melbourne’s CBD come from!

Feel free to touch base with our small business accountants in Melbourne any day of the week during our operating hours.

 
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