Editing Accounting (section)

=== Professional bodies ===
{{main article|Professional accounting body}}
[[Professional accounting bodies]] include the [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]] (AICPA) and the other 179 members of the [[International Federation of Accountants]] (IFAC),<ref name="ifac">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifac.org/about-ifac/membership/members|title=IFAC Members|publisher=ifac.org|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310092205/http://www.ifac.org/about-ifac/membership/members|url-status=dead}}</ref> including [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland]] (ICAS), [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan|Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)]], [[CPA Australia]], [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]], [[Association of Chartered Certified Accountants]] (ACCA) and [[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales]] (ICAEW). Some countries have a single professional accounting body and, in some other countries, professional bodies for subfields of the accounting professions also exist, for example the [[Chartered Institute of Management Accountants]] (CIMA) in the UK and [[Institute of Management Accountants|Institute of management accountants]] in the United States.<ref name="Prince">{{cite web |url=http://www.accountingforsustainability.org/international_network/accounting-bodies-network |title=Accounting Bodies Network |website=The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project |access-date=3 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103155739/http://www.accountingforsustainability.org/international_network/accounting-bodies-network |archive-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Many of these professional bodies offer education and training including qualification and administration for various accounting designations, such as certified public accountant ([[AICPA]]) and [[chartered accountant]].<ref name = "AICPA CPA">{{cite web |url=http://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/GettingStarted/Pages/default.aspx |title=Getting Started |year=2014 |website=AICPA |access-date=3 January 2014 |archive-date=7 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107234214/http://www.aicpa.org/BECOMEACPA/GETTINGSTARTED/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = "ICAEW ACA">{{cite web |url=http://www.icaew.com/en/qualifications-and-programmes/aca |title=The ACA Qualification |year=2014 |website=ICAEW |access-date=3 January 2014 |archive-date=4 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104034737/http://www.icaew.com/en/qualifications-and-programmes/aca |url-status=live }}</ref>