On the reform of system of accounting firm in the choice of organizational forms, globally, CPA firms have a variety of organization forms. At present, China" certified public accountants" provisions, partnership and limited liability for CPA 's legal form of organization. This paper aims to compare the two kinds of organization forms, combined with China's actual conditions, find a suitable for China's accounting firm organization form.
One, partnership and limited liability system comparison
CPA staff partnership is composed of two or more than two certified
public accountants of the partnership organization. The partners
according to the proportion of contribution or agreement to
personal property, assume the obligations of the public accounting
firm, and,Production House a
partner of accounting firm 's debt are jointly and severally
liable.
Limited liability of accounting firms is from a certain number of shareholders. Shareholders, each with its subscribed capital contributions shall be liable for the accounting firm to assume responsibility, firm with all its property liability for the debts of the firm. Partnership with limited liability system is compared, have the characteristic of the following respects:
( -) contributive person the responsibility of different. In the form of partnership, the partnership firm claim cases, partner first to firm partnership property according to the proportion of debt to pay off. If not, then to personal property or the family property to pay off. Also, each partner shall bear joint and several liability. In contrast, the limited responsibility system on the binding will be much smaller, firm property and investment of personal property separation,bridgestone contributive person only to the extent of their respective capital contributions to assume responsibility, therefore, accounting firm with limited liability risk and responsibility is much smaller than the partnership.
Present situation
China certified public accountant law" stipulates:" accounting firm
only partnership and limited liability in two forms, but in
practice has appeared in various forms.
( a ) owned by the. The so-called" anchored by". China to create a
CPA career, CPA is through linked to a particular state organs and
set up.
( two) partnership.MotoGP The partnership is the" certified public accountant law" provisions of one form. The method allows individual partnership initiated the establishment of a public accounting firm, and as the preferred form of accounting firm set up.
( three) cooperation. Years of cooperation by practitioners of sponsoring organizations, limited liability, the collective nature of the cpa. Such as Shanghai's Pudong office is a public trust in Shanghai, south of CPA firms to invest 12%, South Shanghai Urban District Audit Bureau trade union investment 12%, investment established in 76% office staff.
( four) limited liability firm. Accounting firm with limited liability is certified by a registered accountant to initiate the establishment, its shareholders is limited responsibility, firm with all its assets debt liability.
( five) the group.
( six) the individual.wireless keyboards The Shenzhen
Institute of Certified Public Accountants regulations : 10 years of
full-time audit business professionals may apply for the
establishment of an individual firm.
Business classification
Public accounting firm in accordance with industry qualification
will be derived from a non accounting, auditing, tax services. As a
senior accountant office is a listed company IPO financing.
According to some industry services all year round, also can be the
nature of the industry assets assessment. A typical real estate
assets assessment, the assessment of intangible asset.

