Unfortunately accountants have no one else but themselves to blame for being stereotyped as being boring and at times difficult or impossible to understand. A large portion of most accountants work is the summarising and restatement of historic transactions and while history can be a good indicator of things to come, it’s not terribly exciting.

Accounting is littered with legal and accounting jargon which accountants like to use when they want to look like experts. What these supposed accounting experts do not realise, is that you probably do not understand the jargon and if you are confused then they have not done their job properly.

Luckily, stereotypes are not the rule and there are exceptions. There are accountants who are not boring and who you can understand. Remember it’s the accountants’ problem if you do not understand them and not yours, and real accounting experts are those who can make a complex subject sound simple.