Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

Libby King of Libby King & Associates in Austin, Texas, joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting, a podcast production of Where Accountants Go. If you’ve ever daydreamed about how you could use your industry accounting background to service clients in a self-employment or contractor capacity, this episode is for you. US GAO One of the interesting parts of this discussion for me personally was actually Libby’s first job out of college. She worked as an Auditor with the United States General Accounting Office.  I had always wondered what a position with the GAO may be like, and Libby shared some of her experiences with us on the show.  There are way to many details to share in the show-notes here, but suffice it to say that one of the organizations they audited was so large that anything under $80 million dollars was considered an immaterial item with regards to the audit.  Truly an amazing experience I’m sure. Her Eureka Moment When asked about how she decided to start her business, Libby said it truly