CPA-an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state; in addition to accounting and auditing, CPAs also prepare tax returns for individuals and corporations. certified public accountant.
La Pampa, provincia (province), central Argentina. It lies immediately west of Buenos Aires province and straddles drier sections of the Pampa (northeast) and semiarid sections of the Patagonian Desert (southwest). The east-central city of Santa Rosa is the provincial capital.
Several smaller plains in other parts of South America, such as the desert of northern Chile, are also referred to by the term Pampas. 1  The Argentine Pampas covers an area of approximately 295,000 square miles (760,000 square km) and is divided into two distinct zones. The dry zone in the west, which includes most of La Pampa province, is largely barren, with great saline areas, brackish streams, and sandy deserts.