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Can you become a member/do both ACCA and CIMA?

Forums › ACCA Forums › General ACCA Forums › Can you become a member/do both ACCA and CIMA?

  • This topic has 7 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by crsfearon.
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  • November 1, 2016 at 6:51 pm #347010
    Mark
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    Hello, can you register for 2 professional bodies?

    Does ACCA and CIMA allow this?

    E.g If a person wanted to do ACCA F1-9 + P1-6 and then CIMA – Both?

    Can you do this?

    Thanks

    November 2, 2016 at 8:35 pm #347140
    slobodanm
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    Yes.After you completed ACCA you can enroll Professional Gate away exam which will give you 11 exemptions and then you can do professional level papers. Of course much of the material will overlap so the benefits are questionable. You have ACCA’s teaching CIMA (e.g OT).and CIMA’s teaching ACCA (e.g.Astranti).

    November 22, 2016 at 7:27 pm #350741
    holdon
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    11 exemptions !

    November 22, 2016 at 7:40 pm #350747
    mrjonbain
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    Further to above answers which are absolutely correct,I would question the benefits of undertaking this course of action.ACCA allows you to take options papers on a post qualification basis.This means that it would be possible to cover management accounting topics as well as tax,financial and auditing ones at an advanced stage of study if that is what you really wanted to do.This would. deal with overlap problem addressed above and save a good deal of time,effort and money.

    April 16, 2018 at 3:22 pm #447446
    nelor
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    If we complete CIMA first, how many exemptions can we have if we want to do ACCA????

    April 16, 2018 at 4:40 pm #447473
    Chris
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    @nelor said:
    If we complete CIMA first, how many exemptions can we have if we want to do ACCA????

    You get 5 exemptions: F1-F3, F5 and F9.

    Kinda telling if you ask me…

    April 16, 2018 at 8:31 pm #447548
    moe30
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    Yes but why you would want to do both is probably a more important question.

    Regardless of the answer doing both is a complete waste of time

    March 27, 2019 at 1:47 pm #510584
    crsfearon
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    I think CIMA offers additional skills in the areas of risk management, operations and strategic management that are not offered in ACCA. There is no waste of time. Having both Certifications will enable you to add real value to your organization. I say go for ACCA then go for CIMA if that is what you really want. Let no one stop you.

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