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If you want to start work in accountancy earlier rather than later, do the AAT first in order to get a qualification. If you do the AAT, you get a few exemptions when starting the ACCA, but you still have to pay for them! I went straight for the ACCA qualification as this was quicker, but I wouldn’t be able to get an accountancy job until I reached the professional levels.
Choice is yours. Remember, you still need three years experience to be a member of the ACCA.
“If you do the AAT, you get a few exemptions when starting the ACCA, but you still have to pay for them! ”
Used to be true, not any more. 2012 and onwards, AAT exemptions are free, I have confirmation of this in an email from ACCA and have personally been exempted without paying a charge.
I took AAT Foundation and Intermediate in the 90s and have worked in accountancy ever since. I completed AAT in 2012 and am now doing ACCA. Since I did not go to University, AAT guaranteed I could get into ACCA, A-levels are not enough it seems.
AAT + ACCA is a slower way to a qualification BUT – it leaves you with more letters after your name, and more expertise. When you sit ACCA papers F4 through to F9 you will in every case be sitting an exam on a subject you’ve already sat an AAT exam on. This means you have an automatic head start on your study and a better chance of getting the pass you want.
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C D Emery MAAT
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