ACCA and CAANZ (Australia and New Zealand)

This is about “mutual recognition” – i.e. a MEMBER of ACCA with 5 year’s post-membership experience can apply to be members of CA ANZ if they reside in Australia or New Zealand … and CA ANZ members can, similarly, apply for ACCA membership.

Students who accept exam exemptions available to them still obtain membership through the “standard examination pathway” by sitting and the passing the remaining exams of the qualification (which, as a minimum, always included all the strategic professional exams).

A third-party arrangement means where someone obtains ACCA membership through another professional body. For example – members of ACCA and ICAEW can each apply for direct membership of the other professional body, without sitting any exams. Someone who passes ICAEW exam, becomes a member of ICAEW, and then applies for and obtains ACCA membership, would NOT be eligible for CA ANZ membership.

So if you pass the remaining exams in the ACCA scheme (3 applied skills + strategic professional) and complete the EPSM and 3 years’ PER to become a member – after 5 years of membership – if you are in ANZ, you will be able to apply for CA ANZ membership (assuming that the alliance is still in force in however long that will be – 8 years if you haven’t any practical experience yet).

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