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I couldn't agree more. There is always going to be a certain amount of snobbery, especially from the likes of ICAEW'ers, which thankfully seems to be less nowadays. In the eyes of the law (UK), ACCA/ICAEW/CIMA/CIPFA all have chartered status. Anyway, us ACCAs get an extra 'C' and can call ourselves Chartered Certified Accountants. To pass 14 very hard/masters level ACCA exams is a massive achievement!

Unfortunately, there is still a belief held by a number of people in business that Chartered Accountants are in some way better qualified or legally entitled to do work which Chartered Certified Accountants are not legally entitled to carry out.I think more needs to be done to dispel this myth.Maybe ACCA Should carry out their own marketing campaign pointing out the equivalency of Chartered Certified Accountant with Chartered Accountants.