can anybody do the exams to become a chartered accountant. pleeeeeease answer?
i got ver bad gcse grades. so to become a chartered accountant do they look at my grades. or can anyone do the exams and officially become a chartered accountant.
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Answer 1 :
ask the accountant not us
Answer 2 :
if you did bad in accounting courses, then you probably won't pass the tests to become a chartered accountant - if they are anything like US CPA tests, they are not easy
Answer 3 :
http://www.icaew.com/index.cfm/route/158423/icaew_ga/en/Home/Institute_of_Chartered_Accountants_in_England_and_Wales Hiya, I am not an accountant but a Financial Adviser, which is close enough... I looked some info up for you. Not sure if you are in Scotland, England, Ireland or Wales, the required qualification/membership of professional society varies for each part of the country. You cannot be an accountant without a relevant qualification and CPD (continuing professional development) so it is a career that you should only embark on if you are studious. Someone else wrote a stupid answer about you wouldn't be able to cope with accountancy exams if you flunked school - utter nonsense - if you want to do something enough and you are driven you can achieve anything and the cheeky sod doesn't even know you. Go for it and good luck!!
Answer 4 :
Apart from passing exams, you also need to have three years of relevant work experience before you can become a chartered accountant. It's nice to think that anyone could become a chartered accountant, but it is simply not true. Firms that train chartered accountants spend a lot of money on the training courses and take the highly competitive recruitment process really seriously, meaning that your "very bad" GCSEs would mean it is unlikely that anyone would take you onto their training scheme.
Answer 5 :
I would recommend that you should initially do the AAT qualification (Association of Accounting Technicians). There are three levels and so if you start at the Foundation level I would imagine that this would be OK for you as this is just equivalent to GCSE's. You can then complete the Intermediate and Technician levels at which point you would have the qualification. Most people study for the AAT with an employer who pays for their study, however if your GCSE's are really as bad as you say they are it may be better for you to study for the Foundation and maybe even the whole qualification yourself and pay for it yourself. You would then have more job prospects as you could show that you have the ability to study for accountancy and could then get a job with an employer to sponsor you for the remainder. http://www.aat.org.uk/content/item2555/ Once you have the AAT qualification you could then continue to study to become Chartered. The AAT would give you a good basic grounding in accountancy before considering whether to move onto the ACA qualification (Chartered Accountant) from the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) or the ACCA (Chartered Certified Accountant). You will definitely need to study at the same time as working as you require three years work experience as well as the qualification to become Chartered. I hope that this helps - have a look at the AAT website and see what you think.
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