Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( ACCA ) is the global body for professional accountants offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification ( ACCA or FCCA ).

The term ' Chartered ' in ACCA qualification refers to the Royal Charter granted in 1974 by Queen Elizabeth II in the United Kingdom.

ACCA was a sponsor of the AAT before introducing the CAT qualification in the mid-1990s.

* The ACCA or Chartered Certified Accountant qualification is fully recognised in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

For example a holder of the ACCA or Chartered Certified Accountant qualification could practice as an accountant in all member countries of the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland, describing him / herself as ACCA or Chartered Certified Accountant.

* ACCA and TÜRMOB ( The Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants of Turkey ) at Turkey signed a partnership agreement in 2004 which enables TÜRMOB members resident in Turkey to follow the ACCA Professional Scheme qualification and achieve ACCA membership.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia ( ICAA ), CPA Australia and Institute of Public Accountants recognise ACCA qualification as sufficient to obtain a skill assessment as an Accountant for the purposes of immigration.

The ACCA qualification is legally recognized by the national accounting institutes with joint scheme relationships in:

The ACCA qualification is legally recognized in the French Guiana ( Part of France and hence subject to European Union regulations ).

* The ACCA qualification currently is legally recognized by the national accounting institutes with the joint scheme relationships in:

ACCA qualification is accepted by the Hong Kong employment market.

Singapore's government recognizes ACCA qualification to meet its immigrant skills assessment.

The ACCA or Chartered Certified Accountant qualification is recognized by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants ( MIA ).

The ACCA qualification confers the Qualified Company Secretary designation in Pakistan.

Recently ICAP issued a letter to all Pakistan's firm to not give any contract to the foreign qualification like ( ACCA )

AICPA is moving away from a national institute, offering qualification for CPAs in public practice into an international accounting institute covering both CPAs in public practice and management accountant in conglomerates ( something like ACCA does for decades ).

From 2007, ACCA members seeking enhanced skills and improved organisational performance can undertake the Chartered Director qualification – a professional qualification for directors.

The ACCA implemented this policy as it wanted a technician level qualification which followed the same business model as itself.

AAT is a recognised professional qualification, separate from, but working together, for the furthering of the accounting profession, with colleagues, from all the main chartered accountancy AAT sponsoring bodies, and others such as the ACCA.

* Sunday services in the ACCA ( the Nazarean order of services is similar in a few churches but widely vary in others, the order of worship in the Christian Apostolic Church and German Apostolic Christian Church are essentially identical — this is basically the same order of worship used in old order German Baptist, Mennonite and Amish churches ) are as follows:

* Accounting is fully accredited for entry to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland ( ICAS ) as well as offering exemptions to other professional bodies, e. g. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( ACCA ) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ( CIMA )

CGA is a recognized in 170 + countries through their partnership with ACCA.

The most popular of these is the Bachelor of Accountancy ( BAcc ) program, which trains students for a professional level accounting certification exams, most notably the ACCA.

The Bible school is a members of the Association of Christian College Athletics ( ACCA ).

This right is held in common with ACCA, ICAEW and the ICAI.

, the goal of ACCA is to become the world ’ s largest global professional body.

From 2008, Fellowship, or senior membership of ACCA, is awarded automatically based on 5 years ' continuous membership, subject to compliance with Continuing Professional Development requirements.

** ACCA is a Designated Professional Body under the Financial Services and Markets Act, business activities.

** ACCA is a Recognised Professional Body under the Insolvency Act to issue permits to individual Chartered Certified Accountants to conduct insolvency appointments.

** ACCA is a Recognised Qualifying Body and Recognised Supervisory Body in relation to company auditing under the Companies Act of 1989.

** ACCA is a member of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies ( CCAB ).

Where full legal or mutual recognition is not available, ACCA members can sometimes obtain advanced standing in terms of sitting local accountancy examinations.

* ACCA is recognized by national accounting institutes with joint scheme relationships in:

* ACCA designation is not generally recognized by the states in the U. S., requiring ACCA members to complete all regular requirements to become a Certified Public Accountant ( CPA ).

The Canadian branch of ACCA is pursuing recognition for statutory audit purposes in the province of Ontario under the province's Public Accounting Act of 2004

The ACCA is an affiliate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean.

The ACCA currently is legally recognized with the joint scheme relationships by Macau Society of Certified Practising Accountants ( Local statutory accountancy body ) in Macau.

* The ACCA currently is legally recognized by national accounting institutes with joint scheme relationships in:

In the United Kingdom, many Professors of Accounting are members of one of four registered auditors and Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies members including ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS and ICAI recognized under the Companies Act.

ACCA announced a Mutual Recognition Agreement with CGA Canada effective from 1 January 2007 ; renewed in 2011 for a further 5 years period until December 2017., Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, World Education Services and the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor indicated that the evaluation recognized ACCA as having the Canadian equivalence of a Bachelor's Degree ( four years ) in Accounting.

However, ACCA has not procured a mutual recognition agreement with any accountancy body in Australia, unlike CIMA and CIPFA which are recognized via MRAs with CPA Australia.

The old agreement was terminated on 30 June 2005. forcing ACCA members to accept the so-called " 8 unfair terms " e. g., hold a degree recognized by HKICPA, work under HKICPA authorized employers, attend workshops, pass HKICPA's Final Professional Examination ( FPE ), etc.

* ACCA is one of two professional bodies ( Another is the charterholders of Chartered Financial Analyst ( CFA )) whose members are recognized by UK's Securities & Investment Institute ( SII ) as equivalent to full SII membership ( MSI ).