Professions regulated in most or all EU states include British qualified accountants ( Chartered Certified Accountant ( ACCA ) or Chartered Accountant ( ACA or CA ) or International Accountant ( AIA ) in the UK ), Chartered Engineer, or Eur Ing ( European Ingénieur ), Incorporated Engineer, MIET-Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, teachers ( Qualified Teacher Status in the UK ), and lawyers ( barristers, solicitors and advocates in the UK ).

Even if ACCA gained statutory recognition, it would still be up to the individual states to grant reciprocity within their state.

* 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 ).

ACCA claims to work in the public interest, assuring that its members are appropriately regulated.

ACCA traces its origin to 1904, when eight people formed the London Association of Accountants to allow more open access to the profession than was available through the accounting bodies at the time, notably the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

* 2001: ACCA received a Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade, recognising ACCA's growth and its role in 160 countries worldwide.

* 2002: ACCA received its second Queen's Award for Enterprise in the space of 12 months, in the Sustainable Development category.

** Under its Royal Charter, ACCA works in the public interest.

Press reports highlighted comments about ACCA, which had implemented recommendations to improve its examination syllabus, but needed to pay greater attention to monitoring long-time members.

ACCA has one representative in Auckland and holds its exams there.

New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants has removed its exemptions altogether for ACCA members following the re-negotiation of mutual recognition agreement with various accounting bodies including CIPFA and CPA Australia in December 2010.

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

Once qualified the individual can work in a variety of finance functions at technician level or go on to study to be a chartered accountant through taking the exams of one of its sponsor bodies or indeed the ACCA.

The ACCA, however, is not in full communion with the Oriental Orthodox churches because it ordains women and because it does not require celibacy of its bishops, allowing them, like priests and deacons, to marry.

The ACCA is distinct from most of these churches in that it largely embraces the theology and much of the practice of the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Indian Orthodox Church, from which the clergy of the ACCA primarily derive their claim to apostolic succession via the lineage of Joseph Rene Vilatte.

Individuals who describe themselves as Chartered Certified Accountants must be members of ACCA and, if they carry out public practice engagements, must comply with additional regulations such as holding a practising certificate, carrying liability insurance and submitting to inspections.

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.

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 ).

The Association of Corporate Counsel ( ACC ), formerly the American Corporate Counsel Association ( ACCA ), is the largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations and other private-sector organizations around the world.

* 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.

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 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.

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

** 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.

* The ACCA qualification is legally recognized by all member countries of the European Union under the Mutual Recognition Directive.

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

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 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 ).

There may be several such bodies for one profession in a single country, an example being the accountancy bodies ( ACCA, ICAEW, ICAI, ICAS, CIPFA, AAPA, CIMA, IFA, CPA ) of the United Kingdom, all of which have been given a Royal Charter although not necessarily considered to hold equivalent-level qualifications.

In the UK, auditing guidelines are set by the institutes ( including ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS and ICAI ) of which auditing firms and individual auditors are members.

* 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.

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 one UK accountancy body which does not sponsor the AAT is the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ( ACCA ).

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

In 1919, the Manufacturer's Aircraft Association was dissolved, and the newly formed Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce ( ACCA ) stepped in to promote civil aviation, " to foster, advance, promulgate and promote: aeronautics, and " generally, to do every act and thing which may be necessary and proper for the advancement " of American aviation.