ACCA Exemptions

Chris023

Hey Guys

I thought I heard somewhere that AAT grants exemptions from the foundation stage of ACCA

I understand that we are exempt from F1, F2 & F3 from the ACCA exams

What about papers F4-F9? which are classed as skills modules? are these in the foundation stage? I thought we could go straight on to the professional stage.

Thanks in advance

Chris023

just done a search on the forum..should have done that first :001_tt2: so I guess we are only exempt from the first 3 papers

Bluewednesday

Yes you are, it's only really accounting degrees or other chartered qualifications that allow you to start at professional level

MWAUGH1983

yeah from my experience on the accounting degree; the maximum number of exemptions is 9 which clears the first 2 stages of acca and leave the porfessional stage with is 7 papers as there is 16 papers in total on acca.

with cima the maximum number of exemptions is 8.

Bluewednesday

There are only 5 papers in the professional stage of ACCA. P1-3 are compulsory and you have to go 2 out of P4-P7

Ryan Dunbar

I must admit, i found ACCA very difficult to deal with when it came to gaining exemptions. I tried to carry over 5 completed exams from ICAS and received no additional exemptions.

It's as if they don't take full recognition of other professional bodies.

NeilH

MWAUGH1983 wrote: »

...with cima the maximum number of exemptions is 8.

Actuall it's 11: 5 at Certificate stage and 6 at Managerial, leaving the four at Strategic stage (IncTest of Professional Competence) to sit. Apparently there are a 1 or 2 post graduate qualifications that will grant exemptions from some of the final stage but the only one I know of is a collaborative MSc between CIMA and and Uni.

Neil