Professional Referee
stefanboro
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Hi everyone,
I have finally got round to getting my MAAT status despite having passed everything two years ago.
I now want to dive right in for MIP status and as I already have clients, this is mandatory anyway.
Something I am not clear on is : Does my professional referee for MIP application have to be an accountant?
I understand that it does for MAAT application (it explicity said so) but the application for MIP does not specify this.
I've rang the AAT and they said accountant. But I KNOW of a former post by Taskey in 2010 on this same topic and I KNOW the answer there was that it had to be someone senior to you who has known your own for at least 6 months.
A little bit of clarity would be bliss.
I have finally got round to getting my MAAT status despite having passed everything two years ago.
I now want to dive right in for MIP status and as I already have clients, this is mandatory anyway.
Something I am not clear on is : Does my professional referee for MIP application have to be an accountant?
I understand that it does for MAAT application (it explicity said so) but the application for MIP does not specify this.
I've rang the AAT and they said accountant. But I KNOW of a former post by Taskey in 2010 on this same topic and I KNOW the answer there was that it had to be someone senior to you who has known your own for at least 6 months.
A little bit of clarity would be bliss.
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When I did mine, back in the late 90s mind you, I used a solicitor as my professional referee.0
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Thanks TC.
I think given the ambiguous guidance on this I will have to use my current MD in my full-time job who is not chartered in anything but has known my work for more then 6 months and can give an opinion on my suitability.
The guidance states nothing else beyond this.0
