I am currently MAAT and AICB (almost MICB). I am really confused as to what qualification to aim for next ATT, ACCA or CIMA. My gut instinct is telling me ATT but once this is completed can you go onto CTA or do you have to complete CIMA/ACCA first?
Does anybody have experience in Distance Learning the ATT and if so can you recommend any providers?
Also just to clarify could I do final accounts for clients with MICB/ MAAT and ATT?
ATT is a great qualification and a shortcut to CTA as it's an allowable pathway along with these others :
The Association of Taxation Technicians (four required certificate papers)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
The Association of International Accountants
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
The Association of Corporate Treasurers
The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
The Institute of Indirect Taxation
The Irish Taxation Institute
Inland Revenue FT2 or CPT examination, or successful completion of HM Revenue & Customs IDP or ITS2
HM Revenue & Customs VAT Legal and Technical Training examination.
ATT is not easy but getting it is going to be a lot easier and faster than getting most of those other qualifications.
The question then of course is why bother with ICB when you have AAT and ATT? Nothing wrong wih the ICB qualification but in that scenario it does seem a little supervluous to requirements.
Sure that someone else will now jump in and point out why having ICB in that combination is actually a good idea.
All the best,
Shaun.
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Great, thanks for clearing that up. I wasn't sure whether you could study CTA after just the ATT without having ACCA or CIMA too.
The reason why I chose to do ICB after my MAAT was to refresh my knowledge really as the position I was in then wasn't solely focused on accounts so I wanted to keep on top of things rather than forget I you understand what I mean. Anyway, once I have my MICB I am almost certain that ATT sounds the way forward for me. I have checked the syllabus and read forums and although it seems a difficult route to take it interests me and it will be such an achievement once completed. It is encouraging to know that we have the option to then study CTA if we choose to without having to do another longhaul route first like ACCA/CIMA.
I guess the next step is to research the providers of ATT for distance learning.
I could be wrong but I think that you can do ATT without a trainingn provider similar to the way many people do ACCA and CIMA.
I appreciate that going it alone isn't for everyone but if you can you may save yourself a small fortune.
Also. BPP do tax courses on CD's (known as i-learn) for ACCA papers F6 and P6 which could be used for ATT studies as could the free opentuition lectures for ACCA F6.
I've already got some site members onto the idea of using ACCA study materials to pass AAT. No reason that they could not also be used for ATT.
There is lots of study material out there from BPP, Kaplan (my favorite), GTG and others but the only problem that you will have with ATT is that your materials will always need to be the most current which equates to the most expensive (Many ACCA papers can be taken quite happily using materials from previous diets).
Good luck with your studies whereever they may take you and whatever form they may take,
kind regards,
Shaun.
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