You could go straight to ACCA now but you would not get any exemptions unless you have passed the papers at AAT level IV
The levels are :
AAT level II - not suitable for ACCA registration
AAT level III - Suitable for registration. No Exemptions
AAT level IV - Suitable for registration plus exemption from papers F1, F2 and F3
HTH,
Shaun.
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Shaun
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From an employer point of view would it look better to have a full AAT qualification or doesn't it matter because you would be covering the same topics anyway in ACCA?
with my employers hat on I would take PQ ACCA over MAAT.
If you have ACCA (or CIMA or CTA or ACA) then employers are not going to look at the stepping stones that you took to get there.
That sounds awful and it really is nothing against the AAT qualification which is sound... But... ACCA is higher and there is no getting away from that.
After saying that though, you have invested time and effort already in AAT and do you want to come away from that without completing it?
Difficult decision that there is no right or wrong answer to.
What do you really feel is the right next step?
If you know that you are going to be taking ACCA then is it not worth doing the first three papers to lever you into the ACCA way of thinking before paper F4 hits you like a brick as it does for many that skip the first three.
Sorry not a black and white answer but this one isn't a black and white question with any right or wrong answer.
kind regards,
Shaun.
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An awful lot more start the qualification than finish it.
If you abandon AAT then you will have given up a qualification and not replaced it with a better one.
Just another thing to think about there,
kind regards,
Shaun.
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I agree it would be wise to finish Level 4 first. My worry was that because I finshed Level 3 in 2011 and have had to miss 2 years studying until next September. The thought of only starting Level 4 next year and then going onto the next step which would take me another 3 years to finish just seems like a long stretch really.
I struggled with Level 3 so thinking about it going straight onto ACCA would be a shock.
If you say that you didnt storm level 3, i would finish level 4 so you have one qualification in the bag. I am not saying this is going to happen, but you dont want to have a go at ACCA and then have to come back to AAT level 4. You can also view it as level 4 getting you exemptions saving you from some ACCA exams so you are not too far behind in terms of time.
But if you can, definitely try and get ACCA, as this will open a lot more doors than the AAT, it will take alot of time and effort ,but if it wasn't difficult the qualification wouldn.t be worth having.
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Nick Craggs FMAAT ACA AAT Distance Learning Manager
I will go ahead with the level 4 next september. I have already purchased the books so will revise the level beforehand to give me a bit of a head start.
rather than the dryness of just reading have you thought about watching the Opentuition ACCA online lectures for the equivalent papers.
Also BPP interactive I-Learn courses which are generally less than £30 each (some less than £20).
Mike Little is an absolute star of a lecturer and has helped a good many students pass their exams.
Note that ACCA has everything AAT does plus more so by studying ACCA to pass AAT you are just making sure that you get a better score (and also preparing yourself for what comes next).
When it gets close to the time tell us the AAT papers that you are going to be sitting and I'll tell you the ACCA equivalents to study. (Opentuition is free so big plus there).
kind regards,
Shaun.
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