Any one have any fail safe ideas for this... having to complete my first one this year... WISH i'd have kept a record on what i read and when no! :(
Im ok for the points for this year but its just hard trying to think 'was that article i read applicabl' or even 'is the stuff i read and contribute on here' even applicable??
How does everyone do theres? (bet you dont leave it till the last minute! like me... )
I note mine on sheets of paper, and then every year I have to collect said notes all together and then I type them up into a spreadsheet. I know I should record it all straight into a spreadsheet as I go along, but there always seems to be something better to do.
I'm with the IAB, and all they provide you with is a simple form that can emulated easily which is attached to the application for renewing the compliance certificate.
I just wondered was there anything anyone else does/doing to help record stuff and what sort of things you record.
I've had a look at the paperwork, and I cant see anywhere that I have to provide records and proof attached to the CPD form.... is this right or wrong?
The new 2013 pocket IAB diary, (it arrived a couple of weeks ago) has CPD record pages in the front secction.
I keep the diary with me and find it really useful to record everthing I do in it as its to hand, often just infront of me on my desk or in my "handbag" !!!!
Must admit I like the additional pages in the diary for next year as I use the IAB diary all the time to record stuff but there's not much room on the daily pages.
I tend to jot things down on bits of paper and keep invoices/confirmations/emails of events, courses etc I have attended.
I had to check... i didn't belive you, but yes the are there!! thanks for this usfull tip. Im sure i will be using them to help me at the end of the year. :D
The world is flat and I met a very nice Do-Do the other day.
trust me, I'm an accountant :)
I was thinking that these IABers get pampered with a diary. Only way that I could imagine getting one from the ACCA would be if they emailed it to me! That's a jibe at student accountant going virtual which means that I can't sit on the toilet and read it anymore which is the only time that I ever got time to read it, so now I don't.. But at least PQ magazine is real and what's better it's independent.
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