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AAT in Ireland

  • 26-02-2015 9:05pm
    #1
    TheShockmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭


    My girlfriend wants to be an accountant, be it in a company setting or eventually for herself, but we are finding it hard to know which professional body she should study with. At the moment we are living in the UK but we do plan to move to Ireland in a few years. I am wondering if anyone has been in the same ship, where they will get qualified in the UK and later go to Ireland and have a recognised qualification. She was considering doing the AAT course but as far as i can see it isn't recognised in Ireland.

    Can anyone give me some reccomendations? It would be a great help


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Two of the bigger accounting bodies in this country are actually British - ACCA and CIMA.

    If she wants to become an accountant I wouldn't bother becoming a technician first - start straight into the accounting exams.

    A couple of the ACCA papers have Irish variants for local tax etc, am not sure how that would work if transferring part way through.

    The other big accounting body in the UK the ICAEW or ICAS would be recognised here too once you are qualified.
    Edit: Working as an accountant for a company and then going out on your own would be a less common path - usually someone who sets out on their own would have trained in an accounting practice looking after clients.

    Someone like myself who has only ever worked in companies would be a bit lost if trying to set out on my own and I would probably have to retrain before I got a pratcising cert.


  • #3
    Chevy RV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 467 ✭✭Chevy RV


    Hello There,


    There is no problem changing part way through as i did it myself.

    Each time you enter for an exam that actually has a variant e..g. English Law or Tax V's Irish Law or Tax , then you have to specify which variant you want to sit.

    Note you can sit the Irish variants in England as well if you wish. The only issue there is that you would have to get the Irish manuals etc and work through them yourself.

    Regards,

    Chevy RV


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