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The Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) qualification is offered in the United Kingdom by the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the global professional accounting body offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (ACCA). It has 240,952 members and 541,930 future members worldwi ...
(ACCA). Upon completion of the exams and required practical work experience, the CAT graduate will be able to apply to use the letters CAT after their name. Although CAT can be obtained as a stand-alone qualification, it is often the case that individuals study for CAT as an introductory qualification in
accountancy Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "langua ...
prior to training to become a
Chartered Certified Accountant Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the global professional accounting body offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (ACCA). It has 240,952 members and 541,930 future members worldwi ...
through the ACCA Professional Scheme. It usually takes one and a half years to complete the nine CAT exams. However, there is no restriction on the number of papers that can be attempted at each sitting. CAT's rival is the
Association of Accounting Technicians The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) is the world’s leading professional body for Accounting Technicians, with over 150,000 members worldwide. AAT has 150,000 members according to official records from the Financial Reporting Counci ...
(AAT) qualification. ACCA was a sponsor of the AAT before breaking its links in the mid-1990s in order to form the CAT qualification. The rationale behind this move was that it wanted a technician level qualification which followed the same strategic direction of the ACCA qualification, i.e. one with an international profile. The Certified Accounting Technician qualification (CAT) has now been placed on the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) was a charity, and an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) of the Department for Education. In England and Northern Ireland, the QCDA maintained and developed the National Cu ...
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, which means that publicly funded educational institutions are now eligible for grants to help them train individuals towards this qualification in the United Kingdom. The ACCA has placed the CAT as part of its Foundations in Accountancy suite of qualifications.


See also

* British qualified accountants * Institute of Accounting Technicians, Canada *
Accounting Technicians Ireland Accounting Technicians Ireland is the leading professional body for Accounting Technicians on the island of Ireland. They have over 10,000 members and students in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. The organisation was establis ...
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Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka The Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka, or AATSL, is a Sri Lankan qualification and professional body for vocational accountants which was launched as an initiative that came through the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri ...


References

{{reflist Professional associations based in the United Kingdom Accounting in the United Kingdom