Australia - changes for Accountants

From July 1st 2010, there are some changes to the Australian assessment process for Accountants.

In order to be assessed in the occupation of “Accountant” for migration, applicants need to be meet the requirements of a professional association such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA).

For the ICAA assessment, there are still 12 core knowledge areas with applicants needing to satisfy 9 of this. However 4 of these are compulsory from July 1st. These are;

1) Accounting Systems and Processes

2) Corp Accounting & Reporting

3) Accounting Theory, Professional & regulatory processes

4) Cost & Management Accounting

for more information, see

http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/