The Chartered Tax Consultant qualification programme is only available to Chartered Accountants. The course is available to CA students and current members:
Participants sitting the Chartered Accountant Final Admitting Examination (FAE) under the new syllabus, available from autumn 2010, must take the FAE tax elective as a precondition to undertaking Chartered Tax Consultant Programme. The elective can be taken when sitting the FAEs or at a later date.
ICAI Members who have successfully completed their FAEs under the 'old' syllabus, prior to autumn 2010 can enter at "Stage 2 Applied Tax" of the Chartered Tax Consultant Programme.
ICAI Members who have successfully completed their FAEs before autumn 2010 and who have successfully completed the AITI programme with the Irish Taxation Institute are exempt from the "Stage 2 Applied Tax" of the Chartered Tax Consultant Programme. The entry level for such participants will be "Stage 3 Integrated Tax Consultancy" of the Chartered Tax Consultant Programme.
All successful candidates of the Chartered Tax Consultant programme are eligible to apply to use the designation "Chartered Tax Consultant" provided he or she has applied and had their admission confirmed to ICAI as a Chartered Accountant.