Chartered Accountants Ireland

• 20,000 members - we are the largest body of professional accountants in Ireland
• 5,700 students
• Growing since 1888

Our Aims

• To make Chartered Accountants the key business advisors
• To enhance business performance by providing accounting professionals to every sector within the global economy
• To ensure that having the Chartered qualification means having the highest professional standards
• To offer our members the best services to support their professional careers
• To represent the interests of all members in our dealings with Government
• To protect the public interest

Your Institute

We are governed by an elected Council which determines policy and ensures its implementation, led by our President and his Officer Group, and supported by the Management Team and staff.

Our members are regulated by the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board, an independent body which we established in 2007.

We work with our professional colleagues at home and abroad through

• IFAC - the International Federation of Accountants
• FEE - Féderation des Experts Comptables Européen
• CCAB-I - Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies in Ireland
• CCAB - Consultative Commitee of Accoutancy Bodies
• IIN - The International Innovation Network

Chartered Accountants Ireland is a founder member of the Global Accounting Alliance which, inter alia, provides local support to members in the participating countriee.

Full Services List

• Accountancy Ireland - bi-monthly journal
• Annual residential Conference
• Benevolent Association
• Business Matters and Practice Matters - bi-monthly targeted newsletters
• Business Confidence Surveys
• Business Members Networks
• Brand enhancing activities
• CARE - Ethical issues advisory service for members in business
• Career Mentoring
• Careers Advisory and Placement Service
• CCAB Groups in Europe - networks of professional accountants in Europe
• CHARIOT - the technical standards tool provided online and on CD
• Continuous Professional Development Programme - 400 courses per year, streamed to meet your needs
• District Societies: currently Ulster, Leinster, Cork, MidWest, NorthWest, Western, London and Australia
• EBSCO - on-line database of business research and sources
• eCPD - access your Continuing Professional Development on-line
• Electronic Newsletters/Journals:
  • Chartered Accountants News - weekly on a Friday
  • Chartered Accountants Tax - weekly
  • Chartered Accountants Financial Services - weekly
  • Chartered Accountants CPD (RoI) - monthly
  • Chartered Accountants CPD (NI) - quarterly:
  • Chartered Accountants FS Express - monthly
  • Chartered Accountants Finance Leaders Journal - bi-monthly
  • Chartered Accountants Corporate Governance Journal - by-monthly
  • Chartered Accountants Professional Update Bulletin - quarterly
  • Chartered Accountants Research and Information Services - quarterly
• Chartered Accoutants Ireland Publishing - Ireland's leading business publisher, with a suite of books, journals and electronic products for accountants and other professionals
• In-Company Training - tailored training in your business or firm
• Libraries, Research and Information Services
• Member Benefit Schemes
• Podcasts of events
• Post ACA qualifications in place:
  • Certificate in Director's Duties
  • Diploma in Corporate Finance
  • Chartered Tax Consultant
  • Diploma in IFRS
  • Diploma in Forensive Accounting
  • Diploma in Managing People
  • Masters in Corporate Leadership - In conjunction with Dublin City University *
  • Masters in Information Systems Strategy- In conjunction with Dublin City University
  • Certificate in Executive Leadership - In conjunction with INSEAD, France.

If there is a specific field not already covered above and where you would like to see a qualification put in place, please contact the Learning and Development team who would be delighted to hear from you and discuss your idea in more detail

• Practice Consulting
• Practice Networks
• PracticeLink - forum for buying and selling of practices
• Representing members' interests with Government and its agenda.
• Special Interest Groups for business members
• Surveys on members needs
• Taxation, representation & information services including:
  • Taxsource - Irish taxation database
  • Taxpoint - your monthly tax digest
• Technical, Legal and Taxation advice services
• Thought leadership projects
• Young Professionals programme, including annual conferences
• LinkedIn and Facebook Groups and Twitter account
• Website