IMO,

Go straight to ACCA or whatever if you:
1. Can pass all the necessary professional papers (many gave up half way)
2. 100% wanted to be an accountant (many change their mind after a few years study/work and don't want to be one)
3. wanted to become one in the shortest time possible (slow down and smell the roses sometimes. gf & bf are nice)
4. at the lowest cost (well, what to do if you have little money?)


If you do not fulfill the above 4 conditions, I do not suggest you skip degree as some have suggested.

actually, Sunway is the only one affliated. yeah, just to clarify.

I was recommended by someone to take MICPA (Revised) and it has MOU with ICAA which entitles us to get ICAA membership as well, is it worth taking ? Or should i go for ACCA?

If you want to stay in Malaysia, MICPA is enough. If you want to work overseas, then depending on the country you want to go to, you may want to consider ACCA or another internationally recognised qualification

Isn't that ICAA is good enough?

Wow! This is the longest thread I've read so far. It seems that everyone is recommending ICAEW & ACCA instead of others like CPA. Does that mean CPA is not good? Aren't all of them professional bodies? Or that CPA is not up to standard? Is it true that CPA is not recognised by most companies in Australia?
I wanted to study CPA at first before I read this post but now it seems like.....

It's all depends on you. I am a CPA too. Before I came back to KL, I had job interviews with KPMG, EY and Deloitte in Australia. All 3 of them required me to enrol for the CA Program under ICAA. Then I told them I am already a CPA, then they said it's mandatory that anyone who joins the Big 4 in Australia must have CA. They consider CPA is just another general paper that anybody can have it. Because of that I rejected their offer and came back to KL. Now I regretted it.

Now I work in a mid size firm & discover that CPA is very far behind ICAEW & ACCA in terms of technical knowledge, skills blah blah blah.... whatever under the sun....Sometimes I am very puzzle why are they, ICAEW & ACCA are so good and all the CPA are lost & struggle in the work. It's the exam that makes the big difference.

not to be rude. although ur CPA programme did not prepare you for the required technical skills, why can't you take the initiative to learn those things yourself?

just get a book for those professional exam or best, get those issued by IASB or ISAAB and read

What is the diff btw ICAEW and CAT?

A simple google will answer your question.

ICAEW and CAT belongs to different institutions with the latter belonging to ACCA.

CAT is a foundation for you to proceed to ACCA. It is being replaced by Foundation in Accountancy (FIA) in June 2011.

P.S.: Please do a little homework before asking.

it really depends on which accounting bodies u want to be affiliated with..

hard to say which is better than the other.. all also got their own advantages and disadvantages..

different bodies will gain you different title.. as an example join ICAS or ICAEW will earn you the title of CA (Chartered Accountant), join CIMA and you get the title CMA (Chartered Management Accountants), so on and so forth..

just got a call for an interview by The Sun newspaper. i think its the MAPCU or something.. for CFAB program.

hey,i got called too..but it was the Sunway college itself that called me.
Tomorrow noon right?

yea same case man

mine is on tuesday 11a.m

u?

mine is tomorrow at 4pm

woo.. good luck man keep in touch kay? share our result.

hi, which course you applying ?

ACCA.

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Added on May 29, 2011, 10:11 pmhaha..thanks..good luck for you too

This post has been edited by starz92: May 29 2011, 10:11 PM

its CAT right for yrs? mine is CFAB. what i heard is they only sponsor us CAT or CFAB only. ACCA and ICAEW is on our own no?

actually i am at CAT level now..final sitting next week..so i am going for ACCA interview..i saw it in The Sun website so i just apply