The ACCA Qualification is designed to provide the accounting knowledge, skills and professional values which will deliver finance professionals who are capable of building successful careers across all sectors, whether they are working in the public or private sectors, practicing in accounting firms, or pursuing a career in business. In order to qualify as an ACCA member, you will complete:

• 14 exams (nine of which are eligible for exemption)

• Relevant practical experience, with a minimum of three years

• A Professional Ethics module.

The ACCA offers various entry points on to the ACCA Qualification, depending on your age and previous academic qualifications.

• Two A Levels and three GCSEs or equivalent in five separate subjects, including English and Mathematics.

• Full information on the minimum entrance criteria for each country is available in the ‘related documents’ section.

• Normally over age 21

• No academic qualifications required

• Must pass the equivalent of Papers F2, Management Accounting and F3, Financial Accounting within two years before further progression to the ACCA exams is permitted.

Relevant degree holders from ACCA-accredited institutions may be exempted from all nine exams within the Fundamentals level and register directly at the Professional level. Degrees with some relevance may also qualify for exemptions

• No academic qualifications required.

• Sit Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) qualification first and then transfer to the Skills module of the ACCA Qualification by claiming exemptions from the first three papers in the Knowledge module.

On registration you will be asked to pay an initial subscription fee. Then on 1 January each year, an annual subscription fee will be due. As you enter for exams or claim exemptions, a payment will be requested. The following fees are applicable in 2010 (and are subject to change without written notice)

• Initial Registration £66

• Subscription £66

• *Re-registration fee £66

• Knowledge £53

• Skills £66

• Professional £78

*If you have previously been registered with ACCA and wish to re-register, you should complete form TRRR which can be obtained from the ACCA office. The re-registration fee is £66 (an additional penalty fee of £66, plus any outstanding fees that you owe, may also be charged if you were removed from the register for non-payment of any fees and had not previously informed ACCA that you wished to leave the register).

You will need to complete 14 papers in total. A maximum of nine papers in the Fundamentals level are available for exemption. Johannesburg Polytechnic charges the following based on the papers you wish to undertake. You can undertake a maximum of 4 Modules in one examination sitting e.g. June: 4 papers and December another 4 papers.

TUITION FEE BURSARY SCHEME

ACCA recommends BPP books or Kaplans for all the papers. At Johannesburg Polytechnic we use both books which can be ordered separately or with the course as follows:

• Please check updated catalog on accacimabooks.com

Please add another R200.00 for Stationery (books and pens etc) You must also have a Scientific Calculator.

*This is approximate price and may be more depending on the current prices. Books and stationery are not Included in tuition fees

• Registration fee: A registration fee of R 1000.00 is applicable for all courses. This is payable in advance and per year and

• is non refundable.

• Please use the paper codes and levels in this table to fill in the registration form provided.

• Fees once paid are not refundable under any circumstances so long as classes have been booked and confirmed.

EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer- Simply Transfer the funds to our ABSA account conveniently and email the deposit slip to our accounts department.