Membership and Qualification
- ICAS has over 19,000 members worldwide working in public practice, industry, commerce, the public sector and education. Membership is generally obtained by entering a training contract with an accountancy firm (although it is possible to train within industry), during which the student gains experience and sits a number of exams. The CA designation is reserved exclusively for their use in the UK. ICAS is the only UK chartered accountancy body to provide professional education and training, as well as examinations, for all its students.
- Since the mid-1990s, ICAS has trained students located in England & Wales, and in that respect competes with ICAEW.
- The ICAS has a special accelerated entry scheme for members of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
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