ACCA full form is Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

ACCA Course or Qualification is offered globally by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of UK, a global body for professional accountants. ACCA comprises of 13 papers and one can start studying after passing 10th grade. It is equivalent to a post graduate degree globally.

Both are professional accountancy courses.

• While CA is from India, ACCA is from the UK.
• There is group system in CA but no group system in ACCA.
• In CA one needs to complete 3 years articleship before writing Final group. In ACCA one can get work experience after passing all 13 papers or while studying as well.

Both CA and ACCA have similar syllabus structure. However, ACCA has a global pass rate of 40-50% (GFTI has a pass rate of 60-70%) while CA has a pass percentage of 5-7% making it tougher. The advantage in ACCA is that you can write and pass one paper at a time compared to the group system in CA.

It usually takes between 2 to 3 years to complete ACCA. We have also seen exceptional students complete all 13 papers in 1.5 Years.

Unfortunately, you cannot practice as an auditor in India. However, please note that only 5-10% of qualified CA’s practice in India. Most qualified CA’s enter corporates directly. ACCA’s are similarly eligible to work in all other fields.

Starting salary for an ACCA affiliate in India can be in the range of 6 to 8 Lakhs per annum without any experience. After one becomes a member with 3 years experience the salary jumps to over 10 to 12 Lakhs per annum.

ACCA can work in a large variety of roles. Some of the common roles we have seen are Accountant, Internal Auditor, Business Analyst, Financial Analyst, Treasurer, Compliance Manager and even Chief Financial officer.

Yes, you can practice ACCA in around 50 countries around the world and you can work in around 180 countries.

There is no minimum or maximum age. You can start ACCA as soon as you complete your 10th standard.

No, 10th standard is the minimum qualification required to pursue ACCA. However if you are coming after your 10th instead of 12th, you need to do the Foundation in Accountancy course first.

You will need an aggregate of 65% in Maths/Accounts and English and 50% in all other subjects.

If you are joining ACCA after 12th, you will have to write all 13 papers. However if you are joining ACCA after a degree or a professional course, you are exempted from writing all papers. 

If you already have an eligible degree like Bcom or  have passed some papers of a professional course like CA etc, you are eligible for exemptions and don’t have to write all 13 papers. It may vary based on University/ Course.

• B.Com/M.Com – 4-5 papers exemption
• IPCC – 5 papers exemption
• CA Qualified – 9 papers exemption

You will have to pay the corresponding exemption fees.

Yes, you can pursue ACCA as long as you meet the eligibility criteria mentioned above.

Yes, you can. However, you will have to complete Foundation in Accountancy first.

There are two types of exams. The first 4 papers are On-demand exams and you can write them anytime at one of the valid CBE centres. Please note that GFTI has 4 CBE centres in India; Bangalore, Cochin, Chennai and Coimbatore.

The next 5 papers are online based and conducted once a quarter (In March, June, September and December). You will have to register at least 6 weeks before the exam date to write the exam at a valid testing centre. 

The last 4 papers are paper based and are conducted at a designated centre, once in a quarter. Please note that these exams will be moving online in 2021.

You can rewrite the exam in the next exam sitting after paying the exam fees again.

As soon as you pass all 13 papers, you are a certified ACCA affiliate. Once you complete 3 years of relevant job experience, you become an ACCA member. And you become an FCCA after 5 years of relevant ACCA job experience.

We are the industry leaders when it comes to ACCA classes in India. We have an extensive team of qualified faculty including ACCA’s, CA’s, CMA’s and MBA’s. Over the past many years, we have produced more than 400+ affiliates/members. We also get 4-8 ranks every year.

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Yes, Globalfti offers FREE placement support to all its students.

All ACCA Exams are computer based exams.

The ACCA foundation levels papers are 2 hours each and MCQ based. ACCA applied knowledge papers are 2 hours each and can include MCQ and objective questions. ACCA applied skill papers are 3 hours each and can include MCQ, constructed response questions and objective type questions.

Total marks is 100 and passing marks is 50%

You are eligible to write maximum 4 papers every quarter and not more than 8 papers in a year.