I have recently received a letter from my accountancy body saying that they are required to withdraw my UK audit qualification as it was awarded in error which means I cannot take any audit appointment and have to resign from all my current appointments. Clearly this is going to be a significant loss of fee income for my practice and I might end up winding up the practice as I have to make the audit staff redundant and also face the risk of being sued by my audit clients particularly by those whom I have committed to provide the audited accounts within next couple of weeks.
The reason given in the letter for withdrawal is the non-completion of UK law exam at the Fundamental level for which I was given exemption based on my overseas qualification. However I passed all the my advanced and professional stage in the UK and have been working in practice for more than 15 years and well aware of UK laws and regulations.
Just wondering if someone else is in a similar situation or has come across any thing like this in the past. Any comments or help would be much appreciated.
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Couldn't you just ask to sit the exam?
Or else couldn't you subcontract the signing of the audit report to another audit firm? Winding up the practice seems a bit of an extreme situation. Whatever happens good luck, and I agree it does sound a bit daft from your institute, surely they would have known before you applied
Utterly unprofessional
How on earth a professional accounting body can do so? Now they might come up saying there was error in your exam marking and you were actually failed but due to error our system showed you as pass. You should challenge their decision to withdraw.
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Withdraw UK Audit Qualification
I have received similar letter recently received a letter from my accountancy body saying that they are required to withdraw my UK audit qualification as it was awarded in error which means I cannot take any audit appointment and have to resign from all my current appointments.
Further clarified from body that withdrawal is the non-completion of UK law & tax exam at the Fundamental level for which I was given exemption based on my overseas qualification. Body is saying that this is requirement of Companies Act 2006.
We should fight who are having similar situation jointly.
Laws can not be applied retrospectively and should be applied prospectively as a general principal. Please contact me in my personal message (PM) for a joint effort.
Makes a mockery of their application process to do this now.
Hope you are successful on your appeal.
UK Audit Qualification withdrawn
Lets join hand together to make the case stronger. I request all who have received the similar letter to come forward and form a group to deal with this situation.