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I would have thought that would have made him ideally suited to be an audit partner at one of the larger firms!
I would have thought that would have made him ideally suited to be an audit partner at one of the larger firms!
LOL
I doubt this is unusual, I few people I worked with lied about passing, but managed to catchup in the next couple of sittings.
When I went to get my training signed off I was amazed at the number of "qualifieds" I had worked with who actually weren't, one was even a partner in a practice. Always get their membership number and call the relevant body.
Even when I go for interviews I am surprised how many Financial directors or Financial Managers, who say they are qualified and state on linkedin, are not qualified. There are alot of accountant practices, and organisations where people lie about the accounting qualifications but do get away with it.
Why don't employers, check the registration number like Robert Half and contact the relevant body? People need to be more ruthless and check up.
Does anyone ever check the ones doing ACA who fiddle tax? ACCA does seem to catch a lot over the years.
The deception lasted 4 years, He could have re done the entire qualification in that time or even had a go at CIMA and CIOT.
This one is quite a sad case. After all , he had passed 13 exams already. If only he could have been honest then his life would not have taken such a bad turn.
I very much doubt that he would lose his job. His sole practitioner boss must know him pretty well by now and only feel pity for him and his weakness.
The ACCA system does not give much credibility to anyone who has completed all exams but not applied for membership yet. Being an "Affiliate" means nothing . It is only when you become a member that you count . Not surprisingly, there are many people out there who use the word "affiliate" loosely.
I have seen hundreds of CVs where applicants claim to be qualified or part-qualified ACCA. In their minds, passing a few exams is a form of qualification.
One/ACCA need only to visit a website called LinkedIn and see how many people use the designation ACCA. When you check or open to see the date of completion that's when you realize they are still studying. The association should do more to ensure that these form of claim and deceit is dealt with. Otherwise people are going to have a conception and perception that the association allows this.
Doesn't matter, he can still call himself an accountant, file tax returns and basically do what he was doing previously and undercut his previous employer. He'll get the support of half the punters on here who say how much better they are than real accountants but life got in the way so they couldn't complete their exams but get to call themselves accountants anyway. You know, just like all the legal admins who call themselves solicitors and all the quacks who get to call themselves doctors because they couldn't get through medical school, oh wait...
Doesn't matter, he can still call himself an accountant, file tax returns and basically do what he was doing previously and undercut his previous employer. He'll get the support of half the punters on here who say how much better they are than real accountants but life got in the way so they couldn't complete their exams but get to call themselves accountants anyway. You know, just like all the legal admins who call themselves solicitors and all the quacks who get to call themselves doctors because they couldn't get through medical school, oh wait...
I agree with you!
I think that the student should clarify this situation because it is important, now everyone considers him guilty and this is not very correct. I hope that the situation will clear up in the future, but for now, I would like to tell you about one interesting fact about Salem Witch Trials, I recently read an essay written by Tooly , this is a rather strange event in American history, I did not know much, I think you too It is worth getting to grips with this fact.