ACCA students would like to ask CPA, the added value of going abroad. Thank you for your help.

I'm a major with you, but it's a sophomore. And I'm also planning to go abroad for graduate school To be honest, I had the same thoughts as you last year, and I can't wait to get all the certificates, but after a year, I feel that there are still many other more exciting things in college that are worth trying and working hard for. Regarding the idea of taking the CPA at the same time, I think you should dispel it...

Students majoring in CPA in our school can only start the exam when they get their junior year, and this exam will definitely not work in their freshman and sophomore years, and by the time you are in your junior year, ACCA's courses, as well as various exams to prepare for abroad, and some activities (if you want to go abroad, you can't just be a nerd!). It's all about taking up energy, and, more importantly, the focus of the two exams is different! Personally, I think CPA is still a little inclined to take the test a little hehe, personal opinion!

Of course, your idea is good, if you return to China in the future, or CPA is more useful, so you can use the study abroad period to finish the ACCA exam, and then return to China, (of course, stay in the UK to work) while taking the CPA exam, I have a teacher is to be a teacher first, and I have a lot of professional certificates in my free time Envy!! As for getting these two certificates, of course it's very good! Now there are many foreign companies, and as an elite who is proficient in English accounting and Chinese accounting, listed companies have a very useful place in terms of statement conversion!

It's also good to work in a state-owned enterprise, the international perspective brought by ACCA can make you better qualified for the job, and it would be better if you have work experience in a foreign company! As for the problem of going abroad, I think that since you go out, you must study hard, and you must study well, and apply for dreamschool to improve both yourself and professionally, and I think it is more important for your own improvement... As for BEC, you can consider that if the time can be arranged, it will be useful when you return to China to find a job in a foreign company in the future, but there is no plus point for applying to foreign universities...

Yes! I wrote so much in one go, I hope it can bring you some help! Seeing that you seem to see yourself last year, hehe, you have to study hard, plan your life well, look farther, and don't forget to let yourself rest and enjoy life while struggling...

It's good to have a plan now, but don't be as specific as you, because the plan doesn't change quickly, and when you reach your junior year, you will find that your mind will change a lot, and the reason is simple, freshmen still don't know much about society and college.

First of all, I will not be able to take the CPA exam in my freshman and sophomore years, and it is better not to take the CPA exam if I have no professional knowledge or a basic accounting level. If you decide to take the ACCA exam, I think you should give up the CPA, otherwise both of them will be a bamboo basket for nothing, and neither qualification will be easily won by students in school.

Secondly, regarding the role of certificates, the accounting industry is a combination of experience and certificates, no matter which certificate requires experience, don't think that you can find a job casually after winning the certificate. CPA and ACCA are different development directions, and both show that you still don't have any plans for your career.

Finally, about studying abroad, if you study ACCA, what kind of master's degree do you study? I am puzzled, the knowledge of accounting has been improved to a very high level in ACCA, what is the use of studying a master's degree of the same kind? In the UK, foreigners can't even find a job with a simple master's degree.

For some things, it's better to find someone who understands to say hello, otherwise it is easy to take a detour.

In terms of the proper way, CPA can only apply if you have graduated from college...

If you have not taken a professional course, it is not recommended to apply for the exam, it must be a book from heaven.

ps。BEC Advanced is very good, you can learn a lot of things, and it will definitely help you in the future.

I graduated from ACCA major, and if you have any questions about CPA, you can come to me :)

1, CPA is based on China's standards of the exam, but also the only certificate in China with the right to sign, if you are determined to develop in the field of finance in this life, then you have to take the test, if you don't love finance, and hope to engage in this industry in this life, then forget it, too much time and energy investment, not worth it; ACCAA is based on international standards, is a certificate in the United Kingdom, not the best in the United Kingdom, but in recent years the marketing has done better, in fact, you can also take a test, it is still good for your own improvement, some people in the four major have two certificates, and now some people who want to go up also tend to take both exams.

2. The freshman year starts too early, the CPA textbook changes every year, and the early preparation may end up being useless, if you learn it in the freshman year, then you will learn English well, which is more practical than learning CPA and ACCA; If you have to take the test, CPA requires a college degree or above to register, some places allow students above the junior level to register, but some places do not, this has to consult your local department.

3, I personally think it is still very necessary, the problems of teaching materials are small problems, you can easily buy them if you want to buy, CPA training classes are not much, 6 online schools are about 1200 ACCA, the examination fee, registration fee, training fee, exemption fee and so on are all down to tens of thousands, I remember it seems to be between 40,000 and 50,000

4. Since you are an accounting major, it will be no problem to follow the school and attend classes well.

1. Only CPA has the right to sign the audit report, and ACCA does not have the right to sign in China. It doesn't matter if you go to the finance department of a foreign company, even if you go to the Big Four, only ACCA's is enough.

2. Acca accounting major is allowed to register from the beginning of the sophomore year, and CPA is not allowed to register until after graduation, of course, you can also apply for it by some means. However, ACCA can be reported early, because the basic subjects are still relatively basic, and CPA recommends reporting after the sophomore year.

3. It is recommended to attend cram school. Since you talked about the cost, let's remind you that the cost of taking the ACCA exam is very large, just pay the annual fee and don't take anything, it will cost 70 pounds a year. Textbooks, exam fees, cram school fees, etc. have not yet been counted.

4. ACCAA can be zero-based, and CPA's accounting subjects are recommended to be taken after learning basic accounting.

The sooner the better. For university scholars, taking certificates is the first priority, especially useful, such as ACCA and CPA, of course, you can't have the energy to take both exams, so choose one carefully, and then insist on finishing the exam, don't give up halfway, before graduating from college, you can take one of them. You can apply for CPA in your freshman year, and you can apply for ACCA.

If you don't plan to go abroad in the future, you should take the CPA test at home. Because even if you get the ACCA to do an audit in China, you don't have the right to sign, you will still embark on the road of taking the CPA exam in the future, and the ACCA exam fee and textbook fee are much more expensive than CPA, about 700RMB, and there are 14 courses in total, a set of genuine textbooks costs about 500RMB, and a pirated set costs about 100RMB.

The two are very different. 5 years 6+1 means that in order to obtain the CPA certificate, you need to complete 6 major courses and take a basic comprehensive exam within 5 years. 10 years and 14 years means that in order to obtain the ACCA certificate, 14 courses must be completed in 10 years.

If you want to work in China, CPA is recommended, which has a high level of awareness and is more in line with China's national conditions. If you want to go abroad or go to a foreign company to take the ACCA, all English textbooks and test papers in English, and the content covers a wide range. To put it simply, ACCA teaches you how to be a CFO, and CPA teaches you how to do a good audit.

If you have a good level of English, it is recommended to consider ACCA, because the global pass rate of each subject is above 30%, and the relative note will be easy to test. This easy test means that people in the UK don't like to be difficult for you when they publish papers, but they like to analyze your thoughts rather than numerical answers. However, the CPA papers issued by the Chinese are purely to set thresholds, so a lot of corner knowledge will be tested.

But this is also only relative. This is because the content of the ACCA is a bit more difficult to understand than the CPA.

ACCA's main development is international, and it is better to develop domestically or CPA!

The exam is definitely difficult, CPA is more difficult, the main difficulty in learning ACCA is the language problem, and ACCA is taught in English

I don't know about ACCA, but you have to rely on CPA to get your undergraduate diploma before you can apply for the exam!

If you can go to three books, the cost of repetition is too high, and you have the confidence to take the above two certificates, so don't care too much about the school, in China, especially domestic enterprises, or CPA is better to use, ACCA's better to go to foreign companies, if you don't plan to go to the firm to develop, English is OK, or take the ACCA, CPA is too painful, the cost is large, the income is not high, as for whether you want to take the postgraduate examination, can you look at it then, now make a decision a little early!

If you plan to work in a foreign company, ACCA is definitely more popular than CPA, because CPA is a domestic exam, and ACCA is international.

Of course, the difficulty of the two is not generally large, CPA is known as the second most difficult exam in the country, the average pass rate of a single subject in the country is about 10%, and now it adopts the 6+1 examination mode.

After the CPA, you can be exempted from the ACCA course, the difficulty of the ACCA is undoubtedly greater than the CPA, and the ACCA exam also needs to be willing to spend money.

If you don't have that much determination and perseverance, it will not be easy to pass either of these two exams, especially if you are not studying accounting yet, and it is a little difficult to get started, and you need a certain economic foundation to take the ACCA exam.

In the short term, I personally suggest that you can take the junior and intermediate accountant exams first (provided that you take the accounting qualification certificate first), find an accountant job to do first, and then choose by yourself, and then slowly take the CAP and ACCA exams

Of course, if you are determined to take the exam first, work at work, and have financial support, then acca.

If you are a foreign company, acca is good. It's not because CPA is a domestic exam or ACCA is an international exam.

First, ACCA and CPA are not the same. ACCA's study of international financial standards. CPA Chinese Financial Standards.

Maybe you think it's nonsense. So let's put it another way. That is, if you are in the United States, your company is the U.S. branch of a Chinese company.

Then CPA is more useful than ACCA.

The second acca is all in English. CPA is in Chinese.

Thirdly, the laws in the CPA are mostly Chinese laws. Some of the terms and conditions do not apply to foreign companies.

To talk about the difficulty. CPA is much harder than ACCA... acca is not difficult for Chinese to re-accounting.

It's the English side. If your English is good enough. ACCA is simpler than CPA.

However, there are many subjects in ACCA and the examination period is long. The difficulty of the basic stage of the ACCA's single subject is similar to that of the foreign undergraduate examination. The difficulty of the advanced stage is similar to that of the foreign master's examination.

The CPA exam is more difficult than the exam at key universities in China. It's not a level at all. In addition, ACCA is very expensive.

13 exams to get tens of thousands of (not including class registration and textbook tutorials)。。

CPA is relatively more recognized in China. However, if you get the CPA in China, it will be easier to take ACCA again, and some courses are recognized and can be exempted.

But I would like to remind you that either way, it will be very difficult, and it will take a lot of hard work. This is especially true for non-professional candidates. Be mentally prepared and confident to win.

I agree with sury234 that you are a non-accounting graduate, and it is recommended to start with the Initial and Intermediate levels --- the employment certificate.