Gateway For Becoming A Member OF INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OF NIGERIA
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Gateway For Becoming A Member OF INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OF NIGERIA
- A) The Criteria For Direct Membership
The Council of the Institute has approved the following criteria on Direct Membership application:
- Accredited Nigerian Professional Institutions i.e. ICAN, PBA CANADA and ANAN with 1 year post
membership experience;
- Staff of State Boards of Internal Revenue i.e. on Grade level 10 and above on Senior Inspector Cadre
or Asst. Manager Tax with Federal Inland Revenue Service with two (2) years post promotion experience
; or must have passed the JTB/FIRS final examination.
- Lawyers i.e. three (3) years post call to bar and cognate experience.
If qualified based on the criteria above, please download and complete the Associate form, send to the
Institute’s Secretariat (Lagos or Abuja Liaison office) with your credentials duly attested by two financials
members of the Institute with an Application form fee of N10,000.00 (nonrefundable) payable as
follows:
The Institute’s professional full examinations are normally held twice a year in June and December in
designated centers in Nigeria.
- B) The Criteria For Professional Examination
June Examination
Examination Application Closing Date April
December Examination
Examination Application Closing Date October
Any application for examination entry received after the closing date will be retained and entered in the
next examination. Confirmation of examination entry is by the examination summons including the
examination time table, which is sent out one month before the examination. The Institute’s full
examinations comprises of four levels, namely: Professional Examination Level 1 – 4
Exemptions
Registered students whose qualifications merit exemptions will be encouraged to apply for these
exemptions on a separate and prescribed form and will be required to pay a prescribed fee as may be
determined from time to time by the Board of Regent/Council. Exemption is only for level one.
Procedure
The Exemption form should be completed in full and returned to the institute with the following: (1.The
appropriate fee (2. Certified photo copies of the following by the sponsor who must be a member of the
Institute (2a. Relevant educational credentials (2b. Letter of registration with a professional accountancy
body if applicable (2c. Statement of the last examination result. (3. Supporting evidence of practical
experience if applicable (4. Letter of recommendation from the sponsor. Read More
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