Information About CAT (Certified Accounting Technician) UK

CAT
(Certified Accounting Technician)

It is qualification of comprehensive introduction to accounting, offered by ACCA. There are nine papers, split in three levels. The first four can be taken as CBE (computer based exam) as well as manual paper. Rest five paper are taken as manual papers.

Subject details.

CAT EXAMINATIONS & SUBJECTS

Paper	Exam Duration	Exam Mode
Introductory level (55 % Pass Marks)
Paper 1 - Recording Financial Transactions	2 Hours	CBE or PBE
Paper 2 - Information for Management Control	2 Hours	CBE or PBE
Intermediate level (50 % Pass Marks)
Paper 3 - Maintaining Financial Records	2 Hours	CBE or PBE
Paper 4 - Accounting for Cost	2 Hours	CBE or PBE
Advanced level (50 % Pass Marks)
Paper 5 Managing People and Systems	2 Hours	PBE
Paper 6 Drafting Financial Statements	2 Hours	PBE
Paper 7 Planning, Control & Performance Management	2 Hours	PBE
Two optional Papers
Paper 8 Implementing Audit Procedures	2 Hours	PBE
Paper 9 Preparing Taxation Computation	2 Hours	PBE
Paper 10 Managing Finances	2 Hours	PBE

Eligibility for Admission

• O level
  or

• Matriculation
  Or

• Intermediate
• Holders of certain qualifications such as GCE (Advanced Level) may receive exemptions from some of the papers.

 Fee Structure.

Payable to ACCA–UK	No. of Papers	(£)	CBE (£)	PBE(£)
Registration Fee (one time)		58
Introductory (per paper) *	2		45	37
Intermediate (per paper) *	2		45	37
Advance (per paper)	5			42
Annual Subscription Fee (payable on 1st Jan)				58

Rules.

• Registration with ACCA is compulsory before attempting any  paper of CAT

• Student can sit for any number of examinations in any order in one. But he can’t  sit for manual paper examination for 1 & 6 or 2 & 7 in the same exam. If a student wishes to attempt these papers together, he can take the first four paper as computer based exam (CBE).

Important Dates.
Examination and Registration Date With ACCA Paper Based Exam (PBE)

Exam Attempt	Initial Registration Date
JUNE	31st December of the previous year
DECEMBER	15th August of the same year

Exam Attempt	Last date for exam fee
JUNE Exam	15 April of the same year
DECEMBER Exam	15 October of the same year

Exam Result issued
JUNE Exam	Mid August
DECEMBER Exam	Mid February

Exemption in papers of ACCA due to CAT.
A student who completes CAT is given exemption of knowledge level papers (3 papers) of ACCA.

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