Interim CMA Public Accounting Education Requirement (alternative syllabus - seminars)

CMA Alberta has taken the National Standards out of their public practitioners requirements due to long delays in establishing the CMA Ontario courses offered at the University of Waterloo. CMAAB is using a series of Institute of Chartered Accountant's seminars (11) as their education (seminar) component for licensing.

On January 11, 2008, the CMABC Practice Licensing Committee met and agreed that in the interim CMABC should move to the CMAA model in order to accommodate the growing list of CMA’s seeking Public Accounting Licenses since the May 2007 moratorium on public practice registrations.

Until the CMA Ontario courses become available online, CMABC Certified members seeking a Public Accounting License may take the following seminars offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC: (current offerings of these seminars are listed below. Information on future offerings of these seminars can be obtained on the ICABC website at http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars.php

Personal Tax Planning and Advice:

• Income Tax Refresher (Personal)
  http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars-seminar.php?id=743
  2 Day Course
  January 25, 2008 9:00am – January 26, 2008 5:00pm
  Ocean Pointe Resort , Victoria, BC
  February 8, 2008 9:00am – February 9, 2008 5:00pm
  Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC
  Cost: $650.00

Compilation/Corporate Tax

• Income Tax Refresher (Corporate)
  http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars-seminar.php?id=661
  2 Day Course
  February 15, 2008 9:00am – February 16, 2008 5:00pm
  Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC
  Cost: $650.00
• Compilation Engagements
  http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars-seminar.php?id=692
  ½ Day Course
  February 7, 2008 9:00am – 12:30pm
  Sutton Place Hotel – Vancouver, BC
  Cost: $195.00
• Financial Statement Presentation & Disclosure
  http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars-seminar.php?id=442
  1 Day Course
  February 12, 2008 9:00am – 5:00pm
  Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC
  Cost: $350.00

Review Engagements

• Review Engagements
  http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars-seminar.php?id=699
  1 Day Course
  February 13, 2007 9:00am – 5:00pm
  Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC
  Cost: $350.00
• CICA Handbook Accounting Refresher
  http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars-seminar.php?id=439
  2 Day Course
  March 7, 2008 9:00am – March 8, 2008 5:00pm
  Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC
  Cost: $650.00

Audit Engagements

• Accounting, Auditing and Professional Practice Update
  http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars-seminar.php?id=685
  1 Day Course
  February 8, 2008 9:00am – 5:00pm
  Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC
  Cost: $350.00
• Audit of Simple (Small & Medium) Entities
  http://www.icabc-pd.com/pd-seminars-seminar.php?id=682
  1 Day Course
  February 5, 2008 9:00am – 5:00pm
  Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC
  Cost: $350.00

All seminars listed above must be completed within 2 years of application to become a licensed Public Practitioner

Once the Society (University of Waterloo) courses come on line, members registered under the alternative syllabus (above) will be allowed to complete the seminars in the group (eg. Personal Tax Planning & Advice, Compilation/Corporate Tax, Review Engagements or Audit Engagements) they have begun. Once the seminars in that group are completed, members will be required to finish the remainder of their studies under the Society (University of Waterloo) course syllabus.