Accounting is Lifelong Learning

Pro Accountants

Maintaining Professional Standards

Life-long Learning

The function of the IIPA's CPD to ensure that all members of the Institute maintain and indeed develop their knowledge over their careers. Although this has been the policy of the Institute for decades, the signing into law of the European Communities (Statutory Audits) (Directive 2006/43/EC) Regulations 2010 has made continuing professional development manditory on all Auditors.

Online CPD

Harnessing the Latest Technology

The Institute has always been an agile and proactive organisation, and no where has this been more obvious than in CPD. We are now moving to a new high with the recent launch of true on-line CPD for the first time in Ireland. While we have been offering CPD that can be downloaded from the Internet for a number of years, we have recently moved to an online learning management system (LMS).

This forms part of the IIPA's "Institute of Finance Training" initiative, which aims to provide a single finance training solution for individuals and business. When fully operational, the initiative will offer a range of online learning from 1/2 day training courses on VAT to a post graduate diploma in Audit and Assurance. You can find out more about the Institute of Finance Training here.

Are you Doing CPD Elsewhere ?

IIPA members who are also member of other professional bodies, whether they are accounting bodies or not, will usually be offered a credit towards their CPD requirements where they attend a non-IIPA CPD event. In addition we will recognise non-CPD and non-accounting events where these can be shown to have some relevance to Professional Development. Examples might include:

IT Training
Management Training
Legal Training
Mediation Training
Any other relevant Training
Pursuing certain undergraduate and postgraduate studies
Pursuing the qualification of another professional body
Voluntary services on behalf of the IIPA
Providing training or lecturing

This is not an exhaustive list and if you would like to have a particular activity considered for recognition feel free to contact Head Office to discuss the matter further.

What are the IIPA Arrangements?

The IIPA has entered into partnership with OmniPro, Irelands largest independent solutions provider for accountants, to provide our Audit Practice Members access to their complete suite of CPD offerings as part of their membership entitlements.

Each audit member has access to the complete IIPA CPD programme as part of their membership. This includes:

25 points* worth of OmniPro CPD
Access to the Institutes own CPD online site (currently up to 40 hours).
Up to 15 hours CPD organised directly by the Institute (includes the AGM).
In addition to all of the above members may completed up to 11 hours appropriate reading in any one year.

*Note on OmniPro CPD Points: Points do not always translate into hours so it is important to check that points that each course will take from your allowance. That said, there are more than sufficient hours available between all the CPD elements to allow you to comfortably meet your CPD obligations.

OmniPro CPD 2011 brochure.

Our CPD Requirements

At present Continuing Professional Development is mandatory on all Incorporated Public Accountants who hold a practice certificate. Requirements are as follows

Achievement of CPD requirements is over a three year period
The total CPD hours required over the three year period is 96
A minimum of 18 hours is required to be completed every year. (This is exclusive of reference reading as discussed below)
Relevant reference reading of up to 11 hours per year is allowable as part of of a members compliance with CPD requirements

Contact Us

Head Office Address:

Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants,
Heather House,
Heather Road,
Sandyford,
Dublin 18,
Ireland

Telephone:

353 (0)1 2069000

Email:

info@iipa.ie

Institute of Incorporated Public Accountants

Continuing Professional Development

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