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Unresolved Issues about the Proposed CPA Certification Program

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  • Jo‐Anne Ryan
  • Camillo Lento
  • Naqi Sayed

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This article identifies some unresolved issues about the proposed CPA certification program, and the implications thereof. Accountants seeking professional certification in Canada currently have three educational routes: the Certified General Accountant (CGA) designation, the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation, or the Chartered Accountant (CA) designation. These programs offer aspiring professional accountants diversity and flexibility in selecting a program that meets their individual career and life situations. The potential merger of the CGA, CMA and CA professional bodies into a newly formed Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) will likely result in significant changes to the certification process for becoming a professional accountant in Canada. The three professional bodies have released a document outlining the proposed Canadian CPA certification program that would serve the unified profession and other stakeholders. If the proposed merger proceeds as planned, the CA, CGA, and CMA certification programs will be replaced by the CPA certification program. This article examines select features of the new proposed CPA program and highlights some issues that may be of concern to the public, students, academia and employers. Certaines questions en suspens relatives au programme proposé d'agrément CPA Résumé Les auteurs recensent certaines questions non résolues relatives au programme d'agrément CPA ainsi que leurs conséquences. Trois cheminements pédagogiques s'offrent actuellement aux comptables qui aspirent à l'agrément professionnel au Canada : le programme de comptable général accrédité (CGA), celui de comptable en management accrédité (CMA) ou celui de comptable agréé (CA). Ces programmes assurent aux professionnels comptables en devenir diversité et souplesse dans le choix d'un parcours adapté à leur situation personnelle et professionnelle. La fusion potentielle des organismes professionnels CGA, CMA et CA en un nouvel organisme regroupant les comptables professionnels agréés (CPA) risque d'entraîner d'importants changements dans le processus d'agrément menant au statut de professionnel comptable au Canada. Les trois organismes professionnels ont publié un document décrivant le programme d'agrément CPA proposé au Canada (http://cpacanada.ca/fr/ressources/, Informations sur le programme d'agrément CPA au Canada) qui sera utile à la profession unifiée et à d'autres parties prenantes. Si la fusion proposée se concrétise selon les plans établis, les programmes d'agrément des CA, des CGA et des CMA seront remplacés par le programme d'agrément CPA. Les auteurs étudient des caractéristiques sélectionnées du nouveau programme CPA suggéré et font ressortir certaines questions susceptibles de préoccuper le public, les étudiants, le milieu de l'enseignement et les employeurs.

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  • Jo‐Anne Ryan & Camillo Lento & Naqi Sayed, 2012. "Unresolved Issues about the Proposed CPA Certification Program," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(2), pages 137-144, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:11:y:2012:i:2:p:137-144
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3838.2012.00036.x
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    1. François Brouard & Merridee Bujaki & Sylvain Durocher, 2017. "Attracting Prospective Professional Accountants Before and After the CPA Merger in Canada," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(2), pages 105-127, June.
    2. Daoust, Laurence, 2020. "Playing the Big Four recruitment game: The tension between illusio and reflexivity," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    3. Merridee l. Bujaki & Bruce J. Mcconomy, 2017. "Productivity in Top‐10 Academic Accounting Journals by Researchers at Canadian Universities at the Start of the 21st Century," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(4), pages 269-313, December.

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