The Post-Graduate Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (CTA) is issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe

(ICAZ) after completion of a professional post-graduate course offered by the Chartered Accountants Academy (CAA) in collabora-

tion with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) whereby Wits provide course materials and examinations. The purpose of

this qualification is to enable qualifying students to be certified as competent in the Theory of Accountancy, which is the admission

requirement for the ICAZ Initial Test of Competence (ITC) (previously known as the Qualifying Examination Part 1 (QE1)).

The CTA at CAA

Leader in Nurturing chartered Accountants www.caa.ac.zw

From 2016 onwards CAA will offer CTA as both full time and part time course. This has been done to accommodate those students

who are already working and cannot enroll for the full time course.

CTA Full time CTA Part Time

One year

Offered in Harare only

Pass CTA and progress to ITC

Lessons during the day, Monday to Friday

Two years

Offered in Harare and Bulawayo

Pass CTA Part 1 to progress to CTA Part 2

Pass CTA part 2 and progress to ITC

Lesson during the evening and on weekends

Certificate in the Theory of Accounting (CTA)

Full-time CTA Accounting degrees with a degree class of at least 2.2 or equivalent

An average mark of at least 60% in financial accounting in the final year of University.

ICAZ/SAICA accredited CTA bridging course for those who have non-accounting degrees.

CTA Part-Time - Year 1

Available for full time study (No work commitments)

Pre CTA course (Refer Below)

Part-time Year 1 Accounting degrees

ACCA, CIMA and CIS

Available to attend lecturers in Harare or Bulawayo.

Part-time Year 2 CTA Part-Time year one

ICAZ/SAICA accredited CTA bridging course for those who have non-accounting degrees.

Available to attend lecturers in Harare or Bulawayo.

Student who were in the CTA fulltime and other ICAZ Accredited CTA Programs class but would have

failed with an average mark of at least 40% across all four modules will be eligible for admittance.

CTA 2016 : Entry Requirements

Full Time CTA - The Pre-CTA Course

In-order to qualify for entry into Full - Time CTA, students have to enroll for the Pre-CTA Course which is offered as a weekend

block release program with online support.

Course Starting Date : 1 December 2015

Course Exam Date : 8 January 2016

Courses : Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Taxation and Auditing

Fee : $100

CTA 2016 Applications

Application Dates 1 September - 30 November 2015

How to Apply

Apply online or download an application form through our website

www.caa.ac.zw or visit our offices on the address on the last page

Who should apply

Anyone who holds the above entry requirements at the time of application

and anyone who is expecting to be meeting any of the above entry require-

ments by the 31st of December 2015.

Successful Applicants

Successful applicants will be notified by 8 December 2015 .

Application Fees $20

Registration

Starts 8 December 2015 and closes on 15 January 2016

Part time – year 1 Application fee: $20

Full year fees : $2 300 (at least 50% on registration)

Late Registration fee : $100

Part-time - year 2 Full year fees: $2 300 (at least 50% on registration)

Late Registration fee: $100

Fulltime Application fee: $20

Full year fees: $3 650 (at least 50% on registration)

Late Registration fee: 100

Pre CTA course fees-$100

Fees Information

I did my degree at a foreign University, am I eligible

for application

Foreign Accounting Degree holders will be assessed on a case by case

basis. We normally look at the courses that you did in your final year to

assess whether the degree is eligible

Does CAA help me to get a place to do my articles CAA has a placement program with ICAZ accredited training offices

whereby they come and do recruitment from CAA. Whilst we cannot

guarantee you a place, you have a better chance of getting articles if you

do CTA with us. 90% of our past successful CTA students have secured

places for articles within 6 months

If I become a CA(Z), is my qualification recognized

outside Zimbabwe

ICAZ has Mutual Recognition Agreements with many countries, eg SAI-

CA,ICAEW, CICA , that allows CA(Z) to be recognized the world over.

Over 50% of ICAZ members are practicing outside Zimbabwe as testa-

ment to the acceptability of the qualification outside Zimbabwe.

Can I do the CTA courses one at a time In order to be admitted into ITC, you should have passed all the four

modules in one sitting. Passing in more that one sitting will still give you

credit for passing CTA but you will not be eligible to write ITC.

Which other Academic Institutions in Zimbabwe are

offering CTA

In Zimbabwe, only CAA offers CTA in collaboration with Wits University

and ICAZ. Students have options to do their CTA in South Africa but will

need to write Tax Examination to be eligible for Zimbabwe ITC

Where can I do my articles ICAZ has over 50 companies and firms registered as training offices, ac-

cess the list on this link https://www.icaz.org.zw/imisdocs/

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CTA Frequently Asked Questions