The Accredited Tax Advisor (ATA)

Issued by Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation

The Accredited Tax Advisor (ATA) has been developed to recognize practitioners who handle sophisticated tax planning issues, including planning for owners of closely held businesses, planning for the highly compensated, choosing qualified retirement plans and performing estate tax planning. Their expertise covers tax returns for individuals, business entities, fiduciaries, trusts and estates, as well as tax planning, tax consulting and ethics.

Type Certification
Level Intermediate
Time Months
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Accounting Principals
Adjusted Gross Income
Cash vs accrual
Ethical Standards And Conduct
Filing consideration
Financial Reporting
Indidual tax returns
Individual Taxation
Itemized Deductions
Patnership Tax Law
Statement of cashflow
Tax Laws
Tax Planning
Trusts and Estates

Earning Criteria

Standards

Committed to ongoing professional education

ATA credential holders must earn 30 CPE hours per year. Including 24 hours in accounting or related subjects (finance,business management, technology, business law); plus at least 24 hours in taxation; plus 4 hours in ethics.The remaining hours can be in subjects that relate to your particular area of practice or employment.

Adhere to a Code of Ethics

ACAT credential holders agree to abide by the ACAT Code of Ethics as a prerequisite to holding a credential.