The Accredited Business Advisor (ABA)
Issued by
Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation
The Accredited Business Advisor (ABA) credential has been developed to recognize accountants who have demonstrated knowledge and skill in financial accounting, financial reporting, financial statement preparation, taxation, managerial accounting, business law, and ethics for small to medium sized businesses in the United States.
- Type Certification
- Level Foundational
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Skills
- 1040s
- Accounting
- Accounting Cycle
- Accredited Tax Preparer
- Budgets
- Business Consulting
- Captial budgeting
- Cost Volume Profit Analysis
- Ethical Standards And Conduct
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Statements
- Individual Taxation
- Individual Tax Preparation
- Individual Tax Returns
- Management Accounting
- SSARS
- Tax Laws
- Time Value Of Money
Earning Criteria
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ACAT seeks to ensure that all accredited individuals possess theoretical knowledge and the practical knowledge necessary to be successful practitioners. Candidates for the ABA must be at least 18 years of age and must have a minimum of three (3) years of professional experience, or two (2) years of college-level accounting and one (1) year professional experience.
Standards
ABA credential holders must earn 40 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 yourparticular area of practice or employment.
ACAT credential holders agree to abide by the ACAT Code of Ethics as a prerequisite to holding a credential.