Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) ACA Syllabus

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) ACA covers 9 subjects: Certificate Level: Accounting and Assurance, Certificate Level: Management Information and Business Environment, Certificate Level: Law, Tax and Business Technology, Professional Level: Financial Reporting and Audit, Professional Level: Taxation, Professional Level: Business Strategy, Finance and Management, Advanced Level: Corporate Reporting and Advanced Level: Strategic Business Management, and 1 more. Together they contain 36 chapters and 139 named topics.

The full Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) ACA outline breaks down into 36 chapters, 139 topics and 153 sub-topics. Professional Level: Financial Reporting and Audit is the largest single subject with 21 topics across 5 chapters.

Roughly 135 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 6 weeks.

Yes — 510 question-and-answer flashcards across 9 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.

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