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Becoming a CPA Singapore

How to become a CPA Singapore > Membership Application


* For Membership registration, please contact membership department at Tel : (65)-67498060 or email to cpasingapore@icpas.org.sg


Click here to download the CPA Singapore prospectus.


Membership Categories


  • Honorary member
  • Fellow
  • Provisional member
  • Non-practising member
  • Practising member


Admission Fees and Annual Subscriptions




Admission
Admission
Fees 		Annual
Subscription
Fees
a) Practising member
$428.00
$492.20
b) Non-practising member
$428.00
$149.80
c) Provisional member
$107.00
$96.30
d) Member-in-retirement
-
$53.50

The annual subscription payable by a member who is admitted on or after the first day of July in any year shall be half of the total annual subscription payable.


The annual subscription shall be due on the first day of January in each year and shall be payable within 30 days of the due date.



Entry Requirements


  1. Professional Examination


  2. Practical experience


  3. Pre-admission course
    (Five-day refresher course on professional standards, code of conduct and ethics, and so on)


  4. Proficiency in Singapore laws
    (Including those relating to companies and taxation)


An applicant with a recognised professional qualification can apply to the Institute as a provisional member. Click here for the provisional membership application form.


For reclassification to a non-practising CPA, the applicant must satisfy the requirements (2) to (4) above. Click here for the non-practising membership application form.


Should you require more details, please fax your request to this number:(65) 6749 8061.



Professional Examination


An applicant shall, at the time of his application for admission, either


(a) have passed the final examination in accountancy of one of the following:


  1. the Singapore Polytechnic for the professional diploma and for the degree course in accountancy for the years 1961 to 1969;


  2. the University of Singapore for the degree of Bachelor of Accountancy;


  3. the Nanyang University of Singapore for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) or Bachelor of Accountancy;


  4. the National University of Singapore for the degree of Bachelor of Accountancy;


  5. the Nanyang Technological Institute for the degree of Bachelor of Accountancy;


  6. the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (formerly the Singapore Society of Accountants) - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom Joint Scheme;


  7. the Nanyang Technological University for the degree of Bachelor of Accountancy or Master of Business Administration (Accountancy);


  8. the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore Professional Examination;


  9. the Singapore Management University for the degree of Bachelor of Accountancy or Master of Professional Accounting; or


(b) have passed the final examination in accountancy of one of the following or its recognised equivalent:


  1. the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS);


  2. the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW);


  3. the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI);


  4. the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (formerly known as the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants);


  5. the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA);


  6. CPA Australia (formerly known as the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants);


  7. the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) (formerly known as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand);


  8. the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA);


  9. the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA);


  10. the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom (CIMA), except that CIMA members who have passed its final examinations on or after May 2005 shall have passed the subjects in


    11.       (a) Advanced Taxation; and
          (b) Company Law and Corporate Governance
          conducted in conjunction with the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
          Singapore' Professional Examination prior to applying to be admitted as
          Provisional members.

    For reclassification to Practising Members, CIMA members shall comply with the requirements for registration as public accountants under the Accountants (Public Accountants) Rules 2004.


and shall also have passed such other examinations and fulfilled such requirements as may be determined by the Council.



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