What Is a Chartered Account?
Some accountancy firms such as DWA Accountants Bridgend use a qualified staff of Chartered Accountants to handle your financial needs, and yet others will use accountancy technicians or other individuals who may have no professional qualifications at all-only having the work reviewed by an accountant before filing, or maybe not even having the benefit of a review by a qualified person at all. What’s more, the UK has no laws or requirements that a person describing themselves as an accountant actually be qualified, meaning that unfortunately you may end up employing an unqualified individual for this most important of work. Yet the use of the title Chartered Account is strictly regulated. So what is a Chartered Accountant and what makes them special? Chartered Accounts are people who belong to one of the Chartered Accountancy Institutes. These institutes require a level of ongoing education that is relevant to the field, on top of the original qualifications-these requirements can be la
