Protecting the term 'accountant' could have unwelcome consequences
The campaign to secure protection of the description ‘accountant’ by the CCAB bodies could be misguided.
What concerns me is that the proponents may not have thought through the consequences if the campaign were successful.
At the ICAEW’s national practitioner forum last week we debated various questions as regards the future of general practitioners.
One perceived threat is the facility for qualified people to describe themselves as ‘accountants’. Indeed, some ICAEW members have chosen to continue acting as accountants despite resigning from the institute as they don’t perceive that membership provides sufficient ongoing benefits.
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