myACCA. Alternatively you can complete a paper version, which you will receive as part of your annual subscription renewal notification. This must be returned to ACCA by 1 January of the following year.

The annual return process is simple. Indicate your chosen CPD route and indicate if you are involved in the preparation or presentation of publicly available financial statements. Then sign the declaration that you have completed your CPD requirement and kept your professional ethics up to date. You do not need to send in supporting evidence with your annual CPD return.

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Keeping evidence

All members are required to keep evidence of their participation in the appropriate CPD route for three years as it may be required as part of ACCA's CPD review process.

• If you follow the unit route, you are required to maintain evidence of your verifiable CPD units as well as a record of the non-verifiable CPD you have undertaken. To help you, ACCA has developed an online evidence record which you can access by logging in to myACCA.  ACCA has also developed paper forms, which are available for download in this section. Alternatively, you may wish to keep records in your own format.
  
  
• If you follow the employer route, you should keep evidence of your employment.
  
  
• If you follow the IFAC body route, you should keep evidence of your membership with your other accountancy body and evidence of participation with their CPD requirements.

 

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 Practising Members

If you hold a practising certificate or insolvency licence then you must undertake relevant CPD activity that ensures you maintain competence in the specialised area(s) of your practice.

Evidence tools

The evidence tools you can download below are designed to assist you in retaining evidence and give guidance as to what will be required by ACCA.

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• Evidence guidance sheet (PDF)
• Evidence record (PDF)
• Evidence record (Word)
• Evidence summary (PDF)
• Evidence summary (Word)

Evidence examples

How we review your CPD

Promoting public confidence in professional accountants is vital. In a highly-competitive marketplace, ACCA safeguards its reputation and that of its members by requiring that the highest professional and ethical standards are adhered to.

In order to ensure that members maintain their knowledge and skills, ACCA conducts reviews of members' CPD returns, selecting a proportion of members annually. It is therefore possible that ACCA will contact you to confirm that you are undertaking CPD activity, irrespective of the CPD route that you follow.

ACCA will provide feedback to you on your CPD activities and, where necessary, will give you guidance and support to enable you to meet the requirement.

In cases where members do not cooperate with the review process, for example if there is a failure to respond to communications or CPD evidence is not submitted, it is possible that members will be referred to ACCA's disciplinary process.

Case studies

• Alan Tottle
• Anne Feng Zhao
• Barclays
• Brian Leighton
• Chansa Chiteba
• Deloitte Cyprus
• Elizabeth Logan
• Simon Garnett