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An Accountant is a practitioner of accountancy, which is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers, investors, tax authorities and other decision makers make resource allocation decisions. The word "Accountant" is derived from the French "Compter' which took its origin from the Latin "Computare". The word was formerly written in English as "Accomptant", but in process of time the word, which was always pronounced by dropping the "p", became gradually changed both in pronunciation and in orthography to its present form. In the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and several other Commonwealth of Nations countries, the equivalents of Certified Public Accountant (CPA) include Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), Chartered Accountant (CA or ACA), Chartered Management Accountant, International Accountant (AAIA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA - Ireland and CPA - Hong Kong), Certified General Accountant (CGA - Canada), Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA - Australia) and members of the NIA (Australia). United Kingdom * A Chartered Certified Accountant must be a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (designatory letters ACCA or FCCA). * A Chartered Accountant must be a member of one of the following:
o the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) (designatory letters ACA or FCA)
o the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) (designatory letters CA) o the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) o a recognised equivalent body from another Commonwealth country (designatory letters being CA (name of country) e.g. CA (Canada)) * A Chartered Management Accountant must be a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (designatory letters ACMA or FCMA). * A Chartered Public Finance Accountant must be a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (designatory letters CPFA). * An International Accountant must be a member of the Association of International Accountants (designatory letters AIAA or FAIA). * An Incorporated Financial Accountant must be a member of the Institute of Financial Accountants (designatory letters AFA or FFA). * A Certified Public Accountant must be a member of the Association of Certified Public Accountants (designatory letters ACPA or FCPA).

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