What is the difference between a charted accountant and a certified charted accountant?

Question

What is the difference between a charted accountant and a certified charted accountant?

Answer 1

I assume you mean "chartered" instead of "charted".

"Chartered Accountant (CA) is the title used by members of certain professional accountancy associations in the British Commonwealth countries and Ireland. The term chartered comes from the Royal Charter granted to the world's first professional body of accountants upon their establishment in 1854."

"In the UK, there are no licence requirements for individuals to describe themselves or to practice as accountants, but to use the description "Chartered Accountant" they must be members of one of the following organisations:

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) (which is a UK body as it operates in Northern Ireland, designatory letters ACA or FCA);

There is another accountancy body called The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), which has similar entitlements and responsibilities. Its members are Chartered Certified Accountants; the former name Certified Accountants is sometimes still used for brevity.

Each of these bodies admits members only after passing examinations and undergoing a period of relevant work experience."