How much do the Institutes cost in 2012?
Posted by Christie Malry on February 12, 2012 at 9:13 pm
This is an update to a post of mine from 2010 in which I documented the various subscription fees of the UK institutes, to the extent that they're available.
If anyone would like to supply Chartered Accountants Ireland's subscriptions for 2012, please add a comment or e-mail me.
ACCA
Fees for 2012:
Joining fee: £197 (2011: £193, 2010: £189)
Membership: £197 (2011: £193, 2010: £189)
CIMA
Fees for 2012:
Joining fee: £133 (2011: £129, 2010: £126)
Associate membership: £230 (2011: £223, 2010: £216)
Fellow membership: £241 (2011: £234,2010: £228)
CIPFA
Fees for 2012:
Joining fee: £285 (Previous years: £nil?)
Membership: £285 (2011: £285, 2010: £280)
ICAEW
Fees for 2012:
Joining fee: £572 (2011: £553, 2010: £535)
Associate/fellow membership: £310 (2011: £300, 2010: £290)
Associate/fellow membership (outside Europe): £266 (2011: £235, 2010: £200)
Chartered Accountants Ireland (**OUTSTANDING**)
Fees for 2012:
Joining fee: €xxx / £xxx (2011: €877 / £614)
Membership: €xxx / £xxx (2011: €577 / £404)
ICAS
Fees for 2012 (thank you to ICAS for supplying the membership information by Twitter DM):
Joining fee: £656 (2011: £?, 2010: £806)
Associate membership: £409 plus £35 AADB levy for all UK working members (2011:£396, 2010: £388, plus £50 AADB Levy)
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Join a trade union instead - mine costs me £135per year (including a contribution to its political fund to support the Labour Party) - and provides fr more benefits than the Institute of Chartered Accountants - which as well as being incredibly inefficient is something of a closed shop since you have to join them if you want to keep your qualification.
It doesn't cost you £135 per year. That's what you pay for it. The cost of unions must also include the cost of strikes. My wife, a reluctant TUC member, finds that the cost of strikes means her membership costs nearly as much as mine. I can call myself a chartered accountant, which brings benefits far in excess of any union membership, I'll wager.