Over the past few weeks my concern over “continuing professional development” had been growing – this being the first year that I am required formally to complete 40 hours-worth with a deadline of the 1st of January. I reasoned that over the next few days I could find some on-line courses or spend time reading about the more recent FRS’s – not something that I would actually relish but at least my CPD requirements could be met.
I was pleasantly surprised, therefore, to come across the following concept:
Having finished the online ‘CPD Starter Course’ from the ACCA website, I chose to take the test at the end – but annoyingly got one answer wrong. To the question that asks whether playing golf could be counted towards time spent doing CPD I said “no”. It seemed natural to me, obvious even, but the surprising truth is that the answer is “yes”!
Just think about that… if playing golf can be counted as continuing professional development then not much is ruled out. I guess their line of reasoning is that not all qualified accountants work as actual accountants. Qualified accountants should be professional in whatever they do and CPD needs to be relevant to the individual’s career.
Needless to say, I completed my CPD without too much further difficulty and filed the return well within the deadline. Hooray for the ACCA.
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