The CAT Qualification

The Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) is an internationally recognised qualification awarded by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

CAT equips students with the technical skills and knowledge required to fulfil a wide variety of industry roles – from Accounts Clerks to Finance Controllers. Once qualified, members can gain exemptions from professional qualifications.

As an Official Publisher for CAT, Kaplan Publishing’s market-leading CAT study materials are crucial to the success of learning institutions and students all over the world.  Examiner reviewed and exam focused our CAT study materials are written by expert tutors and have been designed with both the ACCA’s guidelines and the needs of CAT students in mind.

Kaplan Publishing offers the following study material for the CAT qualification:

	Study Texts including detailed syllabus coverage and include crucial definitions and key concepts explained with plenty of examples, activities and exam standard practice questions to reinforce understanding. To order CAT Study Texts, click here
	Exam Kits containing past CAT exam papers with official examiners’ answers along with numerous exam standard questions with full answers giving you plenty of question practice opportunities.  There are also tutorial notes and key answer tips ensuring you can pick up those marks which can otherwise be missed. To order CAT Exam Kits, click here
	Pocket Notes are an exam focused, pocket sized revision tool giving you summaries of key points from each subject area with graphic presentation helping with visual understanding. Our CAT pocket notes also highlight most frequently examinable topics and pitfalls. To order CAT Pocket Notes, click here

CAT overview

Exam modules and structure

There are a total of 9 examinable papers split into 3 levels. Topics cover Financial and Management Accounting, IT, Audit Procedures, Tax and Finance Management.
 
Papers 1 to 4 are Computer Based Exams, (CBE), which can be taken whenever you are ready, whereas the remaining papers are assessed through written exams in June and December each year.

Students can sit exams in any order although we do advise to take them in numerical order if possible and although there is no restriction to the number of exams you may attempt, we recommended a maximum of four papers in each exam sitting.

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