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Filipino CPAs to Canada, What are your plans?

chrissm

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maryamitzi,

bakit hindi k n lng mag US CPA. may international seating na available dyan sa UAE. check mo to sa aicpa website.

becomeacpa/cpaexam/forcandidates/downloadabledocuments/internationalexamfaq.pdf

hindi lahat ng states nagpaparticipate though.
 

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mimi0713 said:
dito ako sa toronto BZmom. baka gusto mo na rin USCPA na designation :) :) may reciprocity yata sila dito. I am now a CA student, planning to sit for the SOA and hopefully, the UFE next year, God willing.
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That's good! I wish you the best, Mimi. Tamad na ako mag-aral eh... :) Alin ba mas konti ang schooling na gagawin, CGA o CA?
 

isarog

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Hi Guyz,

A little update regarding my appeal for additional subject exemptions sa CGA. Dumating na yung reply nila and CGA Ontario granted me additional 8 subjects! Yippeee!!! ;D :D :p ;D Malaking tipid sa pera, pagod at brain cells! CGA Ontario granted me only 7 subjects during their initial evaluation, pero after the appeal, 15 na yung exempted sa akin. I only need to take tax, BC2, 2 electives and the 2 capstone subjects.

Nakakatuwa lang po talaga mga kapuso, kapamilya at kapatid dahil 4 lang ang request ko, ngunit walo ang binigay sa akin. ;D ;D ;D Most probably it is the result of the CGA program for Philippine CPAs. :D :D :D.

Additional info: May kaibigan po ako sa Alberta at mas nauna po syang nagpa-assess. Ganun din po ang evaluation sa kanya. Which means na mas maluwag sa ibang province kaysa sa Ontario. Pero baka hindi na ngayon. Pantay pantay na lahat ng Philippines CPAs

I would like to thank everyone (you know who your are) who unceasingly gave and continue to give information in this thread.

Praise and Glory be to God!!!

Ingat po tayo palagi, good luck sa atin and God bless!
 

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BZ Mom--depende po sa exemptions na grant sa inyo.

isarog--that's great! buti ka pa at smooth sailing ang appeal mo. until now madugo pa din ang appeal process ko. did they ask for your board ratings? hiningian ako eh, yng galing daw sa PICPA. i told them PICPA does not give that kind of doc because they don't administer the exam. its PRC. meron ako galing sa PRC in DFA red ribbon pa nga but 2008 ko pa ito na secure. I don't know if this would work. CA student na ako pero appeal pa din ako sa CGA. kasi mahal bayad ko sa kanila kaya bigyan ko sila ng trabaho :p :p :p :p :p they are so unorganized. kung ano-ano ang hinihingi, may humingi ng transcript from PICPA or IIA, ang sabi ko naman i didn't study in these organizations because first, they are not schools, they are just an organization of professionals, which provide continuing education seminars/workshops to their members. second, wala naman sa checklist of requiremnts nila mga ito eh, andun ba ;D ;D ;D
 

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mimi0713 said:
BZ Mom--depende po sa exemptions na grant sa inyo.
Hi Mimi,

Nakapag-inquire na ako about the CA designation. Na turn-off lang ako kasi kailangan pala ng 3-year experience with an accredited CA Training Office (CATO) before you can take the UFE. I asked them kung pwede sa iba, ang sabi nila kailangan daw sa accredited CATO, at kung hindi ka ma-hire sa CATO, try again the following year. Eh di ugod-ugod na ako bago makapag-exam.. :)

Anyway, I'll just proceed with the CGA designation. At least sa CGA they would consider my work experience. So far, maayos naman kausap ang CGA dito sa Calgary. I am qualified daw for fast-track so baka 2 courses na lang kailangan ko. :)
 

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hi Isarog!

Congratulations! Pwede malaman kung anong additional documents pinadala mo? Nagpadala ka ba ng PRC certificate of syllabus lang?
Na-excempt ka rin sa Peronal and Corporate Taxation?
Please advise...
Thanks and Good Luck!
 

isarog

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Hi Mimi and Charlie5,

Ito po yung before and after na appeal ko:


CGA
Course Code Course Title Before Appeal After
1 FA1 Financial Accounting Fundamentals Ex Ex
2 EM1 Micro and Macro Economics Ex Ex
3 LW1 Business Law Ex
Level 2
4 FA2 Financial Accounting: Assets Ex Ex
5 QU1 Business Quantitative Analysis Ex Ex
6 MA1 Management Accounting Fundamentals Ex Ex
7 CM1 Business Communication Ex
Level 3
8 FA3 Financial Accounting: Liabilities and Ex Ex
9 FN1 Corporate Finance Fundametals Ex
10 MS1 Managing Information Systems Ex Ex
BC1 Accounting Business Case Ex
Advanced Studies
11 FA4 Financial Accounting: Consolidation and Advanced Issues Ex
12 MA2 Advanced Management Accounting Ex
13 TX1 Personal and Corporate Taxation
14 AT1 Accounting Theory and Contemporary Issues Ex
15 AU1 External Auditing Ex
BC2 Public Practice Audit Case
Electives
16 MS2 Information Systems Strategy
17 MU1 Internal Auditing and Controls
18 PA1 Issues in Professional Practice
19 PA2 Strategic Financial Management
Total 7 subjects 15 subjects

Sinubmit ko yung board rating from PRC and course description sa school ko. I really think that the additional exemptions I received is due to the recent news on Phil CPAs dahil halos the same na lang ang kukunin ko. 4 lang po inapply ko pero 8 yung inapprove nila. ??? ??? ??? ;D

Good luck po sa atin
 

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Wow!! This is great news!! Ako din nag-appeal na, na-inspire ako sayo. Sana ma-grantan pa ako ng additional excemptions...fingers-crossed!
Good Luck to all of us!
Thanks for sharing and helping
 

mr.patrick

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hello po panu po ba kumuha ng letter of good standing sa pinas? meron kasi akong nakausap from picpa, sabi nya deposit ko nalng daw sa union bank which is in shaw... panu ko po yun gagawin meron po bang way para makapagdeposit ako from canada? at isa pa... ang alam ko lang ay deposit slip lang ang ibibigay sakin.. panu naman nila malalaman na ako ang nagbayad? naisip ko pwede naman na scan yung deposit slip pero ndi naman nila chinechk regularly yung emails nila kasi nagemail uli ako sakanila.. indi naman sila nagrereply... second option ko ay yung sa vancouver. pagnagpasa po ako ng application form makakakuha po ba ako agad ng letter of good standing? last na. pwede bang magpakuha nalng ako sa ibang tao ng letter of good standing sa pinas kahit walng authorization ko?

salamat sa matulungan nyo ko.
 

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mr.patrick said:
hello po panu po ba kumuha ng letter of good standing sa pinas? meron kasi akong nakausap from picpa, sabi nya deposit ko nalng daw sa union bank which is in shaw... panu ko po yun gagawin meron po bang way para makapagdeposit ako from canada? at isa pa... ang alam ko lang ay deposit slip lang ang ibibigay sakin.. panu naman nila malalaman na ako ang nagbayad? naisip ko pwede naman na scan yung deposit slip pero ndi naman nila chinechk regularly yung emails nila kasi nagemail uli ako sakanila.. indi naman sila nagrereply... second option ko ay yung sa vancouver. pagnagpasa po ako ng application form makakakuha po ba ako agad ng letter of good standing? last na. pwede bang magpakuha nalng ako sa ibang tao ng letter of good standing sa pinas kahit walng authorization ko?

salamat sa matulungan nyo ko.
Saan ka sa Canada? I-check mo kung may PICPA affiliation sa lugar mo. Dito kasi sa Calgary, may PICPA, so pwede mag-apply sa kanila at sila na mag-process.
 

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mr.patrick said:
hello po panu po ba kumuha ng letter of good standing sa pinas? meron kasi akong nakausap from picpa, sabi nya deposit ko nalng daw sa union bank which is in shaw... panu ko po yun gagawin meron po bang way para makapagdeposit ako from canada? at isa pa... ang alam ko lang ay deposit slip lang ang ibibigay sakin.. panu naman nila malalaman na ako ang nagbayad? naisip ko pwede naman na scan yung deposit slip pero ndi naman nila chinechk regularly yung emails nila kasi nagemail uli ako sakanila.. indi naman sila nagrereply... second option ko ay yung sa vancouver. pagnagpasa po ako ng application form makakakuha po ba ako agad ng letter of good standing? last na. pwede bang magpakuha nalng ako sa ibang tao ng letter of good standing sa pinas kahit walng authorization ko?

salamat sa matulungan nyo ko.
Hello, pwede po ibang tao ung kumuha ng certificate in behalf of u. That is what I did (I'm here in Dubai), ung sister ko pinakuha ko. ini-scan ko lng ung authorization letter ko and PICPA ID. Ngprint lng ung sis ko and yon pinakita sa PICPA, ngbayad lng cya and nakuha nya ung Certificate of Good Standing.
 

mr.patrick

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ok na po nagkaroon pa nga ng onting isyu.. ndi raw po ako member, buti nalng my resibo ako. hay. nakakadismaya lang. ngayun ko na nga lang magagamit ang pagiging picpa member ganun pa. hehehe btw sa winnipeg po ako.. di ko lang alam kung meron walng kong naririnig eh...

off the topic:
Anu na pong feedback sa mga nagpapaassess ng cga? same responses po ba sa lahat ng member ng picpa? try ko muna sa cga dito po kasi 80 lang ang paassess. eh pag CA magastos. hehehe.
 

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mr.patrick said:
ok na po nagkaroon pa nga ng onting isyu.. ndi raw po ako member, buti nalng my resibo ako. hay. nakakadismaya lang. ngayun ko na nga lang magagamit ang pagiging picpa member ganun pa. hehehe btw sa winnipeg po ako.. di ko lang alam kung meron walng kong naririnig eh...

off the topic:
Anu na pong feedback sa mga nagpapaassess ng cga? same responses po ba sa lahat ng member ng picpa? try ko muna sa cga dito po kasi 80 lang ang paassess. eh pag CA magastos. hehehe.
so far karamihan ng mga nakausap ko, 6 subjects na lang ang kailangan. on hold pa yung CGA assessment ko, inaantay ko pa kasi yung IQAS assessment saka yung certificate of good standing ko from PICPA Calgary. magastos talaga pag CA saka mas matagal makakuha ng designation dahil sa 3-year professional exprience in a CA Training Office before you can take the UFE. so kung gusto mo makakuha ng designation ng mas mabilis mag CGA ka na muna.
 

Ruga

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Hello fellow CPA's. Medyo off topic lang ako, pero i would really appreciate kung meron mang makakapagbigay ng opinion regarding my issue. Nag apply ako under federal skilled worker category last April 2010 through the Central Intake Office (CIO), after about two months binalik ang complete set ng documents ko dahil kulang daw to which i immediately complied and returned the same set of application docs in June 2010. It was almost at the same time that they changed their immigration policies limiting the federal skilled in demand professions. Sa bago nilang immigration policy, there are 29 professions at nawala na yung Accounting profession. After a month, i receive a letter from CIO informing me that based on their initial evaluation, hindi na daw ako qualified to apply under federal skilled worker dahil yung profession ko is no longer in the list of in demand profession sa Canada based on their new policy. Nakakalungkot lang kasi, matagal-tagal na rin akong nagpaplano to apply. Since Y2006 pa ako nagbabalak pero madalas kung ipagpabukas, then when i finally decided nabago naman ang policy nila. I am not sure if my question will still make sense, pero wala na ba talagang pag-asa na magkapag-apply pa ang mga katulad nating accountant dyan sa Canada?
 

mr.patrick

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BZ Mom said:
so far karamihan ng mga nakausap ko, 6 subjects na lang ang kailangan. on hold pa yung CGA assessment ko, inaantay ko pa kasi yung IQAS assessment saka yung certificate of good standing ko from PICPA Calgary. magastos talaga pag CA saka mas matagal makakuha ng designation dahil sa 3-year professional exprience in a CA Training Office before you can take the UFE. so kung gusto mo makakuha ng designation ng mas mabilis mag CGA ka na muna.
buti po sa manitoba mura lang paasess.. 84 dolars lang po nabigay ko.. ewan ko lang po kung my iba pang assessment... yung 6 subjects po ba regardless of experience.. fresh grad lang po ksi ako satin at ang experience ko lang po ay (10 mos office setting/taxation) as part time.. pero parang full time din kasi onting subject nalang tinitake up ko that time.. sana ok ang response nila. at parang nabasa ko cga , cma, ca ongoing merge talks