Students must successfully complete all of the following:

CA

• All Knowledge assessments
• All Skills (core) assessments
• Both Integration assessments

CTA

• Professional Responsibilities & Ethics
• Tax Knowledge and Skills (either Direct Tax or Indirect Tax)
• 1 CTA specialism paper:
  • Direct Tax

If a student chooses Direct Tax for the Tax Knowledge and Skills paper, they’ll have the choice to sit either the Advanced Technical paper or the Application and Professional Skills paper in one of the following topics:

• Owner-managed businesses
• Larger companies and groups
• Indirect Tax

If a student chooses Indirect Tax for the Tax Knowledge and Skills paper, they’ll have the choice to sit one of the following:

• Domestic Indirect Taxation Advanced Technical paper
• Cross Border and Environmental Taxes Advanced Technical paper
• VAT and Other Indirect Taxes Application and Professional Skills paper

In total, there are 15 assessments in the CA CTA Joint Programme. 

For more information, please visit the CA CTA page on icas.com.