Accredited Accounting Technician (AAT) Foundation Examination
Overview
AAT Foundation Examination財務會計員基礎考試
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The New Senior Secondary (NSS) curriculum aims to help candidates build a broad knowledge base and to foster the ability for them to learn throughout their lives. The Hong Kong Institute of Accredited Accounting Technicians Limited (HKIAAT) has tailor-made a new Accredited Accounting Technician (AAT) Foundation Examination to meet the broadening NSS curriculum requirements and our local business needs.
This new AAT Foundation Examination has incorporated the Business, Accounting and Financial Studies (BAFS) syllabus as part of its professional training in the articulation path to becoming a CPA. It aims to develop and assess candidates’ understanding and application of basic accounting and business knowledge, skills and values which are required to meet different business needs. Passing the examination can assist candidates in pursuing a higher education in business, accounting or any other disciplines or starting out on a progressive career in accountancy from entry-level. It can also lead to further advancement opportunities in accountancy for those who wish to move on to the AAT qualification:
Syllabus mapping for AAT Foundation Examination and BAFS
The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) has been appointed to conduct an independent study on mapping the syllabuses of AAT Foundation Examination and the BAFS. The major results of this exercise provided by HKEAA are as follows: .
- The examination formats of the AAT Foundation Examination and BAFS are essentially the same;
- The whole syllabuses of AAT Foundation Examination Paper 1 “Accounting and Business Essentials” and Paper 2 “Fundamentals of Financial and Management Accounting” have been covered by the BAFS curriculum, other than one sub-topic; and
- The AAT Foundation Examination covers most of the BAFS topics (except entrepreneurship and personal financial management, and the coverage of a few BAFS sub-topics is partial).
Please click here for detailed mapping of the two syllabuses.
Who is it for?
- Senior secondary school candidates who are studying business-related subjects, especially Business, Accounting and Financial Studies (BAFS)
- Secondary school leavers who want to obtain a professional certificate offered by a reputable accountancy body in order to launch their career.
Our representative would be grateful to visit your school to explain the details of the examination. If you are interested, please complete and return the Request form for school visit / talk to us.
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