ACCA members can be selected for a CPD review at any time, so make sure to keep a record of your CPD activities for three years.* You can keep a record of your CPD activities by using the CPD evidence recording tool which can be found in the Professional Development area of your myACCA account or by keeping records in your own or your employer’s format.
If you are selected for a CPD review, you will be notified by email and directed to submit your records via the CPD Review notification within your myACCA account. Within the CPD Review submission page, you will be given the option to provide details about the activities you carried out, upload records or supporting documents, or confirm that you have used the CPD evidence recording tool. You can provide your CPD records using one or more of these options.
*Members who are Irish Statutory Auditors and individuals who are partners or directors or agents of a firm holding an ACCA Irish auditing certificate must keep a record of their CPD activities for six years. Registered tax practitioners in South Africa must keep a record of their CPD activities for five years.
Choose the route you’ve followed to find out what you need to do.
Unit route
We require evidence showing how you’ve achieved your 40 units of CPD in the year under review. 21 of these units must be verifiable and the remaining 19 can be non-verifiable.
Unit route - part-time/semi-retired
If you follow the part-time/semi-retired route – ensuring that you meet the eligibility requirements – you need to complete 19 units of non-verifiable CPD but you can set your own level of verifiable CPD. If you are selected for a CPD review, you must complete and upload the Part-time/Semi-Retired checklist within the CPD Review submission page. You must also detail why you believe the verifiable CPD you’ve completed is sufficient for your needs.
Approved Employer route
Please provide evidence that you were employed by an ACCA approved employer under the professional development stream during the year(s) you have been selected for review. Acceptable evidence would include a letter from your employer confirming your dates of employment or a payslip from the year(s) under review. You may redact any confidential information before submitting this. ACCA retains the right to confirm your CPD compliance with your employer and/or to request to see your full CPD records.
IFAC member route
If you are a member of another IFAC body and following their CPD requirements, please provide evidence of your membership of that body for the year(s) under review. This membership body must be fully compliant with IFAC’s International Education Standard (IES) 7. Acceptable evidence could be a letter from the other IFAC body, a receipt confirming annual subscription payment or a copy of your membership certificate. Please ensure that the evidence supplied confirms membership for the year(s) under review. We may confirm with your other IFAC body that you met their CPD requirement.
If you were granted a waiver in the year(s) selected for a CPD review, you must upload your supporting evidence with your CPD review records.
For more information on the CPD review process check out our CPD review factsheet