The Accredited Tax Advisor (ATA)
Issued by
Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation
The Accredited Tax Advisor (ATA) has been developed to recognize practitioners who handle sophisticated tax planning issues, including planning for owners of closely held businesses, planning for the highly compensated, choosing qualified retirement plans and performing estate tax planning. Their expertise covers tax returns for individuals, business entities, fiduciaries, trusts and estates, as well as tax planning, tax consulting and ethics.
- Type Certification
- Level Intermediate
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Accounting Principals
- Adjusted Gross Income
- Cash vs accrual
- Ethical Standards And Conduct
- Filing consideration
- Financial Reporting
- Indidual tax returns
- Individual Taxation
- Itemized Deductions
- Patnership Tax Law
- Statement of cashflow
- Tax Laws
- Tax Planning
- Trusts and Estates
Earning Criteria
Standards
ATA credential holders must earn 30 CPE hours per year. Including 24 hours in accounting or related subjects (finance,business management, technology, business law); plus at least 24 hours in taxation; plus 4 hours in ethics.The remaining hours can be in subjects that relate to your particular area of practice or employment.
ACAT credential holders agree to abide by the ACAT Code of Ethics as a prerequisite to holding a credential.