by Rachel Bruce
We are currently working on a new offering with the Certified Public Accountants in Ireland. CPA Ireland already partner with us to offer online courses from our Accounting and Finance Portfolio to their members. They have made these courses available to their members for several years now and each course is accredited with a number of CPD points. Some are technical courses (e.g. Strategic Financial Management, Activity Based Management, Business Performance Management) and some are business courses (e.g. Leadership Skills, Project Management, Problem Solving). The portfolio of courses has been successful for CPA Ireland, providing their members with an additional way of attaining their CPD points, with flexible and easy access.
The accounting and finance industry is ever-evolving, and whilst these courses offer a great learning tool, we are also going to begin to include bite-sized courses on very specific subjects, so learners can very quickly get to grips with new topics that are introduced to the industry. The courses, branded Financial Briefings, will consist of one module with an assessment that learners can use to check their knowledge and ensure they are compliant with any new ideas or regulations.
The first course of this kind that we are introducing will be released later this year for CPA Ireland, and is on Capital Acquisition Tax. This is a tax on capital acquired from a third party, i.e. a tax on the beneficiary of a gift or inheritance, and is levied on the taxable value of either the gift or inheritance. It is a short one module course with an assessment, and it will sit alongside the other courses within CPA Ireland’s online learning portfolio. I’m excited about these new courses, and am hoping they will be really relevant to the learners and allow them to get up to speed quickly with new developments in their industry. More to follow ...
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