ACA/CTA Joint Programme

Achieve both the ACA and the CTA in three to four years with the ICAEW and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) Joint Programme.  Ideal for students who want to specialise in one of three areas of tax.

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Dates and prices

Our CTA course dates and prices will help you to plan ahead and organise your schedule.

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How it works

Under the Joint Programme, you study 14 out of the 15 ACA modules and choose one specialist CTA Advanced Technical paper to gain the ACA qualification. Take one further CTA paper together with the Ethics Computer Based Exam to gain the CTA qualification.

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The benefits

Specialise in tax from the start of your studies and gain two highly valued qualifications. Duplication of content is reduced so you are not examined on the same subjects twice.

Benefits of the Joint Programme

Early booking offer

Book now to secure our 2024 prices for your training courses.
Our 2025 prices will go live on 1st October 2024.

Early booking offer

Book now to secure our 2022 prices for your training courses. Our 2023 prices will go live on 1st October 2022.

Tolley are the only tuition provider to offer material and courses for all CTA Advanced Technical papers, Application and Professional Skills papers, and ADIT Paper 2.09, all of which can be taken as part of the ACA/CTA Joint Programme.

Registration


Students and employers usually decide to enter the Joint Programme at the start of their studies.  However, ACA students can join the Joint Programme provided they have not yet sat the Business Planning: Taxation module.

  • You must register first as an ACA student before you can apply for the Joint Programme
  • When you have received your ACA student number, you can register with the CIOT

Study options


One of the reasons for our students’ excellent exam results is the wide range of study options that we offer, including a Guaranteed Pass Scheme, Online Tuition Live and Distance Learning options.

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Our CTA May 2024 pass rates

We are confident our pass rates will continue to significantly surpass the national average and our wide range of study options help to achieve this.


Tolley Exam Training*National Average
Awareness91%65%
Technical72%48%
Application74%53%
Overall75%50%

* Pass rates for those enrolled on the Guaranteed Pass Scheme


Meet Tolley’s CTA training tutors

Our training tutors are made up of the most respected tax industry experts in the country.

Jonathan Coletta
Jonathan joined the Exam Training team at Tolley in July 2015 and teaches on courses across all of the tax qualifications.
Karen Bullen
Karen is a senior tutor teaching on all Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) and Chartered Taxation Adviser (CTA) courses. She is also responsible for the VAT Compliance Diploma as lead tutor / writer / examiner.
Liz Halford
Liz is head of the Bristol Centre and provides an unrivalled level of service to local clients and students, and manages the teaching resource nationally. She also teaches on all of the ATT papers, and CTA papers for Tolley.
Juliet Smith
Juliet joined Tolley Exam training in 2017 as a senior tutor after over 10 years teaching at BPP on CTA and ATT courses as well as ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS and AAT.
Chris Siddle
Chris is head of the Newcastle centre and is a well-known personality in the tax world, spending a number of years teaching on a wide range of tax exam courses and CPD events.

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