CPA Australia

The Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between the CPA Canada and CPA Australia expired on June 30, 2021.

Individuals who submitted a complete application for membership and fulfilled the eligibility criteria on or prior to June 30, 2021 will still be considered under the MRA.

The following information is provided for reference only. We are no longer accepting applications under this agreement.

Background

The CGA Provincial Bodies and CGA Canada signed the existing Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with CPA Australia in 2013. Upon unification of Canada’s three individual accounting bodies in 2014, the commitments of each CGA body who was party to the agreement was transitioned to the new CPA body for that jurisdiction. With the exceptions of CPA Bermuda, which did not have a legacy CGA body, and CPA Quebec, which gave notice of termination to CPA Australia on October 17, 2012, the new CPA bodies continued to honor the agreement. On May 5, 2021, CPA Australia advised CPA Canada that they would not be proceeding with a new agreement.

We will continue to keep all members informed about the status of our reciprocity agreements. A listing of all current reciprocal agreements is available here.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CPA Australia MRA, please contact member.services@cpacanada.ca.