Greater flexibility for tax students

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) have launched a new streamlined route to the ATT and chartered tax adviser (CTA) qualifications improving the flexibility offered to employers.

The new tax pathway will enable students to study for both qualifications together in less time than at present. Employers and students will be able to choose which ATT papers to sit at the beginning of their study path because no papers are mandatory at that stage. This is complemented by flexible study options from classroom teaching to online distance learning.

Students following the new route will spend less time out of the office because they will have one fewer exam to sit. The cost of qualifying is therefore likely to be less than following the sequential qualification route and in addition students will be able to sit some exams earlier.

The exams...