Chartered accountants - Chartered Accountants - Examination - Request for Admission

  

General information

Persons intending to take the professional examination for chartered accountants need to submit a request for admission.

Please note

The Austrian Chamber of Tax Advisors and Public Accountants ( Kammer der Steuerberater und Wirtschaftsprüfer) will issue an official decision on admission. The requesting party has the right to appeal against a decision that refuses admission.

Decisions admitting the requesting party to a professional examination will be null and void and are to be declared null and void by the Federal Ministry for of Labour and Economy if the party failed and still fails to meet any of the legal requirements for admission.

  

Requirements

The following requirements must be met in order to be admitted to the professional examination:

  • Graduation in a relevant course from an Austrian university or Austrian university of applied sciences
  • at least one and a half year of accountancy activities as a trainee accountant or as a trainee auditor with an auditing association of purchasing and business cooperatives, or as an assistant auditor or as an auditor and authorised signatory of the auditing office of the Sparkassen-Prüfungsverband in Austria

or

  • a professional licence regulated by the WTBG or
  • at least three and a half years of working as a management accountant

Decisions admitting the requesting party to a professional examination will be null and void if the party fails to meet the legal requirements for admission as defined in section 14 of the Wirtschaftstreuhandberufsgesetz (WTBG).

  

Respite

No special deadlines need to be observed.

  

Responsibility

  

Procedure

The request may be submitted personally or in writing in German to the competent authority.

  

Documents

  • Documentary proof of identity
  • Certificates or supporting documents concerning satisfaction of requirements
  • Proof of payment of examination fee

Please note

Whether certified translations from other countries are recognised will depend on the procedural rules applicable. For instance, an apostille German text may be required for documents to be recognised.

Please note

If a foreign-language document must be submitted in the original, together with a certified translation, such a translation may, as a rule, only be made by a court-certified interpreter or translator. A list of court-certified interpreters in Austria may be found on the website pages of the Federal Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice. Interpreters from other EU/ EEA member states may also have their names entered in this list.

  

Expenses

  • Request:
    • EUR 14.30 federal fee;
    • attachment: EUR 3.90 per sheet.
  • Official decision:
    • EUR 14.30 federal fee.

  

Additional information

  

Legal

Sections 14 and 15 of the Wirtschaftstreuhandberufsgesetz (WTBG)

  

Data Protection

I have noted that the data provided by me, as well as any data received by the administration over the course of the preliminary investigation, will be automatically processed as per article 6, para. 1 lit. c and e of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance with the underlying material laws of the legal process. Furthermore, I am aware that this is for the purpose of executing the legal procedure initiated by me, the granting of regulatory approval and also for the purpose of review. I have read the general information regarding: 

  • the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, withdrawal and objection, as well as on data portability
  • the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority
  • the responsibilities of the process controller and the data protection officer as per https://datenschutz.stmk.gv.at.


  

Responsible for the content

Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy

  

Last update

12 January 2024