Zica Registered Audit Firms

The range of services that accounting firms provide to their clients is both broad and diverse. As a matter of fact, there is a good choice of Accounting firms in Zambia including affiliates of the global accountancy groups like KPMG, PwC, Ernest and Young and Deloitte. The following directory provides a list of Zica registered audit firms to will [...]

7 Ways On How An Accountant Can Help Businesses Today

Zica Graduates Oftentimes, people just remember the value of accountants during tax season. Accountants are in charge of cramping numbers so that working individuals along with business organizations can remain compliant with tax requirements. However, accountants often do much more than that, [...]

Free Zica Accountancy Programme Download

Long after regional accountancy degrees have been conferred and careers have been launched, many folks just can’t seem to quit school. For them, life provides an overstuffed cornucopia of educational opportunities that don’t necessarily require hefty loans and navigating different professorial strategies. Those [...]

What Accountancy Students Must Know

If you are not in an accountancy job or have an accountancy qualification you probably don’t know much about the accountancy profession. However if you are a student interested in gaining an insight into this profession, this article will give you the introduction to accountancy. Accountancy is [...]

Online Education in Zambia- Courses ,Colleges and Universities

Nowadays, to get access to education, you don’t have to spend several years in college and million of Kwachas on tuition fees. ALISON provides free online learning to users in Zambia. It is usually worrying and sometimes interesting to listen to the counts of desperate situations of “failures” in accounting field. It would appear like there is a [...]

113 Accounting firms You Should Know

Do you search everywhere for firms offering accounting services in Zambia? Start looking in the right place for professional accounting firms. Today, I want to show you a list of 113 professional firms I recently stumbled upon. These firms provide accounting and audit services at a fee. I will first start with the big four names in the accounting [...]

MSEs Reporting Standard -Why Know it?

Few if any business owners take a keen interest in financial reporting standard matters. Do you know anything about the newly launched financial reporting standard for MSEs? Recently, I had a conversation with a fellow accountant and it struck me that he was ignorant about this launch of the three [...]

Finding a Better Accountant

Today, Businesses of all types need an Accountant. Therefore, it is logical to assume that the choice of your Accountant can help you find success in your business. But how do you find a good Accountant? Here are my suggestions to help you find a good Accountant you can really be proud of. Have you ever heard of this widely view among non-Accountant [...]

Free Proven IFRS e-learning Modules

There is growing interest in e-learning from all displines. Today, e-learning technology is being utilized to meet learning and teaching needs in many organizations. Just recently, the Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies ZCAS launched its e-learning platform. Despite the growing interest and the success scored so far in Zambian e-learning [...]

The Ugly side of a Software Consultant

The value of Software Consultants cannot be under estimated. However, with budget cuts sweeping across businesses, the thought of adding a high priced Accounting firm or a software consultant to a company’s budget is a thorny issue for most businesses today. So, should you hire a software consultant [...]

The “Short Cut” to ACCA Qualification!

Let’s face it, Study courses are similar in nature and accounting is no exception, considering that the subject contents are by large similar, to facilitate continuity and avoid repetition and duplication of knowledge acquisition,a candidate pursuing a particular Accounting course is normally allowed to apply for “exemptions” in the subjects that [...]

Is CIMA Equivalent to Masters in 2014?

In 2008, the CIMA- Chartered Institute of Chartered Accountants professional qualification was ranked equivalent to a master’s degree by the independent UK agency responsible for government scoring of immigrants’ qualifications. According to this article published on 9 July 2008 on cimaglobal.com website, CIMA was awarded a point score [...]

Why SME-s Need Standards

The Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants announced recently that it is in the process of adopting financial reporting standards for small and medium enterprise SMEs If you are a business owner you may be asking your self but why: and what this means to your business. In this article I wish [...]

Zambia Accountants Act and ZICA

Let’s take a close look at Accountancy in Zambia, the Accountants Act No.13 of 2008 and how it relates to various stakeholders in the Accountancy profession. The Accountants bill was enacted in Zambia by parliament into an Accountants Act No.13 of 2008 on 24 September 2008. The enactment bought new [...]