The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA, Chinese: 香港會計師公會) is the professional accounting body of Hong Kong.
Its main responsibilities are: Prior to 2002, Hong Kong accountants were allowed to obtain full memberships from both Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and HKICPA under a joint examination scheme between the two institutions.
A mutual recognition agreement was then announced between the two institutions;[1] this has been renewed from 2010 until 2015.
[2] HKICPA has Mutual Recognition Agreements with the major Chartered Accountant bodies worldwide: These agreements, in general, only apply to relatively recent HKICPA members who qualified through the Qualification Programme.
The Institute is a member body of the following international or regional organisations: