[2] The institute is engaged in training and regulation of professional accountants in Guyana.

[3] ICAG is a joint examination scheme partner of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

[4] ICAG and ACCA jointly run a practice-monitoring programme, and by the end of 2010 all members had been visited once.

Speaking in a newspaper interview in August 2009, Parmessar noted the great difficulty of retaining qualified accountants within the country.

He said that 25 accountants were trained by the institute each year, but half of them migrated to North America or elsewhere.