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ASCA Holds JCPA Qualifying Course
10-Mar-2021
AMMAN - The Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA) held a training qualifying course to the Jordan Association of Certified Public Accountant (JCPA) certificate targeting staff of
the Financial Department at the Greater Amman Municipality, supported by the French Agency for International Technical Cooperation Agency (Expertise France), at Al Hussein Cultural Center in the Amman Municipality.
Prior to the course, the participants sat to a digital exam in order to determine their training needs. The exam was conducted by ASCA, based on its rules and quality assurance procedures, in order to select the candidates who might take the course.
During the course, the JCPA curriculum was discussed including the first paper: The Jordanian laws and legislations, and the relevant financial laws such as the tax regulations and their applications, the income and sales tax, the companies’ law, the accountancy profession law in Jordan, and the banks and securities laws.
The second paper: “Accounting and Auditing” which includes subjects that are related to accounting and auditing mainly as the International Accounting Standards (IASs), and the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs), cost accounting, administrative accounting, and tax accounting as well as the preparation of budgets.
The French Agency for International Technical Cooperation Agency (Expertise France):
It is a public institution with an industrial and a commercial nature. It works under the dual supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the French Ministry of Industry, within the framework of the foreign policy of development and solidarity. Expertise France was established for the purpose of simplifying the administrative procedures and enhancing the transparency and effectiveness of the services provided by public agencies.
The Greater Amman Municipality
It is the municipality of the Jordanian Capital, Amman. it is responsible for undertaking the provision of public services to the citizens of the city in different fields such as licensing, hygiene and enumeration, in addition to the provision of cultural, tourism, sports, kids’ programs and others.