Public Accounting Firms

Who is required to register a public accounting firm (PAF)?

Are you a chartered accountant, Professional Corporation or partnership and you’re planning to provide or offering to provide any of the following services to the public?

i) an assurance engagement;
ii) a specified auditing procedures engagement;
iii) a compilation engagement;
iv) providing an accounting service;
v) forensic accounting, financial investigation or financial litigation support services
vi) advise about, or interpretation of taxation matters; and
vii) preparation of a tax return or other statutory information filing if prepared in conjunction with any service
referred to in subclauses (i) to (vi).

If yes, then you must register a public accounting firm. If two or more members of different accounting organizations (i.e., CAs, CMAs or CGAs) are partners and conduct a public accounting practice, they must register a PAF with only one of the regulatory accounting organizations (i.e., ICAA, SMAA or CGA Alberta).

Apply to Register a Public Accounting Firm

In order to apply online, you must be a CA member of the ICAA and have your ICAA website login and password information available. Alternatively, you can download a hard copy of the PAF application for completion and submission to ICAA PAF Application and Guidelines