Membership with ICB is based on bookkeeping knowledge and current bookkeeping experience. Bookkeeping knowledge can be established with a current bookkeeping qualification (not more than 2 years old) or by sitting the ICB online General Bookkeeping Assessments.
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Bookkeeping knowledge and current bookkeeping experience for any level higher. In Practice members will need Professional Indemnity Insurance. In Employment members will need to provide an employment verification statement.
Are you a studying a bookkeeping course?
Then you should look at Student Membership.
Are you an employed Bookkeeper with more than 12 months current bookkeeping experience?
Then you should look at the level of Associate in Employment.
Are you an employed Bookkeeper with more than 24 months current bookkeeping experience?
Then you should look at the level of Member in Employment.
Do you have your own bookkeeping business and more than 12 months of current bookkeeping experience?
Then you should look at the level of Associate in Practice.
Do you have your own bookkeeping business with 2 or more clients and you can verify more than 24 months of current bookkeeping experience?
Then you should look at the level of Member in Practice.
Click here for more information on Membership Levels.
The ICB Admissions Board usually meets once a week. Once all paperwork required for your application has been provided it will be presented to the Admissions Board for consideration.
Once your application is approved your will receive an email advising the outcome of the Admissions Board and your certificates and membership card will be sent out within 10 working days.
Following the application, the assessment will be released to you. You must open the assessment within 14 days. You have 2 hours to complete the assessment once commenced and it should take approximately 40 minutes to complete.
When ICB has received the result for the assessment and if the applicant has passed (70% being the pass mark) the application will be processed.
A Bookkeepers plan to achieve CPE requirements
ICB Initiated
- Attend ICB Network Meetings: 6 per year / 2 hours per meeting 12 hours
- Based on Newsletter Research: 12 per year / 1 hour per edition 12 hours
- Attend ICB Annual Summit: March / ICB 5.5 hours & TPB 4.5 hours
Backed up through
- Members Skill Review: 1.5 hours
- End of Year Workshop or material review: Published in July each year
Other Opportunities
- Software provider conferences, briefings / updates
- ATO webinars or sessions (if specific specialised topics are of interest. The general sessions of the ATO are not suited for the majority of our members)
- Education sector specific sessions of relevance to your development
Explanations
ICB network meetings can be attended in person or via webinar, there is content produced for 12 network meetings and 12 webinars are held over the year. Newsletters qualify as the reading component, knowledge from the reading is then backed up by the Member Skill Review.
Requirements
ICB requirement is 20 hours per year of continuing education. TPB requirement for BAS agents is minimum 20 hours per year (90 hrs in 3yrs) of CPE “relevant” to the BAS agent services that the agent provides.
ICB does not provide the Certificate IV in Financial Services however we do have Accredited Training Providers. Their details are listed on the ICB website under the Education and Training section.
ICB membership and BAS Agent registration are two different processes and whilst there are similar requirements ICB needs to establish your knowledge and experience level to maintain the integrity of our membership levels.
BAS Registration is done through the Tax Practitioners Board.
As of 1st January 2022, the ICB Skill Review (ISR) came into effect as a requirement for renewal of membership.
The ISR is required to be completed by each voting member once every two years, this applies to voting membership levels of Affiliate or higher.
To complete your ISR:
- Log on to the website.
- Click on ‘Training and accreditation’ from the menu bar.
- Click on ‘ICB Skills Review’ in the drop down.
- Click on the ICB Skill Review ISR and then the blue button to register.
If you are an “In Practice” member then you will need to have current Professional Indemnity Insurance. We recommend Insurance Made Easy.
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