Maraming salamat po sa lahat ng nagcontribute and nagshare ng kanilang experience! Iba talaga ang pinoy! Napaka-matulungin! 
As part of my preparations, marami-rami na rin po akong web sites na napuntahan (which for me is not comprehensive) at naka-attend na rin po ako ng CIIP (pero they just refer you to the provincial website ng CA, CMA and CGA, which I said, is not comprehensive). ??? Dito ko lang po pala makikita ang aking hinahanap! Imagine, you were all kind enough to post the email replies to your queries. Nareinforce po talaga yung mga alam ko na at napawi ang aking mga agam-agam. Salamat po ulit! ;D
I beg for your indulgence. Although it has already been discussed here, please allow me to share what I have learned from all of you so that you may correct if I misinterpreted anything.
"There are fewer requirements to be a CA for us PICPA members but it is very hard become a student CA and enter their program due to be employed first by a CA Training Office (CATO); It is easy to become a student CGA and enter their program but we need to take more subjects and, as a result thereof, more expensive".
In CA, we just need to take up business law. No more evaluation of transcripts of records, no more other subjects to take up. We just have to take up a very, very hard UFE (kung CPA exams nga kinaya natin, di naman po siguro sila nagkakalayo). Pero, pero at pero...mahirap pong pumasok sa program at maging CA student dahil kailangan makapasok sa CA training office…which is difficult dahil maraming competition with other university students all over Canada as well as other immigrants from other countries. Pero its all worth it naman daw talaga. Pinakamabangis daw talaga ang mga CAs pagdating sa salary. Although CGA students would always beg to disagree and say that CGA is catching up with CA. Kesyo very comprehensive ang CGA dahil “GENERAL” nga daw….Siguro parang PMA vs. PNPA lang ito sa atin. Iba talaga pag alumni ng PMA kaysa PNPA (syempre may kokontra).
In CGA naman, we can easily get into the program after we have our transcript assessed pero madami pa tayong subjects na kailangan i-take kaya mas magastos. Assessment pa lang we already have to pay $400++. Pagkatapos ng assessment dun pa lang natin malalaman kung what level tayo, pag level 3 ang binigay, kailangan natin magrequest for reconsideration kasi dapat level 4. Nakita ko po yung mga fees and wala akong masabi… ang mahal! Although, maganda din naman siguro syang preparation…pero, pero at pero ulit…over nama, ang mahal talaga! Mag at least $10,000. Tapos aside from the money, we have to spend time (at least 25 hours a week ba yun?) to study and study hard dahil bawal bumagsak…sayang ang pera (not unlike sa CA pwede na siguro tayong magself study for the UFE). It is so taxing daw that our dear friends here in this forum say that it is not advisable to take the subjects one after the other. Pero in fairness, may mga on-line courses naman daw (ewan ko lang if it will make a difference)
After all that’s been said and done, ano na po? CGA or CA? May nabasa ako somewhere na there was once a CA student who got pregnant so nagshift sya ng CGA. What does it mean? Mas mahal ang CGA pero mas flexible kaysa CA? Pag family oriented ka CGA. Pero bakit parang mas madaling tapusin ang CA granting na may makuha kang CATO. Hay naku. ??? 8) :-\
Haba na nito. Your thoughts on my thoughts please. Anyone?
TIA for you inputs
As part of my preparations, marami-rami na rin po akong web sites na napuntahan (which for me is not comprehensive) at naka-attend na rin po ako ng CIIP (pero they just refer you to the provincial website ng CA, CMA and CGA, which I said, is not comprehensive). ??? Dito ko lang po pala makikita ang aking hinahanap! Imagine, you were all kind enough to post the email replies to your queries. Nareinforce po talaga yung mga alam ko na at napawi ang aking mga agam-agam. Salamat po ulit!
;D I beg for your indulgence. Although it has already been discussed here, please allow me to share what I have learned from all of you so that you may correct if I misinterpreted anything.
"There are fewer requirements to be a CA for us PICPA members but it is very hard become a student CA and enter their program due to be employed first by a CA Training Office (CATO); It is easy to become a student CGA and enter their program but we need to take more subjects and, as a result thereof, more expensive".
In CA, we just need to take up business law. No more evaluation of transcripts of records, no more other subjects to take up. We just have to take up a very, very hard UFE (kung CPA exams nga kinaya natin, di naman po siguro sila nagkakalayo).
Pero, pero at pero...mahirap pong pumasok sa program at maging CA student dahil kailangan makapasok sa CA training office…which is difficult dahil maraming competition with other university students all over Canada as well as other immigrants from other countries. Pero its all worth it naman daw talaga. Pinakamabangis daw talaga ang mga CAs pagdating sa salary. Although CGA students would always beg to disagree and say that CGA is catching up with CA. Kesyo very comprehensive ang CGA dahil “GENERAL” nga daw….Siguro parang PMA vs. PNPA lang ito sa atin. Iba talaga pag alumni ng PMA kaysa PNPA (syempre may kokontra). In CGA naman, we can easily get into the program after we have our transcript assessed pero madami pa tayong subjects na kailangan i-take kaya mas magastos. Assessment pa lang we already have to pay $400++. Pagkatapos ng assessment dun pa lang natin malalaman kung what level tayo, pag level 3 ang binigay, kailangan natin magrequest for reconsideration kasi dapat level 4. Nakita ko po yung mga fees and wala akong masabi… ang mahal! Although, maganda din naman siguro syang preparation…pero, pero at pero ulit…over nama, ang mahal talaga! Mag at least $10,000. Tapos aside from the money, we have to spend time (at least 25 hours a week ba yun?) to study and study hard dahil bawal bumagsak…sayang ang pera (not unlike sa CA pwede na siguro tayong magself study for the UFE). It is so taxing daw that our dear friends here in this forum say that it is not advisable to take the subjects one after the other. Pero in fairness, may mga on-line courses naman daw (ewan ko lang if it will make a difference)
After all that’s been said and done, ano na po? CGA or CA? May nabasa ako somewhere na there was once a CA student who got pregnant so nagshift sya ng CGA. What does it mean? Mas mahal ang CGA pero mas flexible kaysa CA? Pag family oriented ka CGA. Pero bakit parang mas madaling tapusin ang CA granting na may makuha kang CATO. Hay naku. ???
8) :-\Haba na nito. Your thoughts on my thoughts please. Anyone?
TIA for you inputs
