Introduction

The AAT is your association and as well as helping you establish and progress your career through ongoing training, development and support, we offer our full and fellow members a range of additional benefits and services.

As a full or fellow member, you can make the most of a range of discounts and services all designed to assist in your professional life, and enhance your leisure time through specially negotiated discounts and membership offers.

In this section of the site you can read about the benefits available to you, these range from the CPD scheme and professional ethics training, to discounts on breakdown and recovery services, car hire and hotels.

We have grouped the benefits and services in to categories, to find out more simply choose from the options on the left.

Professional development services

At the AAT we are committed to providing all our full and fellow members with exceptional support and advice throughout their career. And it's this level of support, among other things, that keeps so many of you coming back to renew your membership year after year.

One of the many ways we support our full and fellow members is through a range of professional development services. These are designed to help you in your day-to-day working life, as well as assisting you in your career progression.

The Accounting Technician magazine

Published eleven times a year, with a joint issue in December/January, the Accounting Technician magazine is sent free to all members. Full of useful information and features on:

  • Technical accounting
  • Business management
  • IT developments
  • Personnel
  • Making the right career move
  • Updates on accounting standards, tax law and other regulations
  • Practical tips and advice on all aspects of the financial and accounting industries and practices

The magazine is a useful resource for AAT student, affiliate, full and fellow members and professionals working within the accounting and related industries. If offers practical advice and unbiased opinion through articles and tools such as:

  • Sector watch
  • Study zone
  • AAT diary promoting forthcoming events and courses
  • News in brief from CIMA, CIPFA, ICAEW and ICAS

And now, you can make the most of all these features and more with Accounting Technician online. This useful website provides exclusive member-only areas with interesting and informative articles not featured in the magazine. Through this site you can keep up to date with all the latest developments as well as making the most of useful tools including:

  • Job service - online vacancy details, email alerts and employer information
  • Careers and student support including study tips and links to useful websites
  • Online archive of articles from back issues of the magazine
  • Search facility - enabling you to search for articles and information on areas including: technical accounting issues, latest legislation and technical advances
  • Resource area - full of technical information, reference points and materials and useful contacts
  • Regular briefings and relevant news stories as they break

For all the latest information and useful tools, visit www.accountingtechnician.co.uk