ACCA Quality Checked
ACCA Quality Checked is a scheme to help ACCA member firms to enhance the value of services they offer to their clients by applying best practice standards. It also recognises firms that apply best practice by awarding an ACCA Quality Checked certificate and mark.
Firms can display their certificate in their offices and include the mark on letterheads and in promotional literature to demonstrate to clients and others that these firms apply best practice standards. It is available to ACCA members worldwide and in the UK and Ireland it replaces the Quality Checked Seal scheme which was introduced in 2001.
Overview of ACCA Quality Checked
The aim of ACCA Quality Checked is to enhance the quality and efficiency of the services firms provide to clients. This should help improve profitability while protecting firms' reputations and the ACCA brand. The scheme promotes the adoption of practical quality control procedures that are generally considered to be best practice by the accountancy profession.ACCA Quality Checked is based on five principles which are supported by a set of standards. On a more detailed level, quality controls have been developed to implement the standards.
To encourage firms to apply suitable quality control procedures ACCA issues an ACCA Quality Checked mark and certificate. This is awarded to firms that demonstrate at an ACCA Quality Checked visit that they adhere to the principles and standards by applying suitable quality control to all areas of their business. By providing this service ACCA is not only recognising high standards, but also helping to raise standards in the profession generally.