Existing Professional Level exams
The final sittings of the existing Pofessional Level exams will be in September 2026.
Next Generation ACA Professional Level exams
The Next Generation ACA Professional Level exams will launch in March 2026.
Formula Syntax
The attached schedule of formula syntax will be provided in all Professional and Advanced Level exams.
Transitional arrangements for Professional Level
All ACA students will be able to sit the existing exams until the final sittings in September 2026 or the Next Generation ACA exams when they launch in March 2026.
Any students who have sat existing Professional Level exams and still have exams outstanding by the end of March 2026 will need to complete the equivalent Next Generation ACA exams according to the transitional arrangements detailed below:
| Existing exam | Next Generation ACA exam |
| No equivalent | Fundamental Case Study |
| Financial Management | Corporate Financial Strategy |
| Business Strategy and Technology | Business and Digital Strategy |
| Tax Compliance | Tax Compliance and Planning |
| Financial Accounting and Reporting and Audit and Assurance | Assurance, Risk and Reporting and Corporate Reporting, Data and Assurance |
| Business Planning | No equivalent |
- Students must pass either existing Financial Accounting and Reporting and Audit and Assurance or the new Assurance, Risk and Reporting and Corporate Reporting, Data and Assurance exams.
- Students who have passed Tax Compliance but not Business Planning by September 2026 will have to undertake some additional learning.
- Students who have not passed Business Planning by September 2026 will have to pass the Fundamental Case Study.
- Overall, students must pass six exams at Professional Level.
Key resources
Student exam resources
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Professional Level student resources