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Council Guidelines are issued by the Council under its authority to make regulations to carry out or facilitate the purposes of the Public Accounting Act, 2004. They deal with aspects of the Council's Standards where it is in the public interest that the authorized designated bodies have a consistent approach. They are numbered consecutively by year and are referenced to the applicable Sections of the Council's Standards.

Council Guidelines are available in electronic form below or on request and at cost as a paper document to members of the public requesting the same.

Council Guideline No. 2007-1 - French Version of Terminology Relating to Disclosure of Status as a Licensed Public Accountant

Council Guideline No. 2007-2 - Requirement to be Licensed to Sign Public Accounting Documents and Disclosure of Status as a Licensed Public Accountant

Council Guideline No. 2007-3 - Criteria for Establishing that an Applicant for Renewal of a Licence has Practised Public Accounting in a Substantive Way

Council Guideline No. 2007-4 - Criteria for Issuance of a Public Accounting Licence to a Member of an Authorized Designated Body who Previously Qualified But Never Applied For a Licence or Allowed His or Her Licence to Lapse

Council Guideline No. 2008-5 – Processes, Procedures and Practices for Conducting a Review Pursuant to s. 22 of the Public Accounting Act, 2004

Council Guideline No. 2010-6 – Criteria for Issuance of a Public Accounting Licence to a Member of a Newly Authorized Designated Body Who Has Substantial Involvement in Public Accounting But Who Does Not Meet All of the Requirements of Council Standards 2 (post-secondary education), 3 (pre-licensing education and study) and/or 4 (pre-licensing experience)