If you are not an ISCA member but interested to be a RFPA in Singapore, you may ask ..

Under the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Accountancy Services (MRAA), you shall be permitted to provide accountancy services excluding signing off of independent auditor’s report and other regulated professional accountancy services that require a license from Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) or any other relevant authorities in Singapore, (ie “non-regulated professional accountancy services”).

To view the full list of regulated and non-regulated professional accountancy services in Singapore, please click here. 

The application fee is S$272.50 (with 9% GST).

In the event that your application does not meet the eligibility criteria, there is no refund of the application fee paid. 

The application process will take approximately twelve weeks. We will send you a notification of your application outcome via e-mail.

RFPA title registered with ISCA is valid for one year upon approval from Singapore Monitoring Committee.

RFPAs have to renew their RFPA title annually and the renewal fee is S$272.50 (with 9% GST). Please note that the fee for RFPA is a different and separate fee from the ASEAN CPA fees.

No, work permits are subject to approval by Singapore Ministry of Manpower.

No, you cannot be an ISCA member with the RFPA title. To become an ISCA member, you will need to fulfil the membership requirements for the respective membership pathways.

To find out more about the Institute’s memberships, please click here.