Professional Audit Council Sets 2026 Development Priorities

Under the chairmanship of Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan Dauren Kenbeil, a meeting of the Board of the Professional Council for Audit Activities (Trade Union Council) was held.

The meeting considered and approved the report on the activities of the Trade Union Council for 2025 and the draft budget of the Trade Union Council for 2026.

Topical issues of the Committee for Consideration of Appeals and Appeals of the Trade Union Council and the Regulations for Calculating the Cost of Passing External Quality Control of the Trade Union Council for 2026 were considered.

The meeting also discussed issues of improving the procedures for external quality control of the work of the Trade Union Council itself. Participants considered possible ways to improve the effectiveness of these procedures.

In addition, the results of the work for 2025 of the Qualification Commission of the Trade Union Council were summed up.

 

It was noted that the achievement of the Trade Union Council for 2025 was international recognition. The Council Qualification Panel continued to work on mutual recognition of certificates with the British Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.) As a result, the Auditor of the Republic of Kazakhstan national qualification program received five-year ACCA accreditation. This accreditation provides graduates of the program with the right to exemption from passing the relevant exams for obtaining the ACCA international qualification, which indicates the compliance of the Kazakhstan program with high international educational standards.