Comment Summary

I had an exchange of letters with the CIOT a few years ago about this: I has objected to the CIOT's list of members including me as "...ATII, FCA". My view then was that the correct order for professional qualifications was by the seniority (basically, the age) of the bodies concerned, so the correct order for me was "...FCA, ATII". The then President of the CIOT, John Whiting, thought that the correct order was the order you got them in.

My view remains that the correct order of designatory letters is governed by the seniority of the institutes involved. So, someone who is member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, as well as being a member of the CIOT, should list his/her designatory letters as "CA, FCA [or ACA], CTA [or ATII]"

Good to know - I shall bear this in mind (particularly when I am made honorary physician to the Queen)!