2024 CPD Annual Declaration

As per SAICA’s CPD policy, all SAICA members and associates must complete an annual declaration. The declaration is for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 and needs to be submitted as per the SAICA By-Laws.

Completing the declaration
All members must complete the 2024 annual declaration on the SAICA Member Portal. Members must be registered on the SAICA Member Portal to complete the annual declaration.

Completing the declaration should only take about five minutes of your time. Please ensure that you submit the declaration on time to have your compliance status recorded.

This link gives you access to a How To Guide on how to access the Member Portal as well as the steps required for completing your declaration.

Kindly follow the steps below to complete and submit the declaration:

1. Logon to Member Portal by capturing the email address used to create your profile and password.
2. Click on Logon to access the login page.
3. Capture the email address used to create your profile and password.
4. If you do not remember the password, click on Forgot password to reset it.
5. A verification code will be forwarded to reset your password.
6. Use your email address and newly created password to log in.
7. Click on the Member Compliance icon in the left pane (the Member Compliance section has an option to declare)
8. Click the Declare button to open the annual CPD declaration form.
9. Click the Submit button once you have answered all the declaration questions.

Please note that the SAICA Member Portal login details are different from the SAICA website login details.

Compulsory Ethics Reflection
Annual reflection on the competency area 'Ethical values and attitudes' is a compulsory requirement for all members and associates.

SAICA hosted a series of ethics events during 2024. Our Events Delivery team regularly communicates details via the relevant communication channels. The SAICA learner management system, eVOLVE, contains various ethics courses that you can enroll in. In addition, the Accountancy SA magazine features several Ethics articles throughout the year, which can be utilised as part of your Ethics reflection.

Membership with other professional bodies
SAICA members who are also members of other professional bodies with whom SAICA has formal reciprocity agreements, may elect to comply with the CPD requirements and obligations relating to that professional body’s CPD policy. Members who select this option must still declare this on SAICA’s annual declaration.

Late declarations, dishonest declarations and non-compliance
Late declarations or non-responsiveness constitutes non-compliance with the SAICA By-laws, and members or associates who have not submitted an annual declaration by the due date will be reported to SAICA’s Legal and Discipline department.

Members or associates found to have declared dishonestly will also be reported to the SAICA Legal and Discipline department, as this amounts to unethical behavior and contravenes the SAICA Code of Professional Conduct.

Monitoring
A sample of members or associates will be selected for monitoring. Members or associates selected for monitoring must upload their evidence on the SAICA Member Portal. Your supporting documents need to be kept for a period of three years, but only need to be submitted if you have been selected for monitoring. In addition, a reflective plan will only need to be submitted by members or associates selected for monitoring. An email notification will be sent to members or associates selected for monitoring.

Should you have questions or queries in this regard, kindly submit them via the Member Portal and a representative from our Member Compliance team will get back to you.