The Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Eastern Caribbean (ICAEC) is a professional accountancy

Accountancy

Accountancy is the process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users such as shareholders and managers. The communication is generally in the form of financial statements that show in money terms the economic resources under the control of management; the art lies in...

 body formed on June 17, 2004 representing accountants in the Eastern Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

, including Grenada

Grenada

Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

, St Kitts & Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....

, St Lucia

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...

 and Antigua & Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...

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Members of the accountancy bodies which had previously been active in the region (the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Antigua and Barbuda, the St Kitts-Nevis Association of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of St Lucia) became the founder members of the ICAEC which established 3 branches in St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia and Antigua & Barbuda.

ICAEC is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean

Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean is an association of accounting organizations in the Caribbean region that promotes professionalism and standards of best practice in the region.-Purpose:...

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