Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants
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The Lebanese Association of Certified Public Accountants (LACPA), in the Republic of Lebanon
, was created by the Accountancy Profession Act No. 364/1994 to become the sole organization in Lebanon representing more than 1710 members of the CPA profession as of May 2011. LACPA is an active member of (IFAC) International Federation of Accountants
, (FIDEF) Federation Internationale des Experts-Comptables Francophone and (AFAA) Arab Federation for Accountants and Auditors a federation of the Joint Arab Economic Action Charter
of the Arab League
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LACPA administrative and technical body is headed by a Secretary General, 3 secretary generals have been assigned since 1994: Claude Boustany, David Kazzi & Fares Aboujaoude.
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
, was created by the Accountancy Profession Act No. 364/1994 to become the sole organization in Lebanon representing more than 1710 members of the CPA profession as of May 2011. LACPA is an active member of (IFAC) International Federation of Accountants
International Federation of Accountants
International Federation of Accountants is the global organization for the accountancy profession. IFAC has 164 member and associates in 124 countries and jurisdictions, representing more than 2.5 million accountants employed in public practice, industry and commerce, government, and academe...
, (FIDEF) Federation Internationale des Experts-Comptables Francophone and (AFAA) Arab Federation for Accountants and Auditors a federation of the Joint Arab Economic Action Charter
Joint Arab Economic Action Charter
The Joint Arab Economic Charter was established on June 3, 1957 by decision No. 85 of the Council of Arab Economic Unity of the Arab League....
of the Arab League
Arab League
The Arab League , officially called the League of Arab States , is a regional organisation of Arab states in North and Northeast Africa, and Southwest Asia . It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan , Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a...
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Aims
LACPA and through its acting Committees formed by a Council of 10 professionals elected every 2 years, establishes national standards on ethics, auditing, accounting education and accounting practices. It also issues guidance to encourage high quality performance by professional accountants.Personnel
LACPA Council is composed of 10 members headed by the chairman elected every 2 years. Council Chairpersons since 1994 were: Mouaffaq Yafi, George Abu Mansour, Farid Gebran, Hikmat Sleem, Antoine Gholam, Gebran Barghoud and Gina Chammas.LACPA administrative and technical body is headed by a Secretary General, 3 secretary generals have been assigned since 1994: Claude Boustany, David Kazzi & Fares Aboujaoude.