Exemption implies granting students’ permission to abstain from writing certain papers in the examination scheme of either the professional or technical programme. This implies that the student has already written and passed the same subject in a similar professional or academic examination.
Applicants are not exempted beyond Part 3 of the current CA examination scheme. The Exemption Policy is as follows:
EXEMPTION SCHEDULE
| Qualification | Programme | Exemption applied | Other |
| B.Sc. Admin (Accounting option), B.Com., HND Accounting, B.Ed (Accounting) from Univ. of Winneba | CA Professional | Parts 1 & 2 | |
| ATSWA/GAT | CA Professional | Parts 1 & 2 and Pape r 3.2 | |
| Part-qualification of CIMA and ACCA | CA Professional | Subject exemption to Part 3 as applicable | |
| M.Sc./MBA Accounting | CA Professional | Part 1 & 2 and papers in Part 3 as applicable | |
| B.Sc. Computer Science | CA Professional | Paper 1.4 and Business Systems | |
| B.Sc. Econs., LLB, B Ed, B. MS and HND Degree | CA Professional | Relevant papers up to Part 2 as applicable | |
| Dip in Accounting (UGBS)/ Dip in Commerce (UCC) | CA Professional | Part 1 | |
| Dip in Finance & Accounting (IAT) | CA Professional | Part 1 and Paper 3.2 | |
| Ghana Inst. of Taxation Final Cert. | CA Professional | Paper 2.4 | |
| Other qualifications | CA Professional | Subject to subject exemption to Part 3 as applicable | |
| CIMA members | Desirous to practice | Required to write Papers 2.4, 4.2, 4.4 in addition to acquiring requisite practical experience. |