Professional membership
Stand out to employers, increase your earning potential, expand your professional network and even start your own practice.
Licensed membership
Become your own boss, offering accounting and bookkeeping services, supported and regulated by AAT.
Membership benefits
From events and networking opportunities to offers on a range of products and services.
Professional standards
Understand your obligations to follow our professional and ethical standards.
Become an AAT member
Show employers and clients just how good you are.
Inspire confidence and stand out from the crowd with AAT professional membership. As an AAT member you demonstrate a commitment to exceptionally high standards and ethics in accounting.
Professional membership
We have three levels of professional membership. Find out what AAT professional membership can do for your career.
Want to find out which one's right for you? Use these links.
- Bookkeeping membership (AATQB): Gain a professional status to demonstrate your expertise to employers and clients. Perfect for those specialising in bookkeeping or while gaining the requirements for full membership.
- Full membership (MAAT): Our internationally recognised MAAT status demonstrates that you've achieved the AAT Accounting Qualifications, and have gained work experience in finance and accounting.
- Fellow membership (FMAAT): The highest level of membership you can achieve within AAT. Members can apply for FMAAT status when they've been a MAAT for five years or more.
Other types of membership
Be an AAT licensed member
We support over 6,000 AAT Licensed Accountants and Bookkeepers in running their own successful practices. Find out how you can join them and become your own boss.
Our membership fee enables us to provide events, resources and support to boost your career.
Has your AAT membership lapsed? Find out how you can reinstate it.
Professional membership comes with a range of benefits, like subscription to our member magazines, events, networking opportunities, and exclusive offers on a range of products and services.
AAT requires all members to maintain the high standards expected of the profession.
Other ways to become a member
If you're a member of another professional body or have a finance degree you may be able to apply without taking AAT qualifications.
