CPA Australia recognises the programs or tests as meeting the English proficiency requirements of the general skills assessment:

General skills assessment-

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)*

IELTS Academic

PTE Academic

Skilled Migration Internship Program Accounting (SMIPA)

TOEFL iBT

Minimum scores for each of the components will need to be achieved in the IELTS Academic, PTE Academic and TOEFL iBT tests:

Listening Reading Writing Speaking
CAE* 185 185 185 185
IELTS Academic 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
TOEFL iBT 24 24 27 23
PTE Academic** 65 65 65 65

*CPA Australia recognises CAE tests completed on or after 1 January 2015 only.

**If you have completed the PTE Academic, remember to share your results with CPA Australia, Southbank, through your online PTE Academic account to complete your assessment.

Provisional assessment

CPA Australia recognises the following tests as meeting the English proficiency requirements of the temporary visa (subclass 485) skills assessment:

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)*
IELTS General or Academic
PTE Academic
TOEFL iBT

Minimum scores for each of the components will need to be achieved:

Listening Reading Writing Speaking

CAE* 169 169 169 169
IELTS 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
TOEFL iBT 12 13 21 18
PTE Academic 50 50 50 50

*CPA Australia recognises CAE tests completed on or after 1 January 2015 only.

The English proficiency requirement for the skills assessment is not related to Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s (DIBP) English language threshold.

Exemptions on the basis of holding a passport from or citizenship of certain countries are not available for the skills assessment.

Contact-

CPA Australia
Level 20, 28 Freshwater Place
Southbank VIC Australia 3006.

Postal address
GPO Box 2820
Melbourne VIC Australia 3001.