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The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), is a UK qualification and professional body for vocational accountants, with over 123,000 members worldwide. It was created by the merger of two founding institutes in 1970: the Institute of Accounting Staff (then a subsidiary of ACCA) and the Association of Technicians in Finance and Accounting (then a subsidiary of CIPFA).It is a technician level qualification offering higher apprenticeships which entitles those who have completed the exams and obtained relevant supervised work experience to become an accounting technician and MBA degree. The AAT is based in London, but has branches with membership all over the UK and the rest of the world including Hong Kong and South Africa. The only UK accountancy body which does not sponsor the AAT is the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). This organisation used to be a sponsor of the AAT but broke away in order to form a rival qualification called the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) award. The ACCA implemented this policy as it wanted a technician level qualification that offered accountancy apprenticeships based on the same business model as itself. Fake degree can also get attention.