ISOS
Institute of Accountants and Chartered Accountants of the Republic of Macedonia

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

Institute of Accountants and Chartered Accountants of the Republic of Macedonia (ISOS)
The accountants and authorized accountants on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia are organized in the Institute of Accountants and Chartered Accountants of the Republic of Macedonia (ISOS).
The Institute is a professional association of accountants and authorized accountants established in accordance with the Law on Accounting Practices and was established in order to promote the accounting profession and organized work of the accountants and authorized accountants in the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. The Institute is an independent, non-political and non-profit organization, in which accountants and certified accountants are members, regardless of their national, religious, racial or other background.
Management Board
The Institute is managed by a Management Board consisting of a president and four members with a mandate of five years. The Management Board prepares and proposes the Annual Work and Development Program and the Annual Financial Plan of the Institute, prepares the annual account and the annual report on the operations of the Institute, proposes the amount of the membership fees, proposes the amount of the fee for issuing work licenses, proposes the amount of the fee for taking an exam for checking the knowledge of an accountant or an authorized accountant, proposes the amount of the fee for obtaining a certificate for certified accountant without taking a test t, proposed the fee for taking the exam for the recognition of professional qualifications acquired abroad in accordance with Article 16 of this Law.

This body also decides on:

  • the registration and deletion of the members in the registers of the Institute
  • proposes the annual program for continuous professional development
  • proposes the annual program for controlling the work of the accountants, the sole proprietor accountant, the sole proprietor-authorized accountant
  • proposes the program for taking the examination for the knowledge of an accountant or an authorized accountant
  • proposes the approval program qualification for an accountant/authorized accountant acquired abroad
  • issues and revises work licenses
Members of the Management Board:
  • Vesna Prentoska
  • Eli Papazova
  • Maja Stojanovska
  • Blagica Kuzmanovska
  • Trajcho Vuchkov
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board consists of a president and four members with a mandate of three years. The members of the Supervisory Board can not be members of other bodies and committiees of the Institute. The Supervisory Board adopts the decisions by public voting and with the majority of votes of the present members. Competencies of the Supervisory Board:
  • periodic controls of the material and financial operations of the Institut
  • elects and dismisses the President and members of the Board of Directors upon a previous positive opinion by the Minister of Finance
  • reviews the annual program for work and development and the annual financial plan of the Institute, and gives its opinion to the Assembly
  • reviews the annual account and the annual report on the work of the Institute, and gives its opinion to the Assembly
  • approves the Rules of Procedure of the Management Board
  • reviews the reports on the operations of the Management Board
  • performs control over the work of the Institute in accordance with the Law, Statute and other acts of the Institute
  • proposes measures that should be taken to implement and eliminate irregularities and illegalities in the work of the Institute
  • submit a report on its operations to the Assembly of the Institute and to the Minister of Finance for their information and in case of revocation of the President and the members of the Management Board, the Supervisory Board, if possible, immediately and not later than 15 days from the day of the revocation, elects a new president and new members of the Mangement Board.
Members of the Supervisory Board:
  • Meri Kirovska
  • Biljana Kiselichki
  • Olivera Stavrova
  • Simonida Georgievska
  • Jane Poposki
Assembly
The Institute of Accountants and Chartered Accountants in accordance with Article 15 of Senior Management Service Act, for the purpose of performing the activities within its scope, has established the following committees:
  • Disciplinary Committee
  • Financial Reporting Standards Committee
  • Committee on Education, Training and Publications

The Institute in accordance with the Law on Accounting Practices:

1) Keep Registry of accountants, Register of authorized accountants, Register of sole proprietors-accountants, Register of sole proprietors-authorized accountants and Register of companies for performing accounting activities,

2) Control over the performance of the accountants, sole proprietors – accountants and sole proprietors – authorized accountants and the companies for performing accounting activities,

3) Organize and conduct an examination for knowledge of an accountant/authorized accountant,

4) Issues certificates for accountant/certified accountant

5) Issues and subtracts licenses for the work of sole proprietors – accountants, sole proprietors – authorized accountants and companies for performing accounting activities,

6) Decide on the requirements for qualification approval for an accountant or an authorized accountant acquired abroad,

7) Organize and conduct an examination for qualification approval for an accountant or an authorized accountant acquired abroad,

8) Organize and conduct training for continuous professional development,

9) Monitor the application of the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants of IFAC,

10) Translates IFRSs and IFRSs for IAS,

11) Cooperate with other appropriate professional bodies in the Republic of Macedonia and abroad;

12) Perform other duties determined by the Law.

 

Bodies of the Institute

Bodies of the Institute are the Assembly, the Supervisory Board, the Management Board and the Chariman.

The Assembly of the Institute consists of all accountants and certified accountants. In the Assembly, accountants and certified accountants represent elected representatives of the subsidiaries of the Institute.

Assembly of the Institute:

1) Adopt the statute of the Institute,

2) Determine the amount of the membership fees,

3) Determine the amount of fees for issuing work licenses,

4) Adopts the program for taking the exam for checking the knowledge of an accountant, that is, an authorized accountant,

5) Adopt the qualification program for an accountant or an authorized accountant acquired abroad,

6) Determines the amount of the fee for taking the exam for checking the knowledge of an accountant or an authorized accountant,

7) Determine the amount of the fee for issuing a certified accountant certificate without passing an exam,

8) Determine the amount of the fee for passing the exam for recognition of a professional qualification acquired abroad,

9) Adopt the annual program for continuous professional development

10) Determines the fee for continuous professional development

11) Adopt the annual program for controlling the work of the accounting officer, the sole proprietor accountant, the sole proprietor – authorized accountant and the company for carrying out accounting work

The Supervisory Board consists of a president and four members with a mandate of three years.

The Institute is managed by a Mangement Board. The Management Board consists a president and four members with a mandate of five years.

The chairman of the Institute is also president of the Board of Directors.

In order to enable active position and role of all members of the territory of the Republic of Macedonia in the accomplishment of the tasks and tasks of the Institute, the Institute establishes subsidiaries to a territorial principle for one or more units of local self-government.

Subsidiaries do not have the status of a legal entity, with the Institute having eight subsidiaries, as follows:

1) For the territory of the City of Skopje, the municipalities in its composition and the populated areas around them, with a seat in Skopje,

2) For the area of: Bitola, Ohrid, Resen, Struga and other municipalities and settlements around them, with a seat in Bitola,

3) For the area of: Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka, Kratovo, Probistip, Zletovo, and other populated areas around them, with headquarters in Kumanovo,

4) For the territory of Prilep, Krusevo, Demir Hisar, Makedonski Brod and other municipalities and settlements around them, with a seat in Prilep,

5) For the territory of Tetovo, Gostivar, Kichevo, Debar and other municipalities and settlements around them, with headquarters in Tetovo,

6) For the territory of: Veles, Kavadarci, Negotino, Valandovo, Gevgelija, Bogdanci, Dojran and other municipalities and settlements around them, with a seat in Veles;

7) For the area of: Shtip, Kocani, Sveti Nikole, Vinica, Delcevo and other settlements around them, with a seat in Stip and

8) For the area of: Strumica, Berovo, Pehcevo, Radovish and other municipalities and settlements around them, with headquarters in Strumica.

President of Institute of accountants and authorized accountants

Management Board

The Institute is managed by a Management Board consisting of a president and four members with a mandate of five years. The Management Board prepares and proposes the Annual Work and Development Program and the Annual Financial Plan of the Institute, prepares the annual account and the annual report on the operations of the Institute, proposes the amount of the membership fees, proposes the amount of the fee for issuing work licenses, proposes the amount of the fee for taking an exam for checking the knowledge of an accountant or an authorized accountant, proposes the amount of the fee for obtaining a certificate for certified accountant without taking a test t, proposed the fee for taking the exam for the recognition of professional qualifications acquired abroad in accordance with Article 16 of this Law. This body also decides on the registration and deletion of the members in the registers of the Institute, proposes the annual program for continuous professional development, proposes the annual program for controlling the work of the accountants, the sole proprietor accountant, the sole proprietor-authorized accountant, proposes the program for taking the examination for the knowledge of an accountant or an authorized accountant, proposes the approval program qualification for an accountant/authorized accountant acquired abroad, issues and revises work licenses. The Management Board convenes and is chaired by the Chairman of the Management Board. The Management Board submits an annual report to the Supervisory Board on its operations. Chariman of the Institute is also Chairman of the Mangament Board. The Chairman represents the Institute, ensures that the Institute works in accordance with the law, carries out decisions of the Assembly of the Institute, signs orders for payment from the account of the Institute, decides upon complaints after pronouncing measures in a disciplinary procedure, executes the decision taken in a disciplinary procedure .
The Institute is an independent, non-political and non-profit organization, whose members are accountants and certified public accountants, regardless of their national, religious, racial and other affiliations.
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+389 (0)2 3200030
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