Accounting and Financial Reporting Council Registration effective from 1 October 2022

Aug 24, 2022

As from 1 October 2022, the Financial Reporting Council (which will be renamed as the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (“AFRC”)) will assume the responsibilities for the following new registration and renewal functions:

Registration of PIE auditors Issuance of practising certificates to certified public accountants Registration of firm names and firms Registration of corporate practices

The application guides with fee schedule and submission deadline, and corresponding forms in relation to the new registration functions can be obtained from

"AFRC Application Guides"

These documents facilitate potential applicants in preparing for the applications under the new regime.

(The forms on this website are not intended for application / notification submission purposes)

The AFRC will accept application / notification forms from 1 October 2022 onwards. Applicants should use the forms to be published on the new AFRC website that will be available on 1 October 2022. Any forms submitted to the FRC before 1 October 2022 will be returned to the applicant.

If you have any questions relating to the new registration functions, please contact them by:

Email: registration@frc.org.hk​ Tel: +852 3586 7800 Fax: +852 2810 6320