World Congress of Accountants

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World Congress of Accountants (WCOA) is held every four years. It has sponsored and organised by various national accounting organisations, and today is organized by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the worldwide organization for the accountancy profession. The Congress gives accounting professionals the opportunity to share their views on the current issues and trends in the profession.

To date there were 16 WCOA:

1st World Congress of Accountants (St. Louis, USA, 1904)

2nd World Congress of Accountants ()

3rd World Congress of Accountants ()

4th World Congress of Accountants ()

5th World Congress of Accountants ()

6th World Congress of Accountants ()

7th World Congress of Accountants ()

8th World Congress of Accountants ()

9th World Congress of Accountants ()

10th World Congress of Accountants (Sydney, Australia, 1972)

11th World Congress of Accountants (Munich, Germany, 1977)

12th World Congress of Accountants ()

13th World Congress of Accountants (Japan, Tokyo, 1987)

14th World Congress of Accountants (Washington, USA, 1992)

15th World Congress of Accountants (Paris, France, 1997)

16th World Congress of Accountants (Hong Kong, 2002)

17th World Congress of Accountants will be held in Istanbul in November 2006. Its major theme is 'Accountants: generating economic growth and stability worldwide’.[1]