Accountancy Exams Go in-Person as AI Cheating Soars

World's biggest accounting body bans online exams, says AI cheating has hit tipping point

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the world’s largest accounting body, has announced that it will stop conducting online exams from March 2026. The body claims that the rising cases of students using AI to cheat were the reason behind this decision.

Accountancy exams go in-person as AI cheating soars

The world’s largest accounting body will scrap remote exams to combat a rise in AI-powered cheating. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants told the Financial Times that cheats were “outpacing” safeguards: One student said examinees would photograph questions and give them to an AI to answer. Accountancy has seen several cheating scandals in recent years, with the Big Four firms hit with multimillion-dollar fines after staff tricked …

ACCA to end most online exams over AI cheating concerns

The world’s largest accounting body has announced it will significantly roll back online examinations, citing growing concerns that advances in artificial intelligence have made remote assessments increasingly vulnerable to cheating. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) said that from March, students will largely be required to sit exams in person, marking a major shift away from a system introduced during the Covid-19 pande…

ACCA to scrap remote exams from March 2026 amid cheating concerns

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) plans to discontinue remote examinations from March 2026, reported the Financial Times. The move will mean most candidates must return to in-person exam centres, as the organisation responds to increasing instances of exam misconduct. It comes after a review of remote invigilation, which was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to allow students to continue qualifying. The ACCA, which …

World's Largest Accounting Body To Scrap Online Exams As AI Fuels Cheating Fears

Representational image of students taking an exam. — AFP The world’s largest accounting body is pulling back from online examinations, citing growing concerns that advances in artificial intelligence have made remote assessments too easy to exploit, The Guardian reported. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) said students will largely be required to sit exams in person from March, bringing to an end a practice introduced dur…

ACCA Slams Door on Remote Exams as AI Cheats Outrun Safeguards

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the world’s largest accounting body with nearly 260,000 members and over 500,000 students, is ending remote exams from March 2026, citing an unstoppable surge in AI-powered cheating. Chief Executive Helen Brand told the Financial Times that “we’re seeing the sophistication of [cheating] systems outpacing what can be put in, [in] terms of safeguards.” This move reverts assessments to in-p…