Exams: Record number of students sit ADIT exams in 2021

The CIOT is delighted that more students than ever sat ADIT (Advanced Diploma in International Taxation) exams in the past 12 months.

A total of 1,126 students sat exams in 2021. This includes the latest cohort of successful students, graduates and award winners who sat during the December 2021 exam session. All exams in December 2021 were delivered remotely and taken online, with students sitting exams in 62 countries.

629 students sat a total of 685 exams in December 2021, with 361 students passing at least one exam. A total of 95 students have joined the growing ranks of ADIT graduates by successfully completing their third ADIT module, including 14 who achieved a distinction grade for excellence in their exams.

The ADIT qualification has been successfully completed by 1,550 tax practitioners from 86 countries, with nearly 300 recognised as CIOT Affiliates.

CIOT President Peter Rayney said: ‘We are really delighted with our efforts to make ADIT more accessible. We are seeing the huge benefits of online exams (with the option to sit the exams from home), online tuition, and the increase in tuition providers. All this has enabled students to both deepen and widen their tax knowledge, and helps ambitious people in their career progression.

‘I offer my wholehearted congratulations to students around the world who have once again demonstrated the breadth and depth of emerging talent within the international tax profession by successfully passing their ADIT exams. This includes our newest group of award winners and nearly 100 new graduates who have completed the qualification in the latest December 2021 exam session.

‘The ADIT qualification enables tax practitioners worldwide to develop and demonstrate their technical expertise and skills, for their own career benefit and the benefit of their employers, clients and the global tax community. Students who have reached the standards required to pass their ADIT exams should feel tremendously proud.'

Award winners and successful students from the December 2021 ADIT exams can be found at www.tax.org.uk/adit/december-2021-pass-lists.