AAT Sri Lanka is registered under the Companies Act No. 17 of 1987 and re-registered under the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007, as a company limited by guarantee. AAT Sri Lanka provides education and training to students to become accounting technicians, and promotes the interests, welfare, rights and privileges of the profession of accounting technicians. AAT Sri Lanka was admitted as an IFAC Associate in 1989, and is also a member of the Confederation of Asian Pacific Accountants.