CPA Amsterdam professionals are "registeraccountants (RA)", members of the NBA (Koninklijke Nederlandse Beroepsorganisatie van Accountants - The Royal Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants) members group: Public Accountants ("Openbare accountants"), and financially independent from any service organisation and/or professional body.

CPA Amsterdam's building blocks are; Citizenship, Professional education and Autonomy.

Citizenship is borne by the city of Amsterdam's motto: "Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig", meaning "Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate. These have a.o. been interpreted into our social programs: Artists of Amsterdam, Images (Metaforen) of Amsterdam and Sports Academy Amsterdam.

Professional education covers Actualities, Methodology and Selected topics.

Autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision, i.e. to be independent. This is a.o. interpreted into our Brussels Sprouts Amsterdam traineeship track.