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How to pass f8 ? Read a story of three attempts.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 06:52:00 -0800

ACCA paper f8 Audit and Assurance is a theoretical paper . In reading f8 , it feels like it,s easy one and we can pass it easily . But in reality this paper is a tough one in ACCA , because in audit there are general things which you think are easy to grasp but actually you get them escaped from your mind soon after reading .

Mostly students struggle in f8 many times and then get passed after many attempts.This article is all about a personal experience of an ACCA student who passed f8 in his third attempt. According to him sharing his personal experience regarding f8 is like helping others to get passed ACCA paper f8 Audit and Assurance paper in first attempt. So here below is his story of three attempts:

First attempt :

In first attempt i attended regular classes of f8 . I used bpp textbook and kit and also did some past papers too.My preparation was well and i was like i will get passed easily. In exam i attempted 94% paper and i thought my paper is passed because i wrote a lot and tried to copy textbook lines on the answer sheet.In my mind it was that i attempted majority of the paper so my passing margin is high. Overall knowledge wise i was also good because i followed book in exam particularly. So i was confident that i will get passed in first attempt. But finally , result comes and i got 49 marks can you imagine i was fail in f8 on 49% . I was upset by seeing my result and started abusing ACCA and examiner's.It was demotivating for me because one more mark and i was pass in audit paper.But there was no other solution to my frustration that i should re-appear in f8 exam to pass it .

Second attempt :

With demotivated heart and energies i started preparing f8 again . In second attempt i was not taking classes again because i was hiding from my friends in college . This time i also used bpp book and bpp kit . My preparation was good enough to pass audit paper this time also. I attempted 85% this time . Due to bad time management this time my safety margin was 35% only . So that,s why i was not sure that i will get passed this time or failed.

But again result comes , i got 48 marks and i was fail in f8 on 48%. I was totally upset . I was confused how to pass f8 paper !

Third Attempt :

In third attempt i reviewed my study plan . I was failing my paper again and again . Now one thing was in my mind that there is something wrong with my preparations or study plan not with the ACCA f8 examiner. So first of all i accepted i am wrong somewhere and changed my mind set in favor of examiner that he is right and i am wrong . In third attempt i did some additional things also which are given below :

1-Used bpp book / kit , because i love bpp contents due to detailed coverage of my studies and clear explanatory language used by publishers.

2-This time i did written practice of some past papers to over come time management problem.Because due to bad time management i was unable to attempt 100% paper and it also contributed towards my failure.

3-Interesting thing here is that before attempting this paper i joined audit firm too. I availed this opportunity via a my friend's reference . Joining audit firm changed my mind towards attempting the audit paper in exam. This time i attempted my paper with an auditor mind not as a student who is just writing bookish knowledge on answer sheet.As an auditor mind means auditing something using genuine procedures , judgments , evidences like an practicing auditor and forming conclusions using knowledge built during his auditing assignment . 5-One thing was in my mind that i will attempt paper with accuracy this time not just copy pasting my bookish knowledge on answer sheet.So i wrote to the point and concise this time in exam.

6-I read technical articles published on ACCA website.There was 15% of paper from those technical articles . It means reading technical articles for every papers is vital and has a worth in paper.

7-I made a list of 50 plus words from textbook which were commonly used in exam answers and learned their proper use.

So guys , applying above mentioned areas in my exam i got passed my f8 paper in third attempt at a score of 72 % . Finally i was free from f8 paper for rest of my life i felt like this after passing it. But one thing again i missed in my exam and that was good time management to attempt 100% paper. I attempted almost 90% paper but got 72% marks .

List of 63 useful exam formulas for paper F9

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 02:54:00 -0800

As we all know , formulas are the mathematical expressions to calculate values for different case scenarios. In ACCA paper f9, there are major some areas like Working Capital Management, Business Valuation, Risk Management, Business Finance and Investment appraisal which require , knowledge of formulas to calculate values and solution of the questions asked in exams.

It means , remembering these formulas is vital in f9 studies. So considering the importance of these formulas i tried to combine all formulas used in financial management paper here in this article after spending a lot of time on going through books , notes and internet research.You can find below these formulas under two headings 'Exam Formulas' and 'Formulas to Learn'.

Exam Formulas :

These formulas will be given on your exam question paper sheet , so you don,t need to worry about remembering these mathematical expressions.

1- Economic Order Quantity = Square root 2CoD/Ch

2- Miller-Orr Model= Return Point = Lower limit + (1/3 * Spread )

3- Spread = 3 ( 3/4* transaction cost * variance of cash flows / interest rates )1/3

4- The Capital Asset Pricing Model = E(ri) =Rf + Bi (E (rm) - Rf)

5- The Asset Beta Formula = Ba = ( Ve / Ve+Vd (1-T) * Be ) + ( Vd (1-T)/ Ve+Vd(1-T) * Bd)

6- The Growth Model = Po = Do (1+g) / ( re - g )

7- Gordon,s Growth Approximation = g = bre

8- The Fisher Formula = ( 1+ i ) = ( 1 + r )( 1 + h )

9- Purchasing Power Parity = S1 = So * ( 1 + hc ) / ( 1+ hb )

10-Interest Rate Parity = Fo = So * ( 1 + ic ) / ( 1 + ib )

11-The Weighted Average Cost of Capital = WACC = ( Ve / Ve + Vd ) ke + ( Vd / Ve + Vd ) kd(1-T)

Formulas to Learn :

These formulas are not given on exam question paper . So guys you have to remember these expressions to attempt an exam of F9.

1- ROCE = Profit before interest and tax / Capital employed

2- ROCE = Profit margin * Asset turnover

3- Gearing = Debt / Equity or Debt / Debt + Equity

4- Gearing = Prior Charge Capital / Equity capital ( including reserves )

5- Interest coverage = PBIT / Interest

6- Current ratio = Current assets / Current liabilities

7- Quick ratio = Current assets - Inventory / Current liabilities

8- Earning per share ( E. P. S ) = Profits distributable to ordinary shareholders ( Earnings ) / No. of ordinary shares issued

9- Price Earnings Ratio ( P/E ) = Market price per share / E.P.S

10- Dividend Yield = Dividend per share / Market price per share * 100

11- Accounts payable period = Payables / Purchases or Cost of sales * 365 days

12- Accounts receivables days = Receivables / Credit sales * 365 days

13- Inventory days = Inventory / Cost of sales * 365 days

14- Inventory days = Finished goods / cost of sales * 365 days

15- Work in progress days ( W.I.P ) = Average W.I.P / Cost of sales * 365

16- Raw material days = Average raw material inventory / Annual raw material purchases * 365 days

17- Equivalent annual cost ( E.A.C ) = PV of cost over one replacement cycle / Annuity factor for the number of years in the cycle

18- IRR = a + NPVa / NPVa - NPVb * ( b - a )

19- Cost of equity = Ke = D1 / Po + g

20- Cost of debt = Kd = i ( 1 - T ) / Po

21- Cost of preference shares = Kpref = Preference dividend / Market Value = d / Po

22- Profitability index ( P. I ) = PV of cash flows ( Without capital investment ) / Capital investment

23- Conversion value = Po ( 1 + g )^n * R Where ,

Po = Current share price , g = Annual growth in share price , R = No. of shares , n = No. of years

24- Ke = Dividend growth model = Do ( 1 + g ) / Po + g

25- Asset turnover = Sales / Total assets
26- Earnings per share = E.P.S = Earnings ( PAT ) / No . of ordinary shares

27- Earnings = E.P.S * No. of ordinary shares

28- Dividend cover = E.P.S / D.P.S = Earnings per share / Dividend per share

29- Inverse of dividend cover = 1 / P/E * Div. Yield

30- Dividend per share = E.P.S / Dividend cover

31- Nominal discount rate = 1+i = ( 1 + r ) ( 1 +h )

32- Operating gearing = Contribution / PBIT ( Operating profit )

33- Financial gearing = Debt / Debt + Equity

34- Operating profit = Profit from operations / Sales revenue

35- Net profit = Net profit / Net sales or Profit before tax / Sales

36- Return on Equity ( R.O.E ) = Profit after tax ( P.A.T ) / Equity

37- Minimum ( Buffer ) inventory level = Re-order level - ( Avg. usage * Ag. lead time )

38- Average inventory = Buffer or min. inventory level + Re-order quantity / 2

39- PBIT ( Operating profit ) = Interest cover * interest payable

40- Total shareholder return = ( P1 - Po ) + D1 / Po

41- Inventory = Inventory days * C.G.S / 365

42- Receivables = Receivable days * Credit sales / 365

43- Payables = Payable days * Credit purchases / 365

44- Annual discount cost = [{( 100 / 100 -d )^365/t } - 1 ] %

45- Overdraft = Total assets ( C.A + N.C.A ) - N.C.L ( O. S.C+ R.E + Long term loan ) - C. L ( Payables )
46- Assets = Liability + Capital

47- Total assets = Total liabilities + Capital ( Equity + O.S.C + R.E )

48- Cash operating cycle = Inventory + Payables - Receivables

49- Net working capital = Current assets - Current liabilities

50- TERP = No. of old shares * old share price + No. of new shares * New share price / Total no. of shares ( old + new )

51- Value of rights = TERP - New share price

52- Net assets = Total assets( N.C.A+C.A ) - Total liabilities ( N.C.A+C.L ) - Preference shares

Important Note : If you find any typo error or mathematical error please let us know we will rectify it . And if some formulas are missing or you know some other useful formulas that should be here in above formula list then share with us we will update our formula list. In both cases you can Email us on below given 'Contact Us' Form or can comment below to notify us about above mentioned cases.

Becker ACCA exam tips | September 2015 attempt

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:34:00 -0700

Official website:Becker Professional Education.These are only hints, intelligent guesses and exam tips by Becker for current September 2015 attempt. Don,t fully rely on these tips. Read every area of text books first and then focus on these tricky , expected exam areas/topics on priority basis.Also read latest technical articles . To read technical articles click here.

F7 exam tips by Becker

*Consolidation issues.
*Revenue recognition.
*Substance vs form.
*Convertible instruments (IFRS 9)
*Accounting for taxation, as part of final accounts question.
*Provisions & contingencies.

F8 exam tips by Becker

*Audit risk.
*Auditor’s report.

F9 exam tips by Becker

*Read the examiner’s/exam teams articles – capital asset pricing model, myopic management , equivalent annual costs and benefits, business valuation, advanced investment appraisal, foreign exchange risk and its management, and introduction to Islamic finance.
*IRR.
*WACC.
*Bond valuation.
*Dividend policy.

P1 exam tips by Becker

*Corporate governance (CG) concepts, underlying fundamentals and arrangements.
*CG in other organizations (e.g. public sector, NGOs).
*Types and forms of CG (e.g. rules based, principles based, insider, outsider systems, UK Corporate Governance Code, SoX).
*Agency theory, stakeholders, Mendelow.
*Board structures, CEO/chairman, directors, NEDs, committees .
*Internal control and business risk, Turn bull.
*Ethical theories and business codes – Kohl berg, Gray, Owen and Adams, Tucker, AAA.
*Professions and the public interest.
*Corporate social responsibility, corporate citizen, footprints and sustainability.
*Integrated reporting, social and environmental auditing.

P2 exam tips by Becker

*Consolidations in Q1.
*Disposals and complex groups (June 2010).
*Disposals (December 2009).
*Step acquisitions (December 2011).
*Cash flow (Dec 2013).
*Foreign Sub (June 2010).
*Complex group (Dec 2012 and June 2013).
*Consolidated profit or loss was examined for the first time in over three years in the June 2014 paper.
*Foreign subsidiaries have not been examined for a few exams.
*Financial Instruments (IFRS 9) to include hedge accounting, (questions on this topic tend to appear in most exams).
*Employee benefits (IAS 19).
*Leases (IAS 17).
*Share-based Payments (IFRS 2).
*Impairment of assets (IAS 36).
*Deferred Tax (IAS 12).

P5 exam tips by Becker

*Budgeting.
*Financial performance indicators such as NPV and MIRR.
*Activity based management.
*Fitzgerald and Moon building block model.
*Six Sigma.

P7 exam tips by Becker

*New audits, tendering.
*Planning, materiality, sampling, analytical review.
*Audit, business or material misstatement risk.
*Group audits, goodwill, joint audit, joint ventures.
*Assurance services, PFI, KPI, due diligence, forensic audit, reviews, insolvency (UK and Ireland students only).
*Ethics, practice management and other professional issues.
*Any audit matter covering IFRS (IAS 1 to 40 and IFRS 1 to 15 – see P2 syllabus).
*Close down procedures, opening balances, comparatives, other information, going concern, subsequent events, representation letter, emphasis of matter, audit reports.
*Outsourcing, service providers, use of an expert.
*Corporate governance, internal audit (relating to ethics, outsourcing), audit committees.
*Current issues (e.g. quality control and professional skepticism) including integrated reporting.

Source: PQ - Magazine

LSBF ACCA exam tips | September 2015 attempt

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 1 Sep 2015 23:03:00 -0700

Official website: LSBF - Study MBA, ACCA, CIMA, CIM London ,UK. These are only hints, intelligent guesses and exam tips by LSBF for September 2015 attempt. Don,t fully rely on these tips. Read every area of text books first and then focus on these tricky and expected exam areas/topics on priority basis. Also read latest technical articles . To read technical articles click here.

F8 exam tips by LSBF

* Independence threats / Mitigation.
* Confidentiality.
* Audit risk/response with analytical procedures.
* Control Procedures/tests for payroll, inventory.
* Substantive procedures for payroll, inventory, provisions.
* Audit report scenarios.
* Reliance on internal audit by external audit.
* Corporate governance advice to company.
* ISA 250, 260, 560, 570, 720.

P1 exam tips by LSBF

*Unitary/two tier (last examined June 12).
*Chair role/CEO chair split (Dec09, Dec11).
*Reward systems (Dec 13).
*AGM/ Insider dealing (June 11).
*Comply and Explain or rules vs principle (Dec 12).
*COSO failures (Dec 12).
*Board responsibility for control (Dec 12).
*Disclosure/information (Dec10, Dec12).
*Risk committee or risk manager (June12, June9).
*Strategic/operational risk (Dec 12).
*Static and dynamic risk (June 11).
*Risk diversification or ALARP (June 13).
*Absolute/relative (Dec 10).
*AAA model (June 12).
*Tuckers model (Dec 12).

P3 exam tips by LSBF

*Strategic analysis (perhaps with one of the Les-used models such Ash ridge).
*Strategic choice with numbers (perhaps close or continue or a decision tree)
*IT controls.
*Integrated reporting.
*Improving business processes.

P4 exam tips by LSBF

*Investment appraisal using adjusted present values or capital rationing.
*Cost of capital using the principles of Modigliani and Miller prepositions or geared and ungeared betas.
*Mergers and acquisitions - valuation using free cash flows/P/E ratio method, cash offer or share exchange and regulations of takeovers. *Assessing the success of a given capital reconstruction scheme.
*Hedging exchange rate or interest rate risk using futures, options and swaps.
*Option pricing theory. Real options, example, option to abandon, expand and delay. Valuation of company using the Black-Schole option pricing model.

P5 exam tips by LSBF

*Choice of suitable performance metrics for a specific organization (perhaps EVA/Fitzgerald and Moon).
*Impact of the external environment (perhaps how to collect relevant information about changes).
*Modern management accounting techniques (perhaps, TQM / JIT / environmental management accounting).
*Analysis of performance of SBU's (perhaps BCG matrix).

P7 exam tips by LSBF

*Business risk and risk of material misstatement.
*Matters and Evidence for IAS 23, 24, 37, 38, IFRS 15.
*Ethics/Professional Issues including money laundering.
*Audit reports scenarios.
*New format audit reports.
*Due diligence and forecasts.
*Advertising.
*Audit of group acquisition/disposal.
*ISA 250, 260, 550, 560, 610.

Source: PQ - Magazine

BPP ACCA exam tips | September 2015 attempt

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:14:00 -0700

These are only hints, intelligent guesses and exam tips by BPP for September 2015 attempt. Don,t fully rely on these tips. Read every area of text books first and then focus on these tricky and expected exam areas/topics on priority basis. Also read latest technical articles . To read technical articles click here.

Official website: Professional education and university courses

F5 exam tips by BPP

Q1-3
* Any syllabus area could be tested here – so study it all!

Q4 & 5
* Planning and operational variances.
* Mix and yield variances and evaluation of the company performance (either as a whole or on a divisional basis).

F6 exam tips by BPP

Q1 - 4
* Property income.
* Pensions.
*A range of capital gains calculations - chattels, part-disposals, use of capital losses & business reliefs.
*Inheritance tax - death tax on lifetime gifts and/or death estate.
*VAT - schemes for small businesses.

Q5 & 6
* Income tax – employment income and/or trading income.
* Corporation tax – capital allowances.

F7 exam tips by BPP

Q1 & 2
* Interpretation or statement of cash flows.
* Consolidation.
* Conceptual framework.
* Intangible/tangible assets and impairment.
* Provisions and contingencies.
*Revenue and grants.
* Financial instruments discounted operations/assets held for sale or earnings per share.

Q3
*Could be single entity or a consolidation – statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income and/or statement of financial position.

F8 exam tips by BPP

Q1 – 4
*Ethical threats and safeguards.
*Corporate governance and internal audit.
*Audit planning, materiality, audit procedures (substantive procedures), audit finalization and audit reports.

Q5 & 6
*Audit risk.
*Internal control.
*Audit procedures – both substantive procedures and tests of controls.

F9 exam tips by BPP

Q1 - 3
*Working capital management – the impact of a change in credit period or accepting a factor’s offer.
*Business or security valuations – assets method and earnings valuation.
*Financial risk management – currency risk or interest rate risk.
Q4 & 5
* Investment appraisal – likely to be NPV with inflation and tax.
*Working capital management & business finance – evaluation of financing options, interest coverage and gearing ratios, or a cost of capital calculation.

P1 exam tips by BPP

*Use of stakeholder, ethical and other CRS theories – all applied to the scenarios.
*June tested the examiner’s technical article on CSR so ensure you are familiar with any new articles.

P2 exam tips by BPP

Q1
*Preparation of a group statement of profit of loss and other comprehensive income and /or statement of financial position or statement of cash flows. This may include a foreign subsidiary, discounted activities, disposal and/or acquisitions. You can add other complications such as financial instruments, pensions, share-based payment and impairments.

Q2 & 3
*Tests a range of topics such as deferred tax, foreign currency transactions, financial instruments, pensions, share-based payment, non-current assets, borrowing costs, and the effect of accounting treatments on earnings per share or ratios.
*The other will test a range of standards such as accounting policies and the framework, leases, grants, IFRS for SMEs, reorganisations, provisions, events after the reporting period and related parties.

Q4
*Revision of the conceptual framework.
*Regulatory issues over adoption and consistent application of IFRSs.
*Implementation issues.
*Revenue recognition.
*Management commentary.
*Application of the definition of control and significant influence – equity accounting.
*Improvements in performance measurement.
*Classification in profit or loss vs OCI – see exam team article.
*Integrated reporting – see exam team article.

P3 exam tips by BPP

*Value chain.
*Critical success factors and KPIs.
*Role of the corporate parent, including BCG matrix/Ashbridge.
*Managing strategic change – force field analysis.

P4 exam tips by BPP

*Project appraisal – cost of capital calculations.
*Business valuation – also likely to include cost of capital calculations.
*Risk management – hedging.
*Currency risk management.
*Business re-organization.
*Real options.

P5 exam tips by BPP

*Numerical techniques – KPIs, EVA, transfer pricing, ratios, quality related costs, and ABC.
*Building blocks model.
*Quality management.
*Information reporting – CSFs and KPIs.
*Application of strategic models – PEST, Porter’s 5 Forces, value chain.
*HR frameworks – reward & appraisal systems.
*Risk management.
*Environmental management accounting.

P6 exam tips by BPP

*Groups of companies involving overseas aspects.
*Unincorporated business particularly loss relief or involving a partnership.
*Capital gains tax versus inheritance tax.
*Overseas aspects, particularly the new rules on residence.
*Personal service company.
*Company purchase of own shares.
*Enterprise investment schemes/venture capital trusts.
*Change in accounting date.
*Takeover.
*VAT partial exemption.
*Transfer of trade versus sale of subsidiary.
*Dis incorporation relief.
*Pensions contributions.
*Patent box, research and development expenditure.

P7 exam tips by BPP

*Q1: Planning, risk assessment, evidence gathering and practice management Issues – including financial statements extracts.
*Q2: Non-audit engagement – PFI, due diligence, audit completion or consolidated groups.
*Audit evidence and financial reporting issues.
*Practice management including ethics.
*Quality control and reporting – completion and communication.

Source : PQ - Magazine

First Intuition ACCA exam tips | Septmber 2015

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:48:00 -0700

These are only hints, intelligent guesses and exam tips by First Intuition for September 2015 attempt. Don,t fully rely on these tips. Read every area of text books first and then focus on these tricky and expected exam areas/topics on priority basis. Also read latest technical articles . To read technical articles click here.

Official website: First Intuition Accountancy Tuition Provider

F5 exam tips by First Intuition

* Target costing.
* Life cycle costing.
* Cost volume profit analysis (CVP ).
* Limiting factors.
* Risk measurement.
* Flexed budget and budgeting discussion.
* Financial and non-financial performance Indicators.

F6 exam tips by First Intuition

* Employment/self-employment.
* PAYE.
* Opening years and change of year end for sole traders.
* Capital allowances.
* VAT default surcharge and VAT invoice contents and annual accounting.
* CGT: Principal private residence and entrepreneur’s relief, chattels.
* IHT lifetime and death transfers.

F7 exam tips by First Intuition

* Extracts from single company accounts including non-current assets, taxation and IFRS 15.
* Interpretation of accounts including a statement of cash flows.
* Consolidated SFP and/or SPL with associate, PUP and fair value adjustments.

F8 exam tips by First Intuition

* Ethics.
* Audit risk and auditor response.
* Internal control - deficiencies, implications and recommendations on revenue and receivables or payroll cycle.
* Audit evidence and substantive testing.
* Subsequent events, written representations and going concern
* Modified auditors reports.

F9 exam tips by First Intuition

* Discussion of the economic environment and the impact on interest and exchange rates.
* Working capital management.
* Investment appraisal & cost of capital.
* Business valuations.
* Risk management.

P1 exam tips by First Intuition

* 50 mark scenario question, to include: ethics, Tuckers 5 questions, single vs two tier board structures also corporate social responsibility.
* Optional questions to include: Importance of internal controls, governance committees and structure of directors remuneration, business risks, integrated reporting and environmental reporting.

P2 exam tips by First Intuition

* Q1: Group question on foreign subsidiary. Will contain a variety of non-group topics too.
* Ethics.
* Revenue recognition or leases – current issue.
* Deferred tax.
* Share based payments.
* Pensions

P3 exam tips by First Intuition

Section A
* Environmental analysis, people with financial analysis.
Section B
* Project management.
* Strategic action.
* Information technology – pricing strategy.

P4 exam tips by First Intuition

* International investment appraisal techniques focusing on risk management tools such as value at risk.
* Impact on WACC following hedging of interest rate risk.
* Company valuation based scenario, possible MBO finance to structure.
* Adjusted present value with link to real options and Black Scholes option pricing model.

P5 exam tips by First Intuition

* Critique an existing performance management system and the performance hierarchy.
* Transfer pricing.
* Quality costs and six sigma.
* Activity based principles.
* Budgeting.
* Performance management models - performance pyramid or building block model.
* Value based approaches to performance management.

P6 exam tips by First Intuition

* Business Property Relief.
* Use of second spouse nil rate band.
* Related property.
* Groups of companies, trading and capital losses.
* Double tax relief for companies.
* De-grouping charges.
* Incorporation relief.
* Furnished holiday lets.
* VAT partial exemption.
* Appeals and the four track tribunal system.
* Benefits in kind or extra salary, income tax and national insurance implications.

P7 exam tips by First Intuition

* Business risks in a scenario.
* Identifying ethical and other professional issues in a scenario.
* Matters to be considered and audit evidence for a couple of core accounting issues.
* Audit reports.
* Money laundering.

Source :PQ - Magazine

ACCA jobs in UAE | 16 useful job hunting tips

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 08:35:00 -0700

I always receive a lot of queries about ACCA jobs in Dubai / UAE . Mostly fresh ACCA qualified part qualified students ask these queries . Usually , you guys ask that i have one or two optional ACCA exams to clear or i am qualified / part qualified and want to visit / move Dubai for a job.

I have no prior experience, so i need your suggestions how can i get a job in UAE.

To answer these queries i started to write this article. And after a lot of careful research on forums , meeting with experienced persons and considering my own views i am able to post this article for you now. Read below tips which i got from different sources to get answered your below given queries :

*acca scope in UAE
*acca jobs in UAE
*acca salaries in UAE
*how to get a job in UAE?
*fresh acca part qualified jobs in UAE/ Dubai
*fresh acca affiliate jobs in UAE
*part qualified acca jobs in middle east
*jobs for fresh acca in dubai

#Tip1: Remembering Amir khan,s movie 3 idiots , i just want to say , do not run behind jobs , prove your self enough that a job itself comes to you. Do not learn or educate yourself, just for availing or achieving a job. "Q k jis kam k peche ap bhago gy wo ap k agay bhagay ga" :p .

#Tip2: Learn accounting softwares before visiting or applying for jobs in Dubai / Middle East . At least do quick books , tally , sap r12 and then apply , you may find a job.

#Tip3: Apply on dubizzle to find jobs in UAE . But mostly in Dubai job hunt season starts after September then there will be alot of jobs in the market.
#Tip4: Try to visit companies and their HR department in personal and keep your demand for salary low.
Prepare yourself well for the interviews must showcase basic accounting knowledge e.g. double entry etc.

#Tip5: Don,t rely on CV,s sent through emails only .Check websites of companies & their HR section apply through them and it will be better if you contact their HR dept. through phone or visit their offices one by one.

#Tip6: It does not matter you have experience or not . Mostly job tasks and roles are easy ones like entering data in softwares .Even you don,t get reply if you have experience too , it means there is something else that works for a job hunt e.g reference.

#Tip7: Master your accounting & finance skills , that means P2 & P4 paper of ACCA they usually ask questions related to these two areas in the interview.

#Tip8: And excel skills are very important here in UAE. They might handover their laptop to you to test your excel skills. Because your 1st year of experience will be as a junior or an assistant accountant and they usually work on excel and accounting softwares.
#Tip9: I myself have given many interviews in different companies and they usually test your excel skills, English and confidence. In very rare cases they will question something related to accounting since u have no experience, they don,t expect much accounting knowledge from you.

#Tip10: What I have observed is that prior experience is vital to land in UAE for jobs. Keep your Excel skills and other accounting skills abreast/updated.

#Tip11: Stay confident in your job interviews. Your personality, attitude and appearance should support you. Your Gender can be a plus for certain jobs/industries also.
#Tip12: In Abu Dhabi it,s very difficult to find a job as fresh candidate so you should directly try to visit Dubai .

#Tip13: Mine two friends visited Dubai after qualifying ACCA but they came back without getting a job. They both were offered very low paid jobs in some irrelevant fields. Working conditions and residence was also not acceptable , so they left those jobs and came back with empty hands and were demotivated a lot. Their final advice to me was at least 1.5 year experience is needed to get a reasonable job in UAE.

#Tip14: Contact some one who is experienced and is doing job in UAE . Ask them for information about how to apply and search job there in UAE.

#Tip15: Without experience don't even try to come in UAE. In my suggestion , first get at least 3 years experience then come. i got 2 years experience then i came in UAE after passing 11 papers of ACCA and i got a job.

#Tip16: Apply online on dubizzle , drop CV,s by hand too , read Khaleej times daily and apply on the jobs advertised in it.
Good luck guys !!!

ACCA papers syllabus changes for March 2016 exams

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:54:00 -0700

ACCA is world,s leading accountancy body . The reason of it,s global recognition is that it maintains quality assurance in terms of continual professional development , ethics , career guidance , industry changes , papers syllabus changes and updates etc. But considering syllabus changes it is very important for ACCA students to remain updated.

The students must have knowledge of papers syllabus changes . ACCA papers syllabus is study text examinable for current session. So it is vital to know about syllabus changes .The most recent ACCA papers syllabus is examined . These changes are published on official website of ACCA . So , here below you can find relevent changes and updates in your ACCA exams syllabus.

ACCA Syllabus Changes - Basic Module

This module, which includes three papers F1 ,F2, F3, is the starting point on your way to achieving your ACCA qualification. Once you have passed all these three papers , you can continue on to the ACCA Skills module.

ACCA F1-Syllabus Changes

ACCA F2-Syllabus Changes

ACCA F3-Syllabus Changes

ACCA Syllabus Changes - Skills Module

This module comprises F4 , F5 , F6 , F7 , F8, F9, papers of ACCA qualification . This module examines the principle technical subjects that you are expected to have an advanced level of understanding . These subjects are law, taxation, auditing and financial management, financial reporting and performance management. You will develop knowledge and skills in these subject areas, reaching a level of knowledge equivalent to a Bachelor's degree. (Bsc. Hons.)

ACCA F4-Syllabus Changes

ACCA F5-Syllabus Changes

ACCA F6-Syllabus Changes

ACCA F7-Syllabus Changes

ACCA F8-Syllabus Changes

ACCA F9-Syllabus Changes

ACCA Syllabus Changes - Essentials Module

This module is known as Essentials as it will provide you with the specialised skills and techniques required to become an expert accountant , either in a position of consultancy or at high-level advisory role in any place company or business any where in the world.This module comprises three papers P1 , P2 , P3 and names are P1 - Governance, Risk and Ethics P2 - Corporate Reporting (UK or International) P3 - Business Analysis.

ACCA P1-Syllabus Changes

ACCA P2-Syllabus Changes

ACCA P3-Syllabus Changes

ACCA Syllabus Changes - Optionals Module

This module requires you to select two ACCA papers to study from a choice of four , allowing you to tailor your programme to suit your requirements, interests and career aspirations. Choose any two from four :-

ACCA P4-Syllabus Changes

ACCA P5-Syllabus Changes

ACCA P6-Syllabus Changes

ACCA P7-Syllabus Changes

ACCA F6 UK taxation - Basis of assessment notes

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 07:26:00 -0700

Basis of periods is most complex examinable area in ACCA F6 paper. Students often get confused and in exams make serious blunders in calculating incomes for tax purposes under basis of assessment rules. I also often personally faced very difficulty in calculating profits under basis of periods rules. But after a lot of practice of this topic , with examples i was able to manage any question on this topic.

So considering the exam importance and complexity of this topic , i am going to explain every thing here in this post for paper f6 students with examples.I am able to write this article after considering my old study notes and my knowledge built during ACCA studies .I will try my best to get you fully understand this topic very easily.

Why we need to prepare basis periods ?

Trading income of sole traders is assess able according to tax year . But the problem is that the tax year and period of account don,t match mostly unless the trader chooses 5th April as an accounting date. So to solve this problem we have to prepare basis periods.The main objective of preparing basis periods is to match the period of account with the tax year.

Terminologies Related to this Topic :

Basis period: This is the time period for which a sole trader / partnership pays tax each year.Your basis period ma be your accounting year

Overlap period: This is a period which falls in two tax years

Overlap profits: These are profits which are charged ( twice ) in two tax year.

Accounting period: This is a time period of 12 months ,which reflects all the financial activity that occured during this time. Basis period and accounting period may be the same periods sometime.

Opening year rules of basis periods

Rule 1. 2 tax years in the first period of account and period is longer than 12 months.

Example: Suppose a trader starts trading on 1st July 2008 and prepares his first accounts to 31st December 2009.His trading results are given below :

                                                                                                               £
1st July 2008 ------ 31st December 2009                                             18,000
January 2010 ----- 31st December 2010                                                12,000

Prepare basis periods and calculate the amount of overlap profits ?

Solution:
-First use current year basis rule (CYB)
-Then move back twelve months from the end month of first period of account
-Then write a complete year on wards
-Calculate profits which are taxed two times - These are your overlap profits

Tax Year                                     Basis Periods        Profit
£

2008/09                                   1st July 08 _ 5th April 09                       9,000
2009/10                                   1st Jan. 9 _ 31st Dec.09                       12,000
2010/11             1st Jan. 10 _ 31st Dec. 10 12,000

Overlap profits: £3,000

Rule 2. 2 tax years in the first period of account and period is shorter than 12 months.

Example: Suppose a trader starts trading on 1st October 2008 and prepares his first accounts to 30th June 2009.His trading results are given below :

                                                                                                               £
1st Oct. 2008 ------ 30th June 2009                                              18,000
1st July 2009 ----- 30th June 2010                                                   12,000
1st July 2010 ----- 30th June 2011           24,000

Prepare basis periods and calculate the amount of overlap profits ?

Solution:
-First use current year basis rule (CYB)
-Then move forward twelve months from date of start of business
-Then write a complete year on wards.
-Calculate profits which are taxed two times - These are your overlap profits.

Tax Year                                     Basis Periods        Profit
£

2008/09                                   1st Oct. 08 _ 5th April 09                       12,000
2009/10                                   1st Oct. 08 _ 30th Sep.09                       21,000
2010/11             1st July 09 _ 30th June 10 12,000
2011/12                                    1st July 10_ 30th June 11                       24,000

Overlap profits: £15,000

Rule 3. 2 tax years in the first period of account and period is equal to 12 months.

Example: Suppose a trader starts trading on 1st January 2008 and prepares his first accounts to December 2008.His trading results are given below :

                                                                                                                £
1st January 2008 ------ 31st December 2008                                            24000
1st January 2009 ----- 31st December 2009                                         12,000

Prepare basis periods and calculate the amount of overlap profits ?

Solution:
-First use current year basis rule (CYB)
-Then write a complete year on wards (Same ).
-Calculate profits which are taxed two times - These are your overlap profits.

Tax Year                                     Basis Periods        Profit
£

2008/09                                   1st Jan. 09 _ 5th April 09                        6,000
2009/10                                   1st Jan. 08 _ 31st Dec.08                    24,000
2010/11             1st Jan. 09 _ 31st Dec. 09 12,000

Overlap profits: £6,000

Rule 4. Single tax year in the first period of account.

Example: Suppose a trader starts trading on 1st July 2008 and prepares his first accounts to 31st December 2008.His trading results are given below :

                                                                                                               £
1st July 2008 ------ 31st December 2008                                                 6,000
1st January 2009 ----- 31st December 2009                                            12,000

Prepare basis periods and calculate the amount of overlap profits ?

Solution:
-First use current year basis rule (CYB)
-Then write a complete year on wards ( Same ).
-Calculate profits which are taxed two times - These are your overlap profits.

Tax Year                                     Basis Periods        Profit
£

2008/09                                   1st July 08 _ 5th April 09                          9,000
2009/10                                   1st Jan. 09 _ 31st Dec.09                       12,000

Overlap profits: £3,000

Rule 5. 3 tax years in the first period of account.

Example: Suppose a trader starts trading on 1 January 2008 and prepares his first accounts to 30th June 2009.His trading results are given below :

                                                                                                               £
1st January 2008 ------ 30th June 2009                                                   18,000
1st July 2009 ----- 30th June 2010                                                          20,000

Prepare basis periods and calculate the amount of overlap profits ?

Solution:
-First use current year basis rule (CYB)
-Then write a full tax year e.g 6.4.15-5.4.16 .
-Then move back 12 months from ending date of first period of account.
-Calculate profits which are taxed two times - These are your overlap profits.

Tax Year                                     Basis Periods        Profit
£

2008/09                                   1st Jan. 08 _ 5th April 08                          3,000
2009/10                                   6th April 08 _ 5th April 09                       12,000
2010/11                                   1st July 08_ 30th June 09                         12,000
2011/12                                   1st July 09 _ 30th June 10                        20,000

Overlap profits: £9,000

Closing year rules of basis periods

Rule 1. The closing dates of last and second last period fall in same tax year.

Example: Suppose a trader ceased trading on 31st December 2011.His trading results are given below :

                                                                                                               £
1st July 2010 ------ 30th June 2011                                                         18,000
1st July 2011 ----- 31st December 2011                                                  20,000

Overlap profits were £5,000.
Prepare basis periods.

Solution:
When closing dates of last and second last periods fall in the same tax year then basis periods for the final tax year are prepared by combining the both periods.

Tax Year                                     Basis Periods        Profit
   £

2011/12                                   1st July 10 _ 31st December 11              38,000

Rule 2. The closing dates of last and second last period fall in different tax year.

Example: Suppose a trader ceased trading on 30th June 2011.His trading results are given below :

                                                                                                               £
1st January 2010 ------ 31st December 2010                                            18,000
1st January 2011 ----- 30th June 2011                                                    20,000

Prepare basis periods.

Solution:
When closing dates of last and second last periods fall in the different tax year then basis periods for the final 2 tax years are similar to the period of account.

Tax Year                                     Basis Periods        Profit
   £

2010/11 1st Jan. 2010_31st Dec. 10    18,000
2011/12                                   1st Jan. 11 _ 30th June 11                      20,000

ACCA examiner's interviews | Download and watch

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:36:00 -0700

Here we are going to post ACCA examiner 's interviews under the headings of examiner analysis and examiner , s approach interviews . These interviews are released on ACCA's website regularly .
Examiner , s Approach Interviews released at ACCA,s website offer you first hand insight into what examiners want in answers provided by students in their relevant exam papers.

So, this area requires more attention by students if they want to perform well in their final exams. ACCA examiner interview spots typical pitfalls of students and suggests them how to tackle with them. ACCA marking scheme , what examiner requires exactly ? , understanding the question's requirements and answering to the point these are the theme of examiner analysis and approach interviews.

Are you looking for ACCA examiner,s interviews of F5,F7,F9 so here below you can download examiner's interviews for all ACCA papers .

Note : ACCA examiner's analysis interviews heading we removed from below table ,as these interviews are removed from ACCA website .

Main Link : ACCA Exams Channel: Examiner's approach interviews

F1 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

F2 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

F3 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

F4 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

F5 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

F6 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

F7 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

F8 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

F9 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

P1 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

P2 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

P3 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

P4 Examiner's interview

Examiner's approach interview

P5 Examiner's interview

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P6 Examiner's interview

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P7 Examiner's interview

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ACCA F6 UK tax - Due dates for tax payments 2015/16

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 14:36:00 -0700

In ACCA F6 paper , which is about UK taxation , remembering key due dates is very important . The current UK tax year runs from 6 April 2015 to 5 April 2016 and we have to pay tax for this tax year according to HMRC preset due dates . In every ACCA F6 exam these tax payment dates are examined 2 to 3 marks.

In ACCA , you can not think about loosing even 1 good mark , because every mark counts here to pass your exam. So you need to remember these dates to get these easy 2 to 3 marks.But i know remembering these dates is a glitch and some kind of complex .So to solve this problem i prepared this post for you , here in this post i tried my best to make it easy for you to remember these dates to get these 2-3 good marks in exams and get passed your paper . Best of Luck !!!

Individuals:

Self assessment tax return:

* Paper filing 31st October 2015
* Electronic filing 31st January 2016

Payments on accounts (P.O.A):

*First P.O.A 31st January 2015
*Second P.O.A 31st July 2015

Balancing payments:

*31st January 2016

Losses:

Carry forward and Terminal loss:

*Claiming date: 4 tax years from the ending date of the tax year in which loss incurred for example ( 05 April 2020 for 2015/16 tax year )

Current year carry back and Opening year loss:

*Within twelve months from the tax payment date of the tax year in which loss incurred for example loss incurred in the tax year of 2015/16 payment date starts : 31st January 2017 and loss can be claimed till 31st January 2018

Value added tax (VAT):

Quarter basis:

*1 month 7 days from quarter ending

Annual accounting scheme:

*VAT return file on 28th February
*Installment of 10% of VAT payable will be paid from April to December
*Balancing payment will be paid on next year 28th February

Corporation tax:

Self assessment:

*12 months from the ending date of financial year.

Tax payments:

Small companies: 9 months 1 day
Large companies: 4 equal installments from the starting of financial year:
*14th of month 7
*14th of month10
*14th of month 13
*14th of month 16

Capital gains tax (C.G.T):

*31st January 2016

Inheritance tax (I.H.T):

Lifetime gifts:

*06 April - 30 September - Following year 30th April
*1st October - 05 April - After 6 months from the month of the gift

Deaths:

*After 6 months from the month of the gift

ACCA examinable documents - Download and read

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 8 Aug 2015 07:32:00 -0700

ACCA examinable documents for F3 , F4 , F6 , F7 , F8 , P2 , P6 , P7 are given below .These documents are released and published by ACCA for their students guidance about their upcoming relevant exams.

These ACCA documents contain exams notes which provide information and guidance on examinable documents , topics including any relevant accounting and auditing documents for different papers .

Some papers which are not found in below list , ACCA has not determined or specifically published examinable documents yet.

It is also strongly recommended that you should refer to articles published in Student Accountant as part of your study preparation for your exams. Read Articles Here.

ACCA Examinable Documents - Knowledge Module

This module, which includes three papers F1,F2, F3, is the starting point on your way to achieving your ACCA qualification. Once you have passed all these three papers , you can continue on to the ACCA Skills module.

ACCA F3 - Examinable Documents

ACCA Examinable Documents - Skills Module

This module comprises F4 , F5 , F6 , F7 , F8, F9, papers of ACCA qualification . This module examines the principle technical subjects that you are expected to have an advanced level of understanding . These subjects are law, taxation, auditing and financial management, financial reporting and performance management. You will develop knowledge and skills in these subject areas, reaching a level of knowledge equivalent to a Bachelor's degree. (Bsc. Hons.)

ACCA F4 - Examinable Documents

ACCA F6 - Examinable Documents

ACCA F7 - Examinable Documents

ACCA F8 - Examinable Documents

ACCA Examinable Documents - Essentials Module

ACCA P2 - Examinable Documents

ACCA Examinable Documents - Optionals Module

ACCA P6 - Examinable Documents

ACCA P7 - Examinable Documents

ACCA F6 UK taxation - Employment income proforma

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 8 Aug 2015 03:48:00 -0700

Income earned through a job with other benefits is known as employment income . And this is taxable under employment income. If an employee switches a job from one company to another company then employment income includes both , previous one and the current one .

As in exams employment income should be calculated in a proper sequence and through proper procedures. So for this, there is a format which should be strictly followed.That,s why
i prepared a format for this to calculate it,using my knowledge and understandings of tax and this topic.Hope so it will work for you and make it easy for you to calculate employment income in exams correctly. Employment income format /proforma is given below:

                                   Mr. A
                                   Calculation of employment income
                                                      for the tax year XYZ

   £    £

Salary              x
Bonus                                                                x
Commission                                                       x
Incentives                                                           x
Pension     x
Tips                                                                    x
Benefits in Kind*                                                x
                                                                      _____
                                                                                       xx
   _____

Total emoluments    xx
Less: Allowable deductions                                             (xx)

Taxable income from employment     xx

What are Benefits in Kind ?

These are those benefits , which an employee receives from his employer other than money as
part of his/her total employment compensation package.These include accommodation benefit ,
car benefit ,fuel benefit,loan benefit etc.There are no specific formats for the calculation of these benefits for tax purposes.These benefits can be calculated by use of formula and bookish rules
which are subject to change after the end of every tax year.

ACC F6 UK (Taxation)- Property business income proforma

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 7 Aug 2015 07:43:00 -0700

A person having UK domicile has to pay tax on property business income . Tax is levied on his property business in UK and also on outside UK property business .

A UK domiciled person is who lives in United Kingdom and holds it,s nationality .

For the purpose of examination , you are required to calculate and deal with the following property business incomes :

*Property business rental income
*Premium on a short lease
*Rent a room scheme
*Furnished holiday letting profits

Property Busines Income ( P.B.I ) : Rental Income format / Proforma

                                                 £ £

Rental Accrued     xxx

Less: Allowable expenses

Insurance xxx
Agents fees    xxx
Management expenses xxx
Interest on house loan                   xxx
Repair and maintenance    xxx
Advertisements for tenants       xxx
Decoration costs     xxx
Council tax       xxx
Water rates      xxx
Bad debts                                    xxx
Wear and tear allowance               xxx
   _______ xxx
                                                                                  _______

Net rental income                                                        xxx

_______

Property Busines Income ( P.B.I ) : Premium on a short lease format / Proforma

It does not involve a format or proforma to calculate it .It is calculated by use of formula and other bookish knowledge.

Property Busines Income ( P.B.I ) : Rent a room scheme format / Proforma

This below given format is used to calculate tax when a taxpayer lets only a single room in his house , the rent received against it will be taxed under rent a room rules and format.

Method 1 - Normal assessment        Method 2- Rent a room relief

£    £

Rental income x                                Rental income                  x
Less: Expenses             (x)     Less rent a room relief (4,250)
   _______

Less: W&T allowance     (x)    Profit    x
            _______

Profit    x

Property Busines Income ( P.B.I ) : Furnished holiday letting profits format / Proforma

Furnished holiday lettings are occasional letting properties that are let furnished and are not available over the whole year for letting . There is no specific format or proforma to calculate tax on furnished holiday lettings . For tax calculation purposes first students have to identify that a property falls under furnished holiday letting or not ?. There are some conditions that should met for a property to be treated as FHL.

If a property is treated as FHL , then tax is calculated under specified rules not a proforma or format .

ACCA exams fee and important closing dates

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 6 Aug 2015 15:07:00 -0700

The annual subscription fee is due and payable on 1 January , each year for every student to remain as an active student of ACCA otherwise your account will be deactivated. To activate your account you have to pay your all unpaid dues to ACCA ,
with registration fees and then you will be re - registered with ACCA again as an active student.Confirmation of your unpaid fees can be obtained from your national ACCA office.

This annual subscription fee should be paid before 31st January to keep your balance and account up to date , otherwise you must have to pay your subscription fee before appearing in any ACCA exams . After paying subscription fee , you will be able to pay exams fee for your papers and then finally can attempt your papers.

Initial registration                        £32
Re-registration                                            £79
Standard Annual subscription 2016              £85
Reduced annual subscription 2016     £43

Note : This fee structure is only for December 2015 Session .To visit ACCA Global source link for more information and confirmation of latest ACCA paper fee structure, dates and how to pay your fee simply Click Here.

ACCA papers fee and closing dates to remember !

Exam level          Exam entry       March            June        September      December
          period       2016 2016      2016    2016
                                                                       £                     £                £                     £

                                                Early                                     72

Knowledge exams f1,f2,f3        Standard                                 76

   Late                                     231



                                                 Early             90                    93

Skills exams f4,f5,f6,f7,f8,f9      Standard         96                    98

    Late             252                  257

                                                  Early            104                 110

Professional exams p1,p2,p3,     Standard         112                  216
p4,p5,p6,p7

Late              268                  277

Closing dates are Easy to remember dates :

The closing dates for early, standard and late exam entry are so easy to remember and these are given below for your convinience in making an informed decision !

March 2016 Exam entry                            Date

Early (opening)                                     17 August 2015
Early (closing)                                       9 November 2015
Standard             1 February 2016
Late                                              8 February 2016

June 2016 Exam entry                              Date

Early (opening)                                     3 November 2015
Early (closing)                                  15 February 2016
Standard            2 May 2016
Late                                                     9 May 2016

ACCA F6 UK ( taxation ) - Income tax proforma

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 5 Aug 2015 06:46:00 -0700

F6 paper of ACCA has many formats for calculating different types of taxes . Most common type of taxes are income tax , capital gains tax ( CGT ), inheritance tax ( IHT ),value added
tax (VAT) and corporation tax (CT). In every area of F6 paper
,taxation UK there are a lot of formats/proformas to calculate these different types of taxes easily in a professional way.

But income tax format / proforma is one which is very important , because it is examined in every exam session in income tax calculation question .

So after a lot of research and consultation of books , notes i prepared below given income tax proforma for ACCA F6 UK taxation paper students . Hope so it will help you a lot in your studies . Best of luck :)

                                                UK - Income Tax Format / Proforma

Terms    Non Saving Income    Savings Income    Dividens

£    £    £

Trading profits    xxx
Employment income                    xxx
                                      _______

Non - Saving Earned income        xxx

Pension                            xxx
Property business income                xxx
Income from discretionary trust       xxx
Dividends from REIT*      xxx
Other income from IIP*      xxx
Foreign Income    xxx
                                               _______

Other Non - Saving Income       xxx

Interest Received                                                                   xxx
Interest from IIP*                                                                    xxx
Foreign Interest                                                                     xxx
                                                  _______

Savings Income                          xxx

Dividends from UK companies    xxx
Foreign dividends                                                                                                          xxx

Dividends from IIP*    xxx
                                                                                                                                _______

Dividends                                                                                                                    xxx

   ______    _______                      _______

Total Income                                xxx                                  xxx                                 xxx

Less : Reliefs

Qualifying loan interest                  (xxx)
Loss relief                                    (xxx)

                                               ________                            _________                       ________

Net Income                                  xxx                                    xxx                                  xxx

Less: Personal Allowance xxx
                                                ________                            _________                         ________

Taxable Income xxx    xxx xxx
   _________    __________    ________

Tax calculation at tax rates            (xxx)

Less:Tax reducers
VCT*       xxx
EIS*      xxx
SEIS*    xxx
DTR*                                           xxx
                                              _________

Income Tax liability                    (xxx)

Less: Tax credits      xxx
                                             __________

Income Tax Payable       (xxx)

__________

REIT*    Real estate investment trust
VCT *    Venture capital trust
EIS *    The enterprise investment scheme
SEIS*    Seed enterprise investment scheme
DTR *    Double taxation relief
IIP   *    Interest in possession

ACCA September 2015 attempt | Markets | Exam timetable

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 5 Aug 2015 03:58:00 -0700

Finally , ACCA September 2015 attempt is announced . This attempt is launched in ACCA big markets and in some bigger exam centres only . So by the start of 2016, there will be four attempts March , June , September and December in every country or ACCA market.These additional exam attempts are arranged as a response by taking feedback of ACCA students.

ACCA markets September 2015 additional attempt

Country	Centre Name
Ireland	Dublin
Ireland	Cork
UK	London
UK	Glasgow
UK	Belfast
UK	Leeds
UK	Aberdeen
UK	Birmingham
UK	Edinburgh
UK	Cardiff
UK	Newcastle
UK	Dundee
UK	Manchester
Kazakhstan	Almaty
Romania	Bucharest
Vietnam	Hanoi
Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City
Kenya	Nairobi
Ghana	Accra
Zambia	Lusaka
Mauritius	Plaines Wilhems
Uganda	Kampala
Zimbabwe	Harare
Nigeria	Lagos
China	Beijing
China	Guangzho
China	Nanjing
China	Shanghai
Malaysia	Federal Territory
Malaysia	Johor Bahru
Malaysia	Kuching
Malaysia	Pulau Pinang
Malaysia	Selangor

ACCA September 2015 attempt exam timetable

Monday 7 September	Tuesday 8 September	Wednesday 9 September	Thursday 10 September	Friday 11 September
F8 P7 (INT) P7 (UK) P7 (IRL)	F7 P2 (INT) P2 (UK) P2 (IRL)	F5 P1 P5	F6 (UK) P3 P6 (UK)	F9 P4

ACCA question paper examiner,s verbs definition

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 4 Aug 2015 03:56:00 -0700

Understanding examiner,s verbs used in ACCA exam question papers is very important. If this is not the case it means you are not understanding what the examiner exactly demanded to write in your answer paper sheet.

So always understand what is asked in exam questions before writing your answers . Most common verbs that are frequently used in exam questions are given below under the headings of verbs and definition.

Examiner's Verbs                           Definition

*Define                          Give the meaning of something asked in question requirement . What is                                meant by a word , concept , text etc ?

*Analyse                        It means an analysis of current situation , what happened , How
                                     happened ( reasons ) , how to handle this situation ( possible solutions of
                                     the current situation ) and giving reasons for the current situation.
                                     Breaking situation into different parts to discuss , examine and interpret
                                     separately.

*Explain                        What is meant by a word , concept , text etc ? Make something plain ,
                                     clear and understandable .

*Describe                      Give the key features , give a description of something asked in question ,
                                     giving details what is something like ?

*Apply                             To be relevant or pertinent

*Assess It means evaluate , judge , estimate , appraise , analyse or determine         strength and weaknesses .

*Identify       Make a list , Point out something , Recognize or select

*Recommend Suggest that , something is good and deserves to be chosen . To advise ,
                                   suggest a choice or a course of action .

*Calculate                        Determine , compute , figure , quantify , something mathematically .
                                     Provide description along with numerical calculations.

*Construct the case        Make arguments in favour and against , supported by evidence.

*Criticise                        Do not explain the situation , present weaknesses / problems with the
                                    actions taken or view points expressed supported by evidence. To find faults
                                    or judge unfavorably.To judge or discuss the merits and faults of something.

*Evaluate          Determine the value of something in the light of the arguments for and against
                                   or make an appraisal while comparing against a bench mark or set
                                   standards.

*Critically Evaluate        It means weighting the answer towards criticism /arguments against.

*Comment                     Discussion or opinion about something

*Conclusion                   The final result or statement about something . A judgement or decision
                                    reached by reasoning.

*Compare and            Explain the similarities and differences between two different concepts ,
contrast                  terms .

*Distinguish    Define two different terms , concepts on the basis of differences between
                                    them.

*Contrast                        Explain the differences between two different terms , concepts.

*Examine                       Inspect , study something thoroughly in order to determine their nature or
                                    condition.Critically review something in detail.

*Discuss                         Present arguments for and against something.

*Explore                         Examine or discuss in a wide - ranging manner.

Bottom Line : Mostly examiner,s high lighted lack of understanding of the requirements of the question verbs as the most serious weakness in many candidate,s answers.All the examiner,s
use these questions verbs very deliberately to signal what they require from candidates . So understanding these verbs is very important . That is why we provided explanation of all those
verbs in above post . Better luck :)

ACCA exam tips September 2017 | General Tips

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 3 Aug 2015 09:48:00 -0700

ACCA exam tips | ACCA exam tips September 2017 | ACCA exams tips for F1, F2 , F3 , F4 , F5 , F6 , F7 , F8 , F9, P1,P2 , P3 , P4 , P5 ,P6, P7 are now given below which can be helpful to be successful in your most current ACCA , s exams . Best of Luck ! The whole process can be divided into five parts given below:

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Planning Part

1. Planning:

When you are going to enter in your next ACCA exams, first take your time and bent on planning immediately and decide about which papers to start ,when ,where and how to start ! Also consider which study text to be used and everything relevant to your papers immediately , because the purpose is avoiding time wastage . Specially , don't wait till the results of your previous exams if you will do so, it means you have already wasted 2 precious months of your current exams.
When finally you have planned all the above mentioned things relevant to the exams , then first of all calculate quantity of your time you have got to organize for the exams then plan your expected daily basis work routine including your wake up time ,classes time , playing time , family commitments , sleeping time and so on. Finally try and draft a timetable of above mentioned plannings of your daily basis routine works supported by the quantity of expected days and overall time you have got for every paper of your current ACCA exams.
But remember one thing about your timetable that is , your timetable should be realistic and attainable . if you have set an Ideal timetable then you will always need your space while following your timetable and this will demotivate you , so your timetable should be motivating and encouraging in terms of achieve ability of your routine works that you have set in your timetable.

2. Info of ACCA Examinable Documents :

"Work smarter than harder". You must have info about examinable documents of your ACCA exams . These are introduced by ACCA examiners giving additional details about that particular topic like as, intellectual level of a selected topic , the depth of knowledge needed and the way you have to use your skills and knowledge practically in exams . For more details click here . But remember you should not rely totally on these examinable documents only . You have to prepare the whole study text and available material but more focus on examinable documents to improve your skills to be successful in your final exams .

3.ACCA Examiner's Approach Interview:

These interviews are released on ACCA website regularly .Examiner's Approach Interviews released at ACCA,s web site offer you first-hand insight into what examiners want in answers provided by students in their relevant exam papers. So this area requires more attention by students if they want to perform well in their exams .Click below link to approach these interviews: Examiner Approach Interviews

4. ACCA Approved Study Texts:

In ACCA there are different publishers who provide learning contents for ACCA students . But students should use approved learning contents providers.The approved study texts are completely reviewed by ACCA continuously for coverage of the whole info and additionally for any revision incorporated once changes within the info.So therefore, you'll be taking a large risk by relying only different kind of notes referred by friends, colleges or teachers.Famous Publishers are Bpp ,GTG and Kaplan , but Bpp is only approved learning partner of ACCA. Click the link to check approved learning study text providers and their rank . ACCA Approved Learning Study Text Providers Direcorty !

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Studying Part

5. Goals Oriented - Approach:

Set targets on daily basis. In ACCA papers you have to study complete course and all available relevant material to pass your exam .So on daily basis work realistically , try to cover chapters ,past papers and questions daily to complete your course ,otherwise giving just some hours to your studies will not be helpful in completing your course , so all efforts will be useless at the end . Cover your daily work always on time ,so that before exams you will be able to revise your exam papers 3,4 times easily.

6. Make Clear Concepts:

Whole of the ACCA study lies on Concepts . If your concepts are clear then you can handle different scenario questions in your text books and also in exams . Therefore from the first day of your ACCA studies continuously try to understand and perceive the underlying ideas behind every topic of your text books . If your are conceptually strong in your studies you will be able to earn good marks in your papers by giving ideas in different kind of situations in exams . In ACCA if you are not doing so your making a big mistake of your life because it can cause problems for you in your advance level papers of ACCA.

7. Ask Teachers for Help:

If you're stuck somewhere while studying or fighting with a selected topic and could not understand it then don't hesitate in asking your teacher , friend , T.A etc to assist you. Get facilitated on right time don,t wait or try on yourself again and again ,this will waste your time and efforts.

8. Focus on quality rather than quantity:

Mostly students make a mistake , they try to to cover every text book e.g bpp -kaplan, past exam questions ,exam kits e.g bpp-kaplan , lsbf material and open tuition .But this is wrong approach towards your goals oriented studies.For your success you need quality which means " Work smarter than harder " . Select smartly one text book and practice kit e.g bpp , only practice past exam papers within your kit , make your own short notes , make a grip on topics and clear concepts.And till examination remember this tip and follow it.

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Practicing Part

9. Past Papers Practice | ACCA past papers | Past exam papers:

Past papers practice is in recommendation of ACCA . Most of past papers questions are found in Exam Kit to practice and apply your concepts to evaluate yourself against your preparations .Wise students starts practicing at right time before exams .At least in last month you have to do only past papers .This will improve your skills of time management , pressure handling , structuring the answer , understanding the marking scheme etc. Most of time students got failed their exams only due to lack of time management skills in exam even having complete knowledge of that paper.The reason is lack of practice of past papers and final mocks .
Structuring the answer of a question in ACCA exams is another major problem for students. To get idea about how to structure an answer you have to practice simply past papers and finally at least 2,3 mocks at the end . Mock exams should be practiced according to exams conditions .

Your answers should be according to rules and standards provided by ACCA Examiners .Info in answers must be to the point or relevant to be successful in your papers . For this purpose try to understand every model answer provided in exam kits but not just memorize it as it is. Also use approved text books to get enough knowledge of topics and understanding it clearly . Use proper words in your answers having good weight age in the eyes of examiner and requirements.

10.Writing skills:

Many candidates perform poorly in ACCA exams in terms of writing . The reason for poor writing is a lot of rough practice before exams. Candidates have to focus on this issue at practicing stage before the final exams . The trick is simply perform every practice on rough copy as like in final exams always by writing slowly neat ant and clean every single word and line so that in final exams this will be a natural habit for you . Then you will not face any problem of writing but remember don,t compromise too much on speed otherwise you will be in shortage of time .

11.ACCA Examiner,s Reports:

Examiner Reports are published by ACCA after every exam on website . These reports are made by examiners after checking papers of students . In these reports examiners tells us common mistakes and drawback areas encountered by students.The purpose of these reports is to offer candidates generally a constructive feedback as to their performance in their examinations.These reports provide a general commentary on the overall performance of candidates in each session after assessments as well as details on:

technical aspects that were being examined in the questions
whether candidates performed well or poorly ( performance areas also )

what aspects of the questions appeared to cause difficulty to candidates and if possible why it was a problem e.g. lack of knowledge, poor examination technique , time management etc.

Most of students don,t read these reports even they don,t know about them . This is shocking and plays a negative role in your exam,s performance somehow.

12. ACCA Papers Marking Schemes:

Understanding marking schemes is vital for your success in exams .If you want to get some good marks in ACCA you have to comply with marking scheme and the idea behind this.In order to get some good marks and to comply with marking scheme try to answer the questions according to requirement , also use good words that examiner wants and try to remain to the point always.There are different words that are used by examiners in questions requirements and you have to answer according to those words. For example 'identify' , list , define etc .
If these words are used then simply there will be one mark per list or point , so if there are four marks you should list four good points to get full marks . Word 'Briefly' means theme of a story not a detailed answer.In case of 'explain' examiner wants a detailed answer full of knowledge explaining all relevant points . Explanation should be according to marks available , neither too much , nor too less ! Similarly word 'Discuss' means , write points in favor and against the topic required in question.So it means you have to be clear almost about every term used in papers to avoid time wastage and failure in exams.

13. ACCA Exam Analysis:

This gives idea about which kind of topics mostly asked ? Which areas are not tested within many previous attempts and which kind of queries these are or topics are ? This provides vital info about key topics and queries that can be tested in your current ACCA exams and you should use this info to rank sure key topics and then you have to focus on these topics very carefully with great attention . However, make sure that you are not going to spot for exams only these areas selectively on the basis of analysis . These areas just needs proper attention and clarity to boost up your confidence about your preparations for exams .This will be a plus point having good understandings of these important topics which may be favorite areas for examiners and so , there are great chances to be tested in your exams. This will enhance the possibility of getting passed your papers easily .

14. Examiner Analysis Interview:

ACCA Examiner Analysis Interviews are published on it,s website for every exam . Here examiner comments on the performance of the students in current and past exam,s .Examiner also tells about student,s weaknesses and the relevant areas . Analysis interviews are very useful in guiding students on the way to improve their performance in ACCA exams. Shockingly, some students don,t consider them as a useful tool and with a reasonable confidence i can say that they are simply loosing some good marks due to this carelessness .

15.ACCA Technical Articles:(Student Accountant)

ACCA Student Accountant,s technical articles are terribly useful tool for ACCA students towards topics within which students have unusually underperformed . These articles also have info about changes , updates and additions in the syllabus . So, pay special attention to these technical articles always for every paper before entering in your next exams .Student Accountant magazine will be accessed through the subsequent link: ACCA Student Accountant Megazine

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Preparation Part

16.Revision:

When you have done with every aspect of your studies then start revision , assign proper time for your revision . Even you have studied every thing in syllabus but it will not easy for you to revise full course in few days so assigning proper time is necessary otherwise you will feel stress and will become panic at initial stage of revision. Use your own notes always in revision because this will be easy for you and will save your a lot of precious time.If you are not in habit of making your on handy notes you can use approved publishers notes .

17.Exam Centre Confirmation:

Knowing about your exam center is very important . You should select exam center which should not be too far or away from your living place when submitting your exam fee to ACCA . Check Also your Docket before exams and confirm that your docket is according to your provided info. Take reasonable care to reach your exam center on time by leaving your living place on right time considering the distance and traffic problems .

18. Sleep well before the exam:

Worrying about the exam, or studying till late night , will interfere with sleep .No doubt it seems unnatural to think about not studying before the exam night, but in order to get proper rest, it is necessary to put down the books and go to bed early . Skipping some hours of studying will not affect your grades .So take proper rest before your exam night .Otherwise you will feel sleepy in exams and would not be able to perform well.

19. Panic Control:

Students feel panic due to exam pressure in ACCA which is a big problem and some times unfortunately leads towards failure . How to avoid this in not a big deal .To don,t feel panic , take a fresh glass of water , check your sitting details , fill your details and remain concentrated till start of paper .If you have failed and got panic , you will simply become confused throughout the total exam session . This will result in errors and a lot of cutting on your answer sheet The trick is simply think positive before the exam starts , try to recall your memories , remain calm totally and hold your nerves till the exam ends .

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Performance Part

20. Reading Time:

In ACCA papers fifteen minutes are given to read the question paper . These fifteen minutes are also vital towards solving your whole paper as you solve in standard time of three hours .In these fifteen minutes you have to understand the requirements of the questions and then start thinking from where i should start solving the questions keeping in mind the requirements of questions and the structure of answers . So in short the trick is simply understand the requirements of questions and start planning of structures of answers. in these fifteen minutes . If you have done with this all and have some extra minutes then start drafting your answer on question paper , don,t waste your time !

21. Understand Question Requirements:

Read requirements of the question and the question carefully . Don,t miss any point or line , understand it completely and then start solving the question . Understanding the question is very important , this will result in no cutting and clear to the point answer which examiner wants.

22. Answer to the Point:

Marking scheme and answering to the point are relevant to each other . As above we have discussed how you should answer accordingly marking scheme the same case is here . When answering to the point you should try to write according to requirement , marks available for that query and the word used as query in question like as discuss , define , analyze , identify , explain , list etc. So this is a matter of common sense which applies here .

23. Structure up your Answers:

Examiner wants and appreciates well-structured answers . Your answer should in adherence of questions requirements . The wording and solution should be simple and brief covering whole aspects of questions. This puts a good impression on examiner , the impression that you simply have tried your best to prepare your answers . And in case of time runs out, a solution just mentioning the key points of a question examiner may reward you a few good marks never thinking that the question is left incomplete. So always follow the required structure to gin some good marks easily.

24. Facilitate the Examiner:

Always facilitate your examiner by following required structure , writing to the point , writing clearly and cutting on your answer sheet. Always follow the sequence of requirements and the questions . Mention questions or company name in question on each answer on start as title .Name the questions parts clearly as a , b , c, etc. Start your new question always on a new full page . Don,t mix up different questions . Do your workings on right place properly this will help the examiner in understanding that from where the figures used in questions have actually came and how the have been calculated. Mark the question numbers clearly always and take a look at to follow the sequence of sub-parts to avoid confusion.Always write in line and within the permitted area of answer sheet don,t write on corners or cross lines and leave for examiner to seek your answer .In short avoid confusing examiner , that,s all !!

25. Don't leave any question Unanswered:

Unanswered question puts a bad impression on examiner . if there is a time management problem or you are shortage of time try to just t format the answer,s major points but remember just in case when you are unable to complete the solution . Examiner will understand your problem and will reward you some good marks . So if you are just leaving your question completely unanswered the you might loose your marks and examiner confidence and this may contribute towards your failure.

26. Review:

Always try to solve your paper up to fifteen minutes before the exam time . If luckily you have done this , then review your answers completely and make corrections where needed . But remember don,t overwrite again and again .

27. After Exams:

Hummm now just go home , take proper rest , sleep well and enjoy your some time . After this again prepare yourself for next examinations immediately and avoid wasting your time :)

All ACCA past exam papers | Download

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Past exams are the property of ACCA Global and published by the professional body after every exam on ACCA Global,s official   website . ACCA students should practice and follow these sample exam papers before appearing in their final exams.

Before appearing in exams, practicing these sample papers will give students the idea of following below given things :

1-Structure of Exam Papers :

Structure means the over all format of the expected exam question paper.In format following below things comes:

*Sections in exam question paper e.g Section A , Section B

*Total number of questions in each section e.g Section A 20 , Section B 5

*Over all total number of question e.g 25 questions

*Number of questions that are compulsory overall and in each section to pass the examination e.g 20 Section A , 5 Section B

*Time allowed for the examination paper e.g 3hrs

*Any formula sheet or tables that will be available in the examination.

2-Types of questions in exams:

*Short questions : These questions require short answers and their length varies between few words to 2,3 lines .

*Multiple choice questions (mcq,s) : These questions provide first half of the question with possible true false or other 2-5 possible options.Here you have to tick or choose one correct option.

*Long questions :These questions require essay type answer , comprehensive and detailed .

*Problem solving / computational questions. Here you have to solve a question with corresponding calculations .

3-Examinable Areas / Topics:

Although every topic of syllabus has exams relevance but some of them are most common important areas of all time.By practicing specimen exams papers you can assess and predict these topics very easily.This will help you in making a strong grip on those tricky areas.

ACCA past papers are available from December 2007 to June 2011.Considering the usefulness of ACCA past exam papers we provided direct download links for you here below .Start downloading to practice past papers of F1 ,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,P1,P2 ,P3,P4 , P5 , P6, P7.Follow below links to download these past papers questions and answers.

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This module comprises F4 , F5 , F6 , F7 , F8, F9, papers of ACCA qualification . This module examines the principle technical subjects that you are expected to have an advanced level of understanding . These subjects are law, taxation, auditing and financial management, financial reporting and performance management. You will develop knowledge and skills in these subject areas, reaching a level of knowledge equivalent to a Bachelor's degree. (Bsc. Hons.)

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We also does help on ACCA - FIA CBEs , as new students do not have knowledge of these CBE,s or mock exams which are available on ACCA website to practice online .We have also given a link for CBE demo in our blog. For ACCA-FIA CBE,s click here .

How much ACCA past papers are helpful ?

Past papers practice is in recommendation of ACCA . Most of past papers questions are found in Exam Kit to practice and apply your concepts to evaluate yourself against your preparations .Wise students starts practicing at right time before exams .At least in last month you have to do only past papers .

This will improve your skills of time management , pressure handling , structuring the answer , understanding the marking scheme etc. Most of time students got failed their exams only due to lack of time management skills in exam even having complete knowledge of that paper.The reason is lack of practice of past papers and final mocks .

Structuring the answer of a question in ACCA exams is another major problem for students. To get idea about how to structure an answer you have to practice simply past papers and finally at least 2,3 mocks at the end . Mock exams should be practiced according to exams conditions .

Your answers should be according to rules and standards provided by ACCA Examiners .Info in answers must be to the point or relevant to be successful in your papers . For this purpose try to understand every model answer provided in exam kits but not just memorize it as it is. Also use approved text books to get enough knowledge of topics and understanding it clearly . Use proper words in your answers having good weight age in the eyes of examiner and requirements.

Bottom Line : Past exam papers will give you an idea of structure of exam question paper, types of question in exam , how to answer and important topics likely to be examined. So practicing these papers once before appearing in final exams increases your success chances and you may score also in higher margins.

ACCA technical articles | Read latest articles

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ACCA Student Accountant technical articles and ACCA examinations technical articles | ACCA technical articles . Student Accountant Direct ( S.A.D ) is a monthly news wire sent to ACCA accountancy trainees . It is the only way to reach ACCA trainees / students electronically on internet .

Technical articles are published in a ''Student Accountant ''by ACCA for the guidance of students about their upcoming relevant exams . ACCA technical articles also cover continual professional development , recent market changes , issues related to those changes , syllabus changes and important exam areas and .To access S.A.D.click here.Technical articles for ACCA papers F1,F2,
F3 , F4 , F5 ,F6, F7 , F8 , F9 , P1 , P2 , P3 , P4 , P5 , P6 ,P7 are given below .

ACCA Technical Articles - Knowledge Module

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ACCA Technical Articles - Essentials Module

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Are you searching for kaplan mock exams,bpp mock exams , lsbf mock exams for September 2017 exams ? Are you looking for latest mock exams to download or buy online from kaplan, bpp , lsbf for September 2017 Exams ?

If yes, then you are at a right place.Daily a lot of ACCA students are searching for kaplan mocks March 2016 specially and they want to download for free or buy online.

Here we will try to solve your problem by explaining the options you have to download free or buy these mocks for March 2016 exams online.

First of all what are mocks or mock exams ?Actually mocks are fake exams held before final exams.These mock exams are fake so don't contribute towards any grades . Mocks are just a useful tool to check your knowledge, preparation and concepts under the exam conditions.

Mocks by kaplan , bpp , lsbf contain questions On topics which are expected in recent exams.
So practicing these mocks gives you also the idea of topic expected in exam and the style or structure of questions too.
After solving these mocks you need to examine your answer book against the original mock answer book. Then you will have an idea that where you have made a mistake of a concept , calculation , layout problem or any other kind of marks skipping.
Normal mistakes e.g calculation may be general to every body but conceptual mistakes means that your grip in theoretical portion study text is not enough . So this needs attention otherwise it's alarming that just before exams your basic knowledge is not complete and up to date.

If there is a common layout problem this can be eliminated by additional practice of past papers and questions.

ACCA Mock exam should be attempted and completed within a time period which will be allowed in exam.This will give you an idea of time management , which is very vital in passing your exams.

Now the question is from where you can download free or buy ACCA exams Kaplan mocks , bpp mocks or lsbf mocks for September 2017 session? ??

The answer is mocks are available mostly in the last week of final exams. The students which are registered with lsbf , bpp , kaplan for them their colleges organize these final mock exams or via my bpp , kaplan, lsbf etc they can access those mocks to practice.

Remaining students which are not registered with these colleges then for you the option is to buy online or to download mocks from a random source on internet. Right now ACCA Reloaded is unable to post those mocks because of copyright violation , otherwise we will be happy to post them for your ease and success.

Note : This article is posted for our blog readers

who are asking and expecting us to post mock exams.

Best of Luck GUYS !!

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