1: 376 (maximum).Students should note that some ACCA papers may have a lower student-teacher ratio.Why study with LSBF?ACCA Platinum ProviderLSBF in Singapore is an ACCA Approved Platinum Learning Partner, the highest and most prestigious form of recognition of a tuition provider’s quality and success in teaching students throughout their ACCA qualification.Highly experienced tutorsWe have highly experienced tutors who deliver an exceptional Preparatory Course to all of our students. We recruit only renowned lecturers in the industry, lecturers who have used their talent, expertise and passion to achieve impressive pass rates.State-of-the-art city institute in Singapore’s downtown coreStudying at our Singapore institute, located in the Central Business District, you’ll be right in the heart of the city, surrounded by modern architecture and within easy reach of everything that Singapore has to offer. Our GB Building Institute is just 5 minutes from Tanjong Pagar MRT station.HD Videos recorded by our star tutorsA series of online videos will be recorded by our local tutors in order to fully support our students. This will provide the option of studying at your own pace as students can watch them as many times as they wish for greater understanding and retention of key concepts.Flexible learningWe strongly believe that our students should be able to choose the way they study, customising their course to suit their needs. We, therefore, offer full-time classes, part-time classes and studies through our interactive system from the UK. With LSBF Online, our students will have access to hundreds of hours of lectures, all just a click away.Never Miss a Note™Our students will never have to worry about missing a class again as tutor notes are made available in soft copy.
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Nature of the ACCA P7 paperACCA P7 Paper – Advanced Audit and Assurance – a step up from F8Audit and Assurance is to analyse, evaluate and conclude on assuranceengagements. Where F8 looks at audit procedures and a student istypically in the role of an audit junior or semi-senior, at thisadvanced level the student is assistant-in-charge, manager or partner.Structure of the ACCA P7 paperThe first 2 questions in the exam are compulsory and will be worthanywhere between 50% and 70%. ACCA P6 Exam Tips – DECEMBER 2014Questions 1 and 2 on the paper will be based around real life practicalscenarios.Question 1 will be for 35 marks and contain 4 professional marks awarded forstructuring the answer in the proper format and dealing professionally with theissues raised.
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In either of these first 2 questions (question 2 will carry 25marks), we are also likely to find 5 marks dealing with ethical issues such asconfidentiality,conflict of interest or non disclosure.Here are 9 marks therefore that are little to do with technical competence intaxation in which candidates at this level should and must score highly!A favourite area of the examining team deals with groups of companies, oftenwhere losses, both trading and capital have been experienced along with otherchargeable gains arising and these need to be managed efficiently. This mayinvolve group relief and/or consortium relief and the use of the matchingelection within a gains group.In preparing the Corporation Tax computation for a company the new areasof applying the R&D tax credit for large companies and the lower rate of taxapplicable to profits within the patent box are issues that could be tested orbe discussion issues on the tax incentives for companies to investin innovation and new products.A number of areas where the candidate is asked to advise on both actual andplanned transactions would also be involved.
A major issue here is dealing withchanges in group structures such as a proposed acquisition of a target businesswhere either the client company may purchase the shares in the target company orthe assets and trade of the target company.Tax issues here for a buyer are access to the pre acquisition trading andcapital losses of the target company through a share purchase or the tax writeoffs available on the purchase of intangibles within an asset and tradepurchase. ACCA P5 – Nature of the paperACCA P5 Paper – Advanced Performance Management – is concerned F2 and isconcerned with managing the business so as to achieve betterperformance. Most of the topics were introduced in Paper F2 and F5, butare examined at a higher level. This does not mean that any calculationsare more difficult, but you are now at a management level and shouldshow a greater critical awareness of the difficulties in measuring andmanagement performance.Structure of the ACCA P5 paperPart A One compulsory question 50 marks.Part B Two from three questions each of 25 marksEmphasis of the P5 examYou will find that you will have already covered most of thetechnical content in this exam either in F2 or F5. However, thequestions, particularly in Part A, present you with much moreinformation that you would have been presented with in an F5 question.Often you are asked to devise or criticise performance measures, assessperformance, criticise and improve the way in which information ispresented. As suggested in the first paragraph, you have to think ofyourself in the role of chief accountant or finance director rather thatbeing in the role of an accounts assistant.
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Nature of the ACCA P4 paperACCA P4 Paper – Advanced Financial Management – is concerned withmanaging the finances of a business, and is a continuation of Paper F9.There are a few new topics to learn, but most of the topics wereintroduced in Paper F9.Structure of the ACCA P4 paperThere are two sections to the exam.Section A contains ONE compulsory question of 50 marks.Section B is a choice of TWO from three questions, each carrying 25marks. There are 3 hours for the exam, plus 15 minutes of reading time.Most of the questions are mainly calculation, although there are afair number of written sections in each. One of the three choicequestions is always completely written.Emphasis of the ACCA P4 examAlthough a large part of the syllabus has already been examined inPaper F9, this examination is testing much more the application of thisearlier knowledge. The compulsory question will almost certainly involvewriting a report and will present you with a large amount ofinformation.
The difficulty is as much interpreting the giveninformation, and deciding what is important, as being able to applylearned techniques. Nature of the ACCA P3 paperACCA P3 Paper – Business Analysis – is concerned with analysingorganisations, devising and deciding on strategic plans for them, anddealing with some aspects of implementing those plans. There is asignificant use of F5 topics in the analysis and decision-makingstages.Structure of the ACCA P3 paper Part A 50%: a single case study question. Typically, there are three or four pages of information provided in the question.Part B 50%: two from three 25 mark questions. Typically, each question provides one page of scenario information.Emphasis of the examThe syllabus and study guide set out a large number of models (orframeworks) and these have to be known. However, it is rare for an examto ask for the models to be described or explained.
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Expect you to apply the models to the information in the scenarios so that advice can be provided to the organisation. Nature of the ACCA P1 paperACCA P1 Paper – Governance, Risk and Ethics – aims to develop astudent’s knowledge and the skills to be able to exercise professionaljudgement and ethics in practical situations which they will inevitablyface as qualified accountants.Add in the elements of a thorough knowledge and appreciation ofinternal controls, corporate responsibility and the management of riskand there you have a summary of the nature of the (relatively new, 2007)paper P1.Structure of the ACCA P1 paperQuestion 1 is a compulsory 50 mark question – between 500 and 700words of information! It has always been the case that question 1 issub-divided into multiple parts ( typically 5 or 6 ) and always includesan element of ethicsThe remaining 50 marks is allocated to a choice of 2 from 3 questions worth 25 marks each.Emphasis of the ACCA P1 examA clue about the emphasis of the exam is in the title! The emphasisin the exam is on corporate governance, the recognition and managementof risk, and the application of ethical mores in the process of decisionmaking.