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Is it wise to switch from P6 to P5?

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA APM Exams › Is it wise to switch from P6 to P5?

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by Ken Garrett.
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  • August 8, 2014 at 12:02 pm #188434
    marky123
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    Hello John/Gromit/Mike,
    I have posted my question here too in addition to the P5 forums. Perhaps you could offer advice?
    Many Thanks

    I have just failed P6 Tax (June 14) and I am wanting advice – is it wise to switch to P5 for Dec 14?
    This is my last paper.
    I am home study and have relied on Opentuition and Textbooks, however unfortunately Opentuition as we know cannot support P6.
    I am struggling with the planning aspects of taxation – if the exam was like F6 I would sail through as I work partly in taxation.
    In the past when I studied F5 I thought I struggled – but when I sat the exam I passed first time with a respectable 64.

    Could I pass P5 solely with Opentuition?
    Could I do it in 4 months?
    Is it very similar to F5?

    All those sort of questions and any advice would be very greatly appreaciated.

    Marky

    August 8, 2014 at 12:33 pm #188451
    Ken Garrett
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    You could do P5 in 4 months. Although you you imagine most overlap would be with F5, I think most overlap is with P3. So stuff like stakeholders, PESTEL, 5 forces comes in again as well as F5 content such as transfer pricing and divisional performance evaluation. Quality and quality control is a new area that you won’t have covered before. Economic value added is also unique to this syllabus.

    There isn’t a lot of brand new content, but the questions are often a bit odd and require an imaginative approach to answering. Therefore, question practice is key.

    August 28, 2014 at 2:17 pm #192649
    marky123
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    Thank you Gromit.

    Ive taken your advice and the advice of others on the forum and made the decision to ditch P6 and move to P5.

    I dont want to jinx it for myself – but Im actually finding P5 very interesting!

    August 28, 2014 at 11:40 pm #192830
    Ken Garrett
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    Good. The questions are also interesting.

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