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*** P2 December 2014 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA SBR Strategic Business Reporting Forums › *** P2 December 2014 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

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  • December 9, 2014 at 1:07 pm #219604
    opentuition_team
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    Please vote in our Instant Polls about the P2 December 2014 Exam.




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    December 9, 2014 at 1:41 pm #219687
    ali
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    Was really highly technical paper toughness level was extremely high in section b

    December 9, 2014 at 1:57 pm #219696
    Jimpy
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    HARD

    December 9, 2014 at 2:10 pm #219708
    umerkhayam
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    Went a lot better then expected, Hopeful for a pass.

    December 9, 2014 at 2:11 pm #219709
    umerkhayam
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    Umair mine didnt balance but it was definitely around that figure 😀

    December 9, 2014 at 2:13 pm #219710
    Anonymous
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    It was very hard. I’m expecting that the pass rates would be lower than usual. Such a pity.

    December 9, 2014 at 4:04 pm #219756
    faraan23
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    First 2 questions were fair but what was question 3 about? Had I done the 3rd properly a pass would have been guarnteed

    December 9, 2014 at 4:05 pm #219757
    Chanpiseth
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    Why NEGATIVE GOODWILL??? Why ??? T_T

    December 9, 2014 at 4:05 pm #219758
    anuj428
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    q1 the adjustment for JCP threw me a little.

    i did q2 and q4. Not sure i got it all for impairment though.

    December 9, 2014 at 4:06 pm #219759
    anuj428
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    @chanpiseth said:
    Why NEGATIVE GOODWILL??? Why ??? T_T

    i got that too! it was a bargain purchase i think. Thats why it was negative.

    December 9, 2014 at 4:09 pm #219763
    Chanpiseth
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    Yeah! most of my friends got the negative figure as well… But I don’t know if we did it right or not 🙁

    December 9, 2014 at 4:10 pm #219764
    Anonymous
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    Yup I got a bargain purchase (negative goodwill) of $10m or so can’t remember for Hulty and so I added this up to group retained earnings.

    December 9, 2014 at 4:13 pm #219768
    hamsterham
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    I got negative 10 as well! Forgot that it goes to RE though!

    December 9, 2014 at 4:13 pm #219769
    Andrew
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    How many parts were there to Q2 i cant remember. also was part b) a contingent liability or not

    December 9, 2014 at 4:15 pm #219771
    Chanpiseth
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    Lets just wish us all good luck. BTW, I still got one more to go. P1 T_T

    December 9, 2014 at 4:17 pm #219772
    hamsterham
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    @andrewfox80 said:
    How many parts were there to Q2 i cant remember. also was part b) a contingent liability or not

    At the end I said no but disclose it as it wasn’t guaranteed that they could pay the final payment.

    December 9, 2014 at 4:19 pm #219774
    Anonymous
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    Q1 Sofp with 2 subsidiaries; 1 acquired at the begining of the period Hulty 80% and Margy acquired some years ago as an associate 30% then at the begining of the period bought 40% (70%). No foreign sub or transactions and there was adjustments to the identiafiable net assets of Margy previously included contingent liability of $6m now $5m provision. After valuation was received months later there was decrease in the fv of ppe by $40m. There was only 2 notes on accounting treatments with regard to Joey (parent) one is joint venture and the other is property held for sale.

    q1 b) share options ifrs 2

    q2 had hedges and I knew I had no choice but to do q3 and q4 lol

    q3 was long and somehow wierd involved IFRS 3&10. I remember discussing about going concern issues may lead to using breakup approach.

    and the 2 second scenarios had bit a pieaces of ppe ias16. IFRS 5 too when some assests were sold at 10 years when uselife was 30 years. Discussed some basics on ifrs 5 and how gains recognised to reserves earlier (oce) when it was ppe should not be recycled to p+l when it is sold as current asset. The profit to p+l would be the difference between carrying value of the asset held at sale and the proceeds. And the wrong assumptions used in estimating the residual value which could lead to creative accounting when assets were sold at 10 years leading to a higher gain higher profits.

    q4 was full on impairment

    this was what I could remember, hoping to get >50% fingers crossed

    December 9, 2014 at 4:22 pm #219776
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    Yeah I dont think it was an easy paper either. It was actually highly technical in some areas. I’d say it was a fair doable paper but very time contraint as with all p papers. There were straightforward questions too especially ethics where the ethical dilemma was related to integrity. Q1b was IFRS 2 and only explanation was needed. Impairments to me was striaghtforward especially the q4 a but the scenerios given would always be tricky. Question 3 was hard I agree but can get easy marks with the knowledge of certain standards.

    I actually think q2 was the hardest. Its focused with hedges whereas in q3 there was room to explain knowledge on IFRS 3&10, PPE IAS 16, IFRS 5, fair value IFRS 13, disclosure issues and going concern issues and its effects; made some applications here and there but was more to discussing as they were less figures. Perhaps they were more that I couldnt pick up. Like my lecturer said its easier to go astray with q3 sorts of long scenario questions. You never know.

    December 9, 2014 at 4:39 pm #219778
    tarek
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    Stupid exam too much hard . I get negative GW in H but there is GW M I recognized by 50 . Any body with me

    December 9, 2014 at 4:41 pm #219779
    neilsolaris
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    I found this paper very hard, but then I was very ill prepared. What threw me in question 1 was that they gave the fair value of the NCI for only the 30% acquired. How did people deal with that?

    December 9, 2014 at 4:53 pm #219784
    hamsterham
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    @neilsolaris said:
    I found this paper very hard, but then I was very ill prepared. What threw me in question 1 was that they gave the fair value of the NCI for only the 30% acquired. How did people deal with that?

    That was okay as the Parent owned 70%.

    December 9, 2014 at 4:55 pm #219785
    neilsolaris
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    Oops, I can’t believe that one confused me!

    December 9, 2014 at 4:59 pm #219788
    tarek
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    Heyyy every body two GW one negative and another 50 recognize?

    December 9, 2014 at 5:01 pm #219789
    Dublin10
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    yep thats what i got, how did you deal with JV/JOP issue and the held for sale

    December 9, 2014 at 5:11 pm #219792
    hamsterham
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    I got 49 for one as the FV of the liability changed within a year? Probably wrong. My consolidation didn’t balance either.

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