ACCA recommended route

Szia Katalin,

Are you Hungarian? 🙂
It’s not clear form your post exactly which papers have you passed already or got exemptions for and which papers you have left so it’s a bit tricky to advise without knowing the background. After passing p2 advanced corporate reporting (it changes to Strategic Business Reporting from September 2018!), it makes sense to sit p7 whilst you have a fresh knowledge of all IFRSs and IASs.

For p5 advanced perf management you need P3 Business Analysis knowledge (will be SBL replacing p1 and p3), and F level perf. management knowledge.

@katalin83 said:
Hi ds3ce,

Yes, I am Hungarian. 🙂
I am learning the F papers. F1 – F3 exemptions, F4 passed. I have continued with F7 (FR from September) and wondering whether going back to F5 or trying F8 would be better after F7.

Thanks,
Katalin

Hi Katalin,
In general, I think that it makes sense to follow the Acca standard route of f1,f2, f3…. to f9. However, there are a few standalone modules, I.e. F4 which is law which is never needed again. Do you know which options you are likely to take, i.e advanced audit/tax/ financial or performance management. As if you take the prior fundamental module last and then want to sit the advanced module next it makes sense to do this as the advanced module assumes you know all of the prior fundamental modules. I.e. if you want to sit advanced tax, it makes sense to sit f6 last in the fundamental stage and then sit P6 next in the same year so you are working with the same financial act.
Additionally, all the remaining fundamental do not build on each other like f2 and f5 do or f3 and f7 do. Therefore, the order does not really matter, I would look at your schedule and see how busy you think you will be and plan accordingly. F6 is the biggest syllabus of the remaining modules in the f stage, whilst audit or f5 is probably the smallest syllabus. Therefore, depending on your commitments I would plan accordingly. F5 builds on F2 so if that knowledge is fresh I.e. basic costing techniques and budgeting then makes sense to sit f5 next.
Therefore, I would sit f5 next but f8 would also make sense.

I hope that helps,
Samir

@katalin83 said:
Hi Samir,

Thank you very much for your advice, you actually raised really good points. Very useful things to know.

Regards,
Katalin

No problem, if you have any further questions, please ask. I would also recommend looking at technical articles as you progress as often questions are based on these articles.
Anyway, good luck on your further exams.
Regards,
Samir