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ACCA F3 flashcards – set 3

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Learn or revise key terms and concepts for your ACCA exams using OpenTuition F3 ACCA Flashcards

ACCA flashcards are interactive and only work on line, flashcards are NOT downloadable/printable

See also ACCA F3 Flashcards: Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4


What is the VAT treatment of sales of goods made to customers resident overseas

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Sales made to customers resident anywhere outside the UK will be zero rated.

In what circumstances may a trader apply the annual accounting scheme

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A trader can apply to use the annual accounting scheme provided its expected taxable turnover for the next 12 months does not exceed £1,350,000 and the company must be up-to-date with its VAT returns and payments.

A trader may stay in the scheme until annual taxable turnover reaches £1,600,000

In what circumstances may a trader apply the cash accounting scheme

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A trader will be able to operate the cash accounting scheme provided its expected taxable turnover for the next 12 months does not exceed £1,350,000 and may stay in the scheme until annual taxable turnover reaches £1,600,000

For what periods of time may a VAT return be submitted

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VAT returns are usually submitted on a quarterly basis, but may be submitted on a monthly basis if the trader so chooses, or if eligible for the annual accounting scheme may be submitted on an annual basis

Is relief available for the output tax on a sale when the amount of the debt cannot be collected

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Relief for irrecoverable (impaired) debts is only available if the output VAT has been accounted for and paid and debt is over six months old as measured from the time that payment was due. The relief is claimed as input VAT on the VAT return

Is output tax charged on the sales figure before or after deducting a prompt payment discount

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VAT is chargeable on the actual amount received where a discount is offered for prompt payment. If the discount is not taken the VAT is charged on the full sale price and if the discount is taken then the VAT is based on the discounted price

What date will determine the tax point

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The basic tax point is the date goods are made available to the customer or a service completed. 

If an invoice is issued or payment received before the basic tax point, then this becomes the actual tax point.

If an invoice is issued within 14 days of the basic tax point, the invoice date will usually become the actual tax point unless an earlier date applies according to the rules above.

In relation to the supply of goods or services, what is the significance of the tax point

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The tax point date determines in which VAT return period a transaction is to be allocated

In what circumstances would a disposal of the assets and trade of a business be outside the scope of VAT

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If it satisfies the conditions for being the transfer of a business as a going concern

In what circumstances must a trader deregister 

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A trader must deregister if the business ceases to make taxable supplies. (A trader may choose to deregister if the level of taxable supplies in the next 12 months will fall below the deregistration limit of £83,000 (VAT exclusive))

In what circumstances can input VAT incurred prior to VAT registration be recovered by a trader

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On inventory & non-current assets acquired for business purposes within four years of registration and not sold or consumed prior to registration.   

Services must be supplied for business purposes and were not supplied more than six months prior to registration.

Why might a trader voluntarily register for VAT

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A trader registering for VAT and then making taxable supplies is able to recover the input VAT incurred on its costs and will not suffer a loss in sales due to higher prices if either it makes zero rated sales or if its customers are themselves VAT registered.

A trader may also choose to register for VAT if its sales are approaching the compulsory VAT registration limit so as to avoid any penalties that may arise if it were to miss the compulsory registration date.

It may also be used by a small business to appear larger in order to attract more customers.

Based on future turnover by what date must a company notify HMRC of its requirement to register for VAT and from when will it be registered

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HMRC must be notified by the end of the 30 day period in which taxable supplies will exceed £85,000 and the trader will be registered from the beginning of the 30 day period.

Based on future turnover in what circumstances must a trader compulsorily register for VAT

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A trader must register for VAT if taxable supplies will exceed £85,000 during the following 30 days

Based on past turnover by what date must a company notify HMRC of its requirement to register for VAT and from when will it be registered

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HMRC must be notified within 30 days after the end of the period when taxable supplies exceeded £85,000 during the previous 12 months and the trader will be registered from the first day of the 2nd month after the limit was exceeded

Based on past turnover in what circumstances must a trader compulsorily register for VAT

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A trader making taxable supplies must register for VAT if during the previous 12 months the value of taxable supplies exceeded £85,000. However, VAT registration is not required if taxable supplies in the following 12 months will not exceed £83,000. These figures are exclusive of VAT.

What is the difference between making zero rated supplies and exempt supplies?

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A trader making zero rated supplies may register for VAT and is therefore able to recover any input VAT incurred on purchases and expenses. If a trader only makes exempt supplies it cannot register for VAT and therefore cannot recover any input VAT on such costs.

For VAT purposes what types of supply may be made by a trader

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A trader may make taxable supplies, exempt supplies or some may be outside the scope of VAT. Taxable supplies may be either standard rated or zero rated


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  1. steve01 says

    June 13, 2017 at 5:29 pm

    Very helpful, but we need more

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    • John Moffat says

      June 14, 2017 at 8:10 am

      These are just meant as memory joggers, and there will not be more.

      You must buy a Revision Kit from one of the ACCA approved publishers. We provide free lectures, free notes, free practice tests, free flashcards – we do not provide Revision Kits.

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  2. asif says

    March 3, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    obviously its useful and effective but its not that much..i think more questions should added.. thanks 🙂

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    • John Moffat says

      March 4, 2016 at 7:03 am

      There are four sets of these questions – we will not be adding more.
      They are only meant as quick memory joggers.

      We have lots of ‘proper’ multiple choice questions – short on line tests on every chapter of our free lecture notes, and an online mock exam that selects 20 questions at random from a large bank of questions (so every time you attempt it you are likely to get different question).

      In addition you should obviously have a Revision Kit from one of the ACCA approved publishers!

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  3. anjalymaryraju says

    February 1, 2016 at 6:20 pm

    very helpful as revision.it effects as attending a refreshmemt session.

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  4. anjalymaryraju says

    February 1, 2016 at 6:20 pm

    very helpful as a revision.it effects as attending a refreshmemt session.

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  5. abdulai says

    May 13, 2015 at 1:41 am

    I think u get all the help u need from here

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  6. Najeeb says

    January 15, 2015 at 4:58 am

    This is my cbe exam for F3

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  7. Mehmood Shahab says

    November 20, 2013 at 7:34 pm

    Very helpful.
    can anyone tell me what is accrued expense ?

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    • John Moffat says

      November 20, 2013 at 7:57 pm

      An accrued expense is when we know that we owe money (for example we might owe for telephone), but we have not yet received the invoice. (The invoice for telephone will usually arrive after we have been using the telephone, but we have still incurred the expense (and are going to have to pay for it) even if the bill has not arrived yet)

      If you have not already watched it, then I do suggest that you watch my lecture on this website on accruals and prepayments.

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  8. vchayachimwe says

    July 17, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    great bt lm having problems in accessing your notes

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  9. ishtiaqahmed says

    December 26, 2012 at 11:18 am

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  10. sundassaleem says

    December 2, 2012 at 8:16 pm

    very helpful! hope we will have more sets covering more topics.

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  11. henryforson says

    November 28, 2012 at 12:07 am

    resourceful.

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