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ACCA F3 Interpretation of Financial Statements part b

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  1. hedgend says

    October 13, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    Hello John. Logged in to say a BIG thank you. I passed F1, 2, 3 with the help of your brilliant lectures. You are a real star! Please keep up the good work. God bless you.

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    • John Moffat says

      October 14, 2016 at 7:50 am

      Thank you for the comment, and many congratulations ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. ikina says

    June 5, 2016 at 1:54 pm

    Thank you again Mr. Moffat, excellent lectures !
    Just finished Chapter 26, it seems to be the last one, but in the end you mentioned after break you talk about 2 standards … Which please and where can I find it?

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  3. Sajeevan says

    January 18, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    Thank you so much sir,I passed my knowledge level of acca and I like to study my skill level in UK. which university is the best choice for me

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  4. enroluniabroad says

    December 2, 2015 at 9:38 am

    hello sir,
    can you pls tell me which exam kit should I need to get…Kaplan or BPP …which is more beneficial.?
    thanks.

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    • John Moffat says

      December 2, 2015 at 10:19 am

      They are both fine – neither is better than the other ๐Ÿ™‚

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      • enroluniabroad says

        December 2, 2015 at 11:04 am

        hi sir i am little bit confused about ratios because I’ve other notes in which some ratios like Investor ratios..dividend per share,dividend cover,dividend yield,Earnings per share,price earning ratio…these are relevant for F3 exam or not.
        thanks for all ๐Ÿ™‚

      • John Moffat says

        December 2, 2015 at 2:14 pm

        The more ratios you learn the better, but the ones that we go through are the ones that are the important ones for F3.

  5. mala107 says

    October 20, 2015 at 12:17 pm

    Does prepayment affect the quick ratio since this is already committed.

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    • John Moffat says

      October 20, 2015 at 12:55 pm

      Yes – the quick ratio is (current assets – inventory) / current liabilities.

      Prepayments are current assets.

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  6. kazilala says

    September 24, 2015 at 11:42 pm

    I passed F3 today..and i owe it your lectures.Thanks..this really helped me.

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    • John Moffat says

      September 25, 2015 at 7:00 am

      Thats great – many congratulations ๐Ÿ™‚

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  7. sameer says

    June 18, 2015 at 11:35 am

    Sir, i have watched all the lectures and rad the opentutions notes. I have also done the test questions which is there at the end of every chapter and understood them well. So is it enough to pass f3 paper or we have to read another study material approved by ACCA?

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    • John Moffat says

      June 18, 2015 at 11:50 am

      You don’t need to read other material, but you do need to get a Revision/Exam Kit from one of the ACCA approved publishers. They contain lots and lots of exam-standard questions to practice on, and practice is vital.

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  8. Zeshan says

    October 18, 2014 at 9:01 am

    Why don’t we calculate the purchases and use it for the payables period calculation instead of using cost of sales?

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    • John Moffat says

      October 18, 2014 at 9:23 am

      Strictly we should use credit purchases. However usually you do not have enough information in the question in which case you have no choice but to use cost of sales.
      In this question, we could calculate it for one year, but not for the other and so we would not be comparing ‘like with like’ if we did it for one year and not for the other.

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      • Zeshan says

        October 18, 2014 at 10:11 am

        Thank you ๐Ÿ™‚

  9. nita says

    May 27, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    ,,the interna rate of return,, (IRR) what it means? Does it includ f3? i have exame tomorrow

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    • John Moffat says

      May 27, 2014 at 5:44 pm

      The Internal Rate of Return is not examinable in Paper F3 (it is Paper F2).

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      • nita says

        May 27, 2014 at 7:01 pm

        thank you.

  10. dianalynn says

    May 25, 2014 at 5:42 pm

    if i were requested to enter my answer into the computer , for example a credit balance for account payable $1000, do i need to key in a -1000 or just 1000. do we need to put negative โ€œ-โ€ for credit balances? including losses, do we need to put a โ€œ-โ€ for loss or credit balance ? very urgent, i am having my exam tomorrow. thank you

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    • John Moffat says

      May 25, 2014 at 6:06 pm

      No.

      It will just want the number. If it wants to know whether it is debit or credit there will be another box to choose.

      Do not enter it with a minus sign!

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      • dianalynn says

        May 26, 2014 at 1:27 pm

        Thanks John, I sat for my F3 today and got 79%, thanks for your lectures! i really enjoy and benefit a lot from you lectures because we get to learn the logic instead of just memorizing . will you be teaching F7 and F9 ? r u the lecture for F5 too ?

      • John Moffat says

        May 26, 2014 at 3:10 pm

        That is great – congratulations ๐Ÿ™‚

        (I teach F2, F3, F5, F9, and P4)

  11. Mona says

    March 17, 2014 at 6:51 am

    Thanks to you open tution.you made my studies easy.I passed F3.

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    • John Moffat says

      March 17, 2014 at 8:43 am

      Congratulations, and well done ๐Ÿ™‚

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  12. urwa says

    January 21, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    Thank you Sir John Moffat ,I am now pretty much aware of this topic (Ratios). Its an awesome explanation ๐Ÿ™‚

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  13. abhinandhdileep says

    November 30, 2013 at 10:14 am

    hiโ€ฆ i have been preparing for my exams in december (f1,f2,f3)โ€ฆ i am almost done with f2 and f3โ€ฆ i have only studied the first chapter of f1 as of yet. can you please tell me whether watching these video lectures are sufficient to pass in f1 paper?

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    • John Moffat says

      November 30, 2013 at 11:14 am

      I do not teach F1 – you should ask this in the F1 Ask ACCA Tutor forum.

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      • abhinandhdileep says

        December 2, 2013 at 10:26 am

        thank you.

  14. nicz says

    October 29, 2013 at 7:21 am

    i cant download the lectures.chapter 1 is okay but starting with chapter 2,i cant download or watch it

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    • John Moffat says

      October 29, 2013 at 7:27 am

      Lectures are not downloadable – they can only be watched online.
      It is the only way that we can keep this site free of charge.

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      • nicz says

        October 30, 2013 at 10:19 am

        I cant even watch it.chapter 1 is watchable but starting w chapter 2 its not working.if I jave problem w my firewall,why I can watch chapter 1 lecture?

      • admin says

        October 30, 2013 at 10:42 am

        Try using google chrome

  15. Stephen says

    August 31, 2013 at 3:34 am

    Hi. Has anything change form the 2012 to 2013 syllabus for ffa

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    • John Moffat says

      August 31, 2013 at 9:55 am

      No – it is still the same ๐Ÿ™‚

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  16. avishco says

    July 31, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    Thank you for the help open tuition i passed my F3 with 76% yesterday thank you John..

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  17. bogiwa says

    May 13, 2012 at 6:46 am

    pls why do you keep referring to the examiner as she, is she the one still examining 2012 diets?

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    • John Moffat says

      August 2, 2012 at 10:30 am

      @bogiwa, Yes – and she is a she ๐Ÿ™‚

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  18. marien417 says

    March 29, 2012 at 1:51 am

    thanks to opentuition.

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  19. Mohammad Usman says

    February 5, 2012 at 5:12 am

    Excellent

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  20. hussainjafar87 says

    November 27, 2011 at 4:22 am

    Very good thank u Opentution i love u.

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