[altane]

Hello,
My Tax-UK exam went badly.
I blame myself for this.

Please note that the current format of the UK Tax lecture is too time intensive.
From an academic stand point the lecture accomplishes it’s goal, which is to impart UK Tax knowledge according to the ACCA syllabus.
However, the lecture is not as successful when it comes to preparing the candidate in a pragmatic manner. Especially candidates’ which have other responsibilities (i.e. work, family etc…)
At the end of the lecture, one is full of information, but has little practical experience in terms of questions. And the fact that the lectures absorb the majority of one’s time does not help (i.e. little time left for BBP practice or mock exams).

The current lecture format might be suitable for a student, but it is not suitable for someone with limited daily hours for study.
I am certain the lectures could be presented in a more streamlined and time efficient fashion.

This concludes my post on this topic. I wish opentuition continued success.

[altane]

Hello all, just a quick update from my side.
After dealing with some personal tasks in early 2023, I enrolled for the June 2023 exams.
I went through the lectures, and did most of the examples and practice questions, some successfully and some not so successfully.
I have the utmost respect for the content in opentuition and thank the instructors for their time.
However, with less than a week for the exam, I must admit that this is the first time I am going to an ACCA exam feeling that I have a higher chance of failing than passing.

I am not sure what happened, but even when practicing with BPP questions I can see that something is not right; the fears that I had mentioned in my previous posts seem to be materializing, unfortunately.

I am not saying this as criticism, but perhaps the lectures would be better served if similar subjects were gathered together, allowing the candidate to progress at a relatively quick tempo so that there would be more time for practice. For example, self-assessment and payment of tax for individuals & companies were covered separately; there are 8 other chapters between the self-assessment chapters, and in the end most of the content in the 2 chapters seem to be an echo of each other.

These are realizations one really does not wish to have made, especially when time was so critical.

Perhaps my case is unique, but I just don’t feel my June exam outlook to be good. The lectures took just too much of my time, perhaps I was also unable to fully leverage the lectures, hence my current predicament.
Nonetheless, I thank opentuition for the study materials and the effort they made for sharing the content for free.
I wish everyone the best of luck for the upcoming June exams, and a miracle for myself 🙂

[altane]

Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
I find the advice very useful, and appreciate the time, and the effort you have spent in clarifying the areas that were not so clear for me.

I suppose it is time for me to go back and tackle the subject once more.
Thanks!

[altane]

Thank you for your message.
I will try to provide some more details.

I am currently studying for the March 2023 exam session, and I plan to sit the tax paper, which will be my 9th exam.
I have purchased the up to date BPP practice and revision kit.
In terms of knowledge, I live outside of the UK, and therefore, for the moment, possess little to no knowledge of UK-Tax; but this was the same for UK-Law, and in the end I passed that paper.

In my previous revisions, I would methodically cover the syllabus (i.e. watch the videos + look at the notes), then solve as many questions as possible from the revision kits. I would then revise weak areas, and then solve some more questions.

However, in the case of UK-Tax, I have noticed that I have watched 4,5 hours of videos (of which app. 1,5 hours is introduction), and I have not even made a dent in the amount of material I have to cover. At this rate, I am uncertain how to effectively cover the entire syllabus.

I am aware that practice is essential in ensuring success in the exam, however I am unclear on how to establish a balance between time spent on lectures and question practice.
Should I perhaps just jump in and start solving questions, and refer to the lectures only as an index, as previously mentioned watching 70+ hours of videos and manage the knowledge within those lectures is starting to look quite daunting.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

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