*** ACCA P6 June 2018 Exam Results ***

Hi Tafa2666,

Not a genius, just lucky I think! Partial exemption came up for me as I was hoping – because I work for charities, this is the only aspect of tax I really perform in my role at work!

I normally use Opentuition and BPP textbooks to self-study, but as they do not support P6 here I used the BPP books only for P6. The best advice I can give is to ensure you practice as many questions and mock exams as possible, as this is where I really learn the complexities the most, rather than reading the text. It clears up many areas of uncertainty for me. Also, do not be afraid to annoy those closest to you by asking them to test you on formulas and rules which are not given in the exam!

Good Luck

Hi!!no stick at it!!! I did it 4 times!! and finally passed with 53!!and I just read solutions as the questions just scared me!!I would have question open of course to see where they getting the figures!! and I basically did about 12 exam papers over and over again!!! and wrote down the key points of each exam question.also first of all just go through the exam papers and pick out all the questions for each topic and then just go over all those questions and solutions. i always photocopied all the exam papers and cut them all up and organised them into a folder and just keep reading the solutions!! I learned all the reliefs too and I am unable to learn ANYTHING OFF BY heart i literally forget it 2 seconds later but i still tried my hardest especially fro all the income tax reliefs. but you know what you never really use any of them in the exam!!! i used i think business and retirement relief in the last exam I think!!you can do this!! so keep at it dont bother switching!! il help you through it if you want to ring me and I can give you my notes!! also i found helpful for every question unless stated otherwise go down through the taxes cgt, cat, sd, wht,ct , vat and it and comment on each of the taxes, that automatically gets u more marks and examiner likes that, thats what i did in the last exam anyway!! and leave question one to last, start with optional questions and then do question two and then question one.whatever u dont know in the time just highlight and leave to the end. at start of the exam skim through everyting for reading time and jot downall the reliefs that you can spot in the questiosn that you think you will use!! as i said my memory is so bad so i had to write down all the reliefs as much as i could at the start of the exam as iw oudl definitely forget them otherwise!! i also bought a stop watch which was AMAZING!!do that!! email me and I will ring you and help you cause it took me 4 times, just dont give up!go enjoy yourself tonight now and treat yoruself and then get stuck in!! I have one exam left audit!!which i am struggling with also so il hopefully get that in september now!! but Lets meet and I will go through everything with you and you will pass in december!!trust me!! also start with knowing the residency of each individual!!, in 1 a4 page I literally wrote down residency rules for each tax, paying dates etc on one page. and I had that at the front of my folder because you use this for most questions!!email me or comment back and we can meet and il give u my notes and il lead u in the right direction:) keep at it anyway!!

@accastudent54321 said:
While I agree with sonyam11, it could to worth it to see overall how you did per question. They well let you know if you passed or failed each question. I did this once on a paper and it showed me that I had failed Q1 but passed the other questions. My mark didn’t change when I did my review. I had gotten 49% on that paper which was P7.

Failed my second attempt! This is my last exam… but going to try again.

I am not gonna quit for sure. I will appear in Sept again. I am left with 2 papers. Concentrated too much on P6. I will give P6 and P7 in Sept now. P6 I will try to do more practise and mock exams and P7 will be completely new. I am only using book and kit.
any tips for P7 success?

@qaiseric said:
I am not gonna quit for sure. I will appear in Sept again. I am left with 2 papers. Concentrated too much on P6. I will give P6 and P7 in Sept now. P6 I will try to do more practise and mock exams and P7 will be completely new. I am only using book and kit.
any tips for P7 success?

Personally my tip would be to just concentrate on one P paper at a time. And in no way is this questioning your ability but if I’d just gotten 31% I would definitely feel like I need to focus my attention on just one paper rather than risk failing two

@helinalara said:
I am switching from P5 (got 41 marks) to P6 UK, is it possible within 1.5 month?, what is best way to study, I am using Kaplan book + kit, I really want good marks in this, I am also full time student.

Hi, yes it is possible. I studied for 6 weeks and managed to pass in June 2018 exam with a 58% mark. I also work full time too.

So as you are a full time student you can defitnatley do it.

How can i do self study for P^-UP Sep attempt, Please advise .

Congrats. What materials did you use please?

Failed with 48%. Absolutely gutted.

@sonyam11 said:
Personally my tip would be to just concentrate on one P paper at a time. And in no way is this questioning your ability but if I’d just gotten 31% I would definitely feel like I need to focus my attention on just one paper rather than risk failing two

Since i am a full time worker and self study. I think I should focus on one paper at a time. Could you tell me about your study plan and exam approach?

@accastudent54321 said:
While I agree with sonyam11, it could to worth it to see overall how you did per question. They well let you know if you passed or failed each question. I did this once on a paper and it showed me that I had failed Q1 but passed the other questions. My mark didn’t change when I did my review. I had gotten 49% on that paper which was P7.

Failed my second attempt! This is my last exam… but going to try again.

Hello, how did you request to see how you did on the exam? Did you need to pay for it? I failed as well, was my first attempt and didn`t study that much… Good luck for the next time to all!