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ACCA Paper SBR September 2020 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA SBR Strategic Business Reporting Forums › ACCA Paper SBR September 2020 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments

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  • September 10, 2020 at 11:30 am #584644
    opentuition_team
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    How was your ACCA Paper SBR September 2020 exam?

    Please post your comments below, and vote in the Instant Poll


    September 10, 2020 at 12:28 pm #584675
    gulnarsamad
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    What topics were tested?

    September 10, 2020 at 12:31 pm #584676
    adelineling
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    Q1 Cashflows
    Q2 ifrs 5 and ethics
    Q3 ias 38
    Q4 ifrs for sme, integrated reporting and ias 19 employee beenfits

    September 10, 2020 at 12:35 pm #584678
    yeeunlee
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    Q2: ifrs 15 / borrowing cost
    Q3 : intangible asset / ifrs 5

    September 10, 2020 at 12:59 pm #584684
    sirhanj
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    diasterous for me i had to rewrite my answers at last 60 mins as i couldnt find questions basically i clicked at (required at 1 hour left)
    left paper like 15-20 marks other was okaish wish i knew it earlier

    September 10, 2020 at 12:59 pm #584685
    porker
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    No time to finish. Surprised the sme standard came out caught unprepared. Anyone knows if the perfume question had IFRS 8 operating segment involved for the last section regarding the internet business ?

    September 10, 2020 at 1:00 pm #584686
    jainwanderer
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    question 1 was disposal and acquisition of subsy

    September 10, 2020 at 1:01 pm #584687
    sirhanj
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    anyone wants to discuss im quiet worried

    September 10, 2020 at 1:03 pm #584690
    sirhanj
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    no it was only ifrs5 cgu

    September 10, 2020 at 1:03 pm #584691
    mrsos
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    I left the whole cash flow question undone, no time.

    I was so confused by all the brand questions, could you recognise it?

    September 10, 2020 at 1:06 pm #584693
    ervlin
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    No IFRS 8 for me too.

    Yeah agree on the time given… really not enough.

    September 10, 2020 at 1:08 pm #584695
    ervlin
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    The first brand should be indefinite life and the second brand has definite life. Not sure if am correct.

    The acquire of Jengi Co should be accounted separately from Goodwill and also separate CGU.

    September 10, 2020 at 1:10 pm #584697
    mrsos
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    Also how do you allocate the cash flow from internet sales is it to stores and distribution centre?

    September 10, 2020 at 1:13 pm #584700
    bea1991
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    I found it quite tricky!

    The goodwill calculation i worked backwards to figure out the cash paid but i think i forgot to revalue the associate to the fair value before including that in.

    I selected to treat the contract over two years and defer half of it which im now kicking myself over as the control of asset hadn’t passed so i dont think thats right!

    I didnt know much what to put about the intangible life i said something like using data from subs, competitors or from the competitors but for six points this was very hard and i wasnt sure id ever seen anything about how to decide that!

    Sme was a suprise aswell as integrated reports – the paper was heavily written and not many calculations!

    September 10, 2020 at 1:14 pm #584702
    mrsos
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    Eek I thought the question was more general how do you determine whether to use definite or Indefinite or the economic useful life of an asset.

    I said the directors decide ?

    September 10, 2020 at 1:14 pm #584704
    bea1991
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    I dont think under frs102 an intangible asset can have indefinate life can it? I thought there was a max 10 years

    September 10, 2020 at 1:17 pm #584709
    mrsos
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    Basically just wrote what had happened, step acquisition, associate to sub, control etc etc no time to calculate

    September 10, 2020 at 1:17 pm #584711
    sirhanj
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    i dont think it was the right call because trends do change customers tastes change over the time and impairment occur thats why i wrote management should keep an eye on how things are going and review anually for impairment charges

    September 10, 2020 at 1:19 pm #584712
    sirhanj
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    did exactly the same wrote something in cash flows too and about last 4 marks question i wrote using indirect method would reduce cash flows againist the receipts

    September 10, 2020 at 1:19 pm #584713
    mrsos
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    I do remember seeing 10 years. In my notes and thinking about in in the hall.

    September 10, 2020 at 1:21 pm #584716
    shaned
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    The cashflows for financing and investing question for 16 marks was very out of the left field I though. I don’t recall seeing any past exam or sample questions like this.
    I’ll need to have gathered some attempt marks on this question to get as far as the passmark but I was guessing for the most part so not hopeful.

    The rest of the exam was fair I thought.

    September 10, 2020 at 1:24 pm #584719
    mrsos
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    I agree if you revised those topics it’s an ok exam, just that questions were from More obscure areas of the syllabus

    September 10, 2020 at 1:24 pm #584720
    ervlin
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    10 years is for SME

    September 10, 2020 at 1:30 pm #584725
    ervlin
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    Yes the question 1 requires a lot of time to complete!

    The revenue part is to defer the cash advance if customer paid it (cannot recognise it as revenue first) and the payable amount has to unwind it every year

    September 10, 2020 at 1:31 pm #584726
    leannemallonx
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    Can anyone remember how to account for the construction . 9.55 and the Early payment 8.5

    I said it would be at the end when completion is done. IFRS5

    Think I done cash 8.5 deferred rev 9.55 finance cost the difference I had a mind blank.

    The ethic question was pretty tricky.. I found I just wrote a a lot of honesty and conflict interest etc:

    Think I got cash consideration of 3m for q1

    Cash flow question will be lucky to scrape 4-5 marks: i just couldn’t think how to start and layout.

    Impairment of stores I said should he held for sale for the 6 stores.
    The primary should be tested for impair and couldn’t use internet sales through it.

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