TX*** ACCA TX (F6) June 2018 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

@clarapr said: What did people put on the q asking if the person was resident or not resident in uk in section c, I spent way too much time for the 3 marks he had on it, I changed to not resident at last min as only had 3 ties but now think I was wrong.

Are you referring to "Dinh" question in Section C?

I had so many IHT questions in Section A and B it's not funny! There were at least 4 in Section A and a whole Section B question it! Why do they examine the same things over and over? Hardly a broad exam based on the scope of the syllabus! I thought the MCQs were difficult! Spent a while on section C and then had still 18 questions to answer with only an hour to go! Also, there was one MCQ about group losses - someone help me out! The question was a drag and drop to where the losses should be offset to which companies. The question read something along the lines of "how much should be offset to company A ORRRR company B" So I put one value against one of the companies but it kept flagging the question as incomplete? So I just put another number in the other company as well for the sake of it, made no sense to me!

CBE Guys there was an inheritene tax question where the donor paid the Tax himself. Was the answer 18750? Section A Plzzzzz replyyy plzzz

@leahmo said: I had so many IHT questions in Section A and B it's not funny! There were at least 4 in Section A and a whole Section B question it! Why do they examine the same things over and over? Hardly a broad exam based on the scope of the syllabus!

Since there are only 4 main topics in that exam, IHT was expected to be one of the B section as well as VAT and CG, and about the MCQs, some might have been part of the seeded Qs.... at least that is what I hope to be the case for every silly MSQ that I can't answer... And I also hate IHT, thanks God I didn't have that much of it...

@sanjaymehra said: CBE Guys there was an inheritene tax question where the donor paid the Tax himself. Was the answer 18750? Section A Plzzzzz replyyy plzzz

I cant really remember the question by I think this was my answer yeah

Are u sure? Was the question given before exemption or after exemption?

Hi what was ur answer to the IHT question in section A where the donor paid the tax himself? 18750?

I thought it was better than expected and was ok time wise. I don't think text books really covered the 10 mark nic/corporation tax question but had seen similar in past papers. I thought I had a lot of mcq on iht. Pretty confident I passed tho. The director question was regarding fact both bonuses would be taxed in same year if he became a director in May 17 as different rules for director ... I think

But for his income tax computation as non director it's earlier of entitled/paid

What about the date of VAT regristration? I put 1 Feb 18 I think !

Bit of a general question I know but can anyone explain how seeded questions work? Are there 5 questions which are consistent across all the exams for them to assess quality control as everyone now does broadly different mcq. How do they assess it? Have heard a few conspiracy theories which I think are a bit suspect and do not believe, so would appreciate a plain English answer. Thanks in advance.

@janetf said: Bit of a general question I know but can anyone explain how seeded questions work? Are there 5 questions which are consistent across all the exams for them to assess quality control as everyone now does broadly different mcq. How do they assess it? Have heard a few conspiracy theories which I think are a bit suspect and do not believe, so would appreciate a plain English answer. Thanks in advance.

I would love to know that too, i have asked around if someone could possibly explain to me the idea behind this but all I got is either people have no idea what's that about or I get some vague answer like "to ensure the exam is secure and fair, and equal..." I have sat 3 CBEs now and from my POV it's just more questions to answer... i don't know how is that fair.... I haven't heard about the conspiracy theories though... now i'm suspicious...

Reply to sawan2095 Yes I do remember few things which I did 1.yes I have take fuel scale charge into consideration , only business use 216*1/6 2. M not sure about the issuing invoice question 3. I don’t remember about The impairment loss ! IHT 1.I opted for the option ‘only 1’ I think taper relief was not the answer cox taper relief can be made in death tax also 2.I just calculated the base cost of the asset wen election was made It was a simple calculation I don’t remember any other twists in that Question I might be wrong also

Reply to this was given a minute back

I didn't use the scale charge as it said he reimbursed his private use fuel on the question I had so did 1/6 on what he reimbursed as scale charge is if haven't reimbursed and both figures were given...

Paper based exam Sec C (3 marks) Does anyone remember if the two ppl were uk resident or non uk resident ? I wrote both of them are not resident Now I feel it’s wrong I overlooked at the question ! Pls reply

@janetf said: Bit of a general question I know but can anyone explain how seeded questions work? Are there 5 questions which are consistent across all the exams for them to assess quality control as everyone now does broadly different mcq. How do they assess it? Have heard a few conspiracy theories which I think are a bit suspect and do not believe, so would appreciate a plain English answer. Thanks in advance.

Seeded questions are added to the exam for quality assurance purposes. For F5-F9 papers, additional 10 marks seeded questions are added in the exam. This can be done via an extra OT Case in Section B (like earlier attempts) or 5 extra MCQs in Section A (just like this attempt). These questions have no marks. If you have done them right, you don't get any marks and if you have done them wrong there are no marks lost. But the problem is, you don't know which questions are seeded. So you just have to take every question equally seriously as if it is NOT seeded and will be marked. Does that answer your question?

Thank you so much for replying, I really appreciate it. I understand the concept you have described and answered all questions as if they will be marked. I am not trying to find a way to identify what will/won't be marked, I simply don't understand how this done. For example if there were 5 seeded mcq which were on every single exam and 40% got them right, and the overall pass percentage was 40% then I can see this as a viable test of quality assurance. Just saying that they are there for quality assurance without the logic behind it is what I don't get. Apologies if I have missed something which would explain that in your response, exam fatigue is strong.

Thank you for replying. I feel like 'quality assuarance' without explanation is vague. It allows for speculation. A clear explanation would be beneficial as interpretations vary wildly. Hopefully this thread will shed light on the logic.

How you find f6? Think we both did f5 in March recognise the name

@janetf said: Thank you so much for replying, I really appreciate it. I understand the concept you have described and answered all questions as if they will be marked. I am not trying to find a way to identify what will/won't be marked, I simply don't understand how this done. For example if there were 5 seeded mcq which were on every single exam and 40% got them right, and the overall pass percentage was 40% then I can see this as a viable test of quality assurance. Just saying that they are there for quality assurance without the logic behind it is what I don't get. Apologies if I have missed something which would explain that in your response, exam fatigue is strong.

Kinda agree with you. The only logic that i have understood so far is that this helps in not focusing the exams around some particular areas of the syllabus. I have seen so many students, particularly in F6, skipping some parts & only focusing on the selected ones. Seeded questions might help in forcing students to 'get the knowledge' rather than pass the exams'. You can read further on seeded questions here: https://www.accaglobal.com/pk/en/student/exam-entry-and-administration/computer-based-exams/f5-f9-session-cbes-what-you-need-to-know/f5-f9-session-cbe-exam-format/seededcontentfaqs/session-cbe-quality-assurance-faqs.html

Section B is marked the same way as section A, automatically. Your answer is either right and you get 2 marks or wrong and you get 0. No marks awarded for partially right answers... unfortunately...

yeah Adannaya thats how I seen his residence same as yourself think thats near word for word what I put.

Fingers crossed for everyone here. Good luck! I'm planning to take the exam in September. Has anyone used BPP? How do you think the BPP kits prepared you for the exam?

@adannaya said: BPP helped well enough... Used it for all my skills papers. I'm considering trying a mix of BPP and Kaplan for my professional papers in December.

Ok thanks, good luck!

Guys, I had to do a lot of corrections in the section C. Resulting in some cutting and corrections. Kinda alot of them. Basically it won’t be as neat and organized as I wanted it to be. Do you think they’ll skip marks for the whole answer because of that? I’m scared af