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Doubts – Answering the AFM paper

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 months ago by John Moffat.
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  • May 21, 2024 at 12:42 am #705759
    Ayngary
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    Hi,
    I just have a few doubts when it comes to answering the questions, especially in regarding the investment appraisal:

    Investment Appraisal tends to have a lot of workings which could be quite time-consuming so is it okay if I use short words instead of writing the entire thing?
    For eg:
    Variable Cost – VC
    Selling Price – SP
    Plant and Machinery – Pl. & Machinery OR P&M
    Depreciation – Dep.
    Exchange Rate – Ex.Rate
    Tax Allowable Deprecation – Tax
    Tax – Tx

    Will this trick cost me my marks for the AFM exam?

    Please let me know if my approach is incorrect and if it is incorrect, are there any short words acceptable by the examiner team?

    Thank you so much!

    May 21, 2024 at 7:19 am #705771
    John Moffat
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    No, it will not cost you marks. There are no ‘standard’ abbreviations but the ones you are suggesting are fine except do you not ‘tax’ for the tax allowable depreciation – use TAD 🙂

    You will have seen that I use abbreviations when I work through examples in my free lectures.

    May 21, 2024 at 5:58 pm #705797
    Ayngary
    Participant
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    Thank you so much for always clarifying my doubts!

    May 22, 2024 at 8:16 am #705817
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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