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8 Feb for Dec intake. 8 Aug for June intake. Fix dates for all the attempts. Exam fee deadline dates are also 8. ACCA says 8 is the date.
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25 marks for question 2
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I agree absolutely with Gabriel. This and F5 yesterday are my first written ACCA exams and I have found them to be far cups for the following reasons:
1) Time pressure – having to read and think about 2 pages of tricky information and structure an answer in a way that a marker would be able to follow. All in the space of 36-45 mins per question. I’m only getting through around 60% of the exam, even working at a frantic pace. So I’ll need to score 50 out of 60 to pass. Same with F5 yesterday.
2) The information in the questions is not worded clearly. Just as one example, I could not tell if (or how) the lease from question 2 had been accounted for in the operating profit figure.
3) Always some curve ball or obscure part of the syllabus early in the question that throws me off and slows me down worrying about it for the rest of the question. Like insurance payments received after the year end but in respect of damage occuring during the year (question 2 – the insurance for the flood damage was received on 4th April and company year end was 31st March). The strange thing is, I almost didn’t spot it, but when I did I spent about 15 mins worrying about it and changing my figures. But from what I gather now, the insurance should’ve been included after all, so it would’ve been better if I hadn’t spotted it. What kind of examiner plays these tricks on people ?
@a.certain.someone mate you are not the only one, i instead of adding premium lease subtracted ( due to the fact as it was used in business and charged in P & L) and for 3 did not take insurance at all, instead excluded it
3C Pat. The question stated that he would continue to be a higher tax payer in 2013/14. The only thing I could think of is by delaying the sale a couple of days the capital gains tax would become payable 31/01/15 rather than 31/01/14.
Tricky exam and I think the examiners were aware of that. There were far more comments and notes throughout the paper saying you no not need to consider this and that.3C – I thought it was something to do with roll over relief, but couldn’t quite think what!?
I think this paper was very reasonable. I tried my best but i couldn’t manage to complete the Q5. and also missed Q3 part a. however the rest of the paper i did my best and I hope if i scored healthy marks in first 2 questions then may be I will pass. I wish for rest of you will pass
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I am hoping that too – question 1 was a great question and q2 was ok too, so I am hoping that I too score healthy marks on those two as 3 and 4 – not great, it wasn’t really that hard, just the time pressure is awful and I felt so rushed made so many silly mistakes. Hard to forget it and carry on studying for the Law next week. Is anyone else doing Law?
i think the examining style is getting easier but trickier… one read through all the qns in todays F6 and even yesterdays F5 reveals a kinda easy paper but when you start working through it you realise there is specific info kinda hidden in the question. it would require a very straight mind which isn’t time pressured to see all these tricks.
surely i kept on crossing through most of my workings but on the better side am strongly hoping to get a healthy pass in both paper… 2 more to go this sitting enough for today and good luck to us all
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i completely Agree frank, OMG how do you do four!! I am struggling with two fitting all the studying in as well as working! You must be shattered! Godluck.
something unbelievable happened to me today in the F6 exam. I completely FORGOT question 1 d on VAT!!! A whole 12marks question. To think I had scribbled the answers on the question paper during the 15 mins reading time but I was so engrossed doing the others that I forgot there was a question on VAT. I only saw it when time was up. I was busy struggling to get the partnership bit right while there was some 12cheap marks on VAT. I still feel as gutted as I felt when I left the exam hall. I hope i’ll be able to sleep tonight. I pray and hope to God for the very best in this paper as it appears its only God that can help me at this point.
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I think F6 was very HARD and it was too long i had and hour and 15min to complete 3 questions the CT computation was challenging…..
Didn’t think the exam was time pressured at all. The first adjustment and trading profit and follow on meant that question 1 shouldn’t really take 54 mins so I had a bit of time to spare on the others. I agree the format was different. You essentially needed a rounded knowledge of everything. A lot of which was taken from the technical articles. If you didn’t read these you would have found it difficult. Overall a fair paper if you didn’t question spot when revising. Looking back I made a few mistakes and claimed capital allowances on integral parts of buildings rather than furnites etc. but under time pressure easy to make these mistakes. As for missing out question on VAT I wouldn’t worry you could still pass, I missed out a whole section of my geography GCSE Years ago and did 2 instead of 3 questions and still got a A grade. I’m sure you’ll be fine
I have been away from studying for a good few years, and this was my first exam sitting for a long time.
iI had real practical problems in getting to the exam hall because of an incident and I was more concerned in getting there, and this really spoilt my concentration.
I was able to work through questions 1 & 2 reasonably well but the remaining three questions showed up a gap in my knowledge of Partnership change of accounting date/ partner exit, Capital Gains and Inheritance Tax, so passing will be very marginal, at least I know where to start studying tax for June 2014.
Thanks Open Tuition in all you do, and good luck to all who gave the exams a go to-day.
Richard
I completely agree with Frank, did my F6 exam in June 13, really really thought i’m gonna get over 70 but managed to get 60-ish. examining style is getting easier but actually trickier.
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It was a long paper with tricks and bits inside, not good if you are constrained under 3 hours .. And the invigilator kept on bothering me about filling up the circle in every single page for even the continuation of an answer.. Like if Ur doing number 1 u will have to circle every page of the continuation on that answer.. I didn’t do that in my previous papers that I had passed.. But she was bothering me so much I had to show her I was doing that and just ended up doing in for only number.. And I would have talked about the paper and so but guys did I fk up in anyway with the numbering … !! A lame thing to ask , but well worried and didn’t know whom to ask
Dear Richard,
Sorry about it however, dont give up even if your passing is marginal.
Am telling i too did f6 yesterday but i only knew one number which had 20 marks which am not still sure of it.
So to me,,,,,,,in my heart i know it is a sure fail thou i wont loose hope. At least i got to know the examinable areas.
come june 2014 exams….i will try my lack.On this note, i say, take it easy it happens….life has to go on..
at first i was worried the whole evening but now am relaxed because i know i will pass it next time.I managed to complete Q1 and Q2 within the time limit. But Q3 took the life out of me! I couldn’t keep up with the time and I had to leave the last two sections of the last question!
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AIA was to be deducted for integral or non integral? Capital Allowances are claimed on both integral and non integral
All this time I thought I will pass and paper was okay-ish. But, Reading the comments I think il flunk this paper. Made hell lot of mistake
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