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Looking for some general advice. I’m currently looking into taking on P6 and P3 in June. However I have been told that the syllabus for P6 is pretty heavy. What’s your thoughts?
I did P6, it can be quite a task, especially if you do not work in tax (I don’t work in tax), however the information can be learnt relatively easily once you focus and start studying early. I got 69% when I did mine so it can’t be bad at all, granted it was the very last paper I had left, so I did it alone.
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Done P6, P2 and P3 and passed all three first time.
You want to start now if you want to take both papers. The bulk of your work will be with P6, try and blag some P3 notes off someone as the P3 paper is largely all to do with applied theory and the theory you have to learn ain’t all that much except that there is a load of guff along with it if you work your way thorugh a study text. Hence why I say try and get some notes off someone.
FWIW I looked at and worked through P3 in a couple of weeks over Easter prior to the June 2012 exams and then again a couple of weeks before the actual exam was due to be sat. All the while I was constantly looking at, studying and revising P6.
Good luck
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I did P6 and P3 in December 2012. I got 86% in P6 and 68% in P3.
I did a tuition course with Kaplan for P6 and revision for P3. I don’t work in tax. I studied pretty heavily from week 1, i.e. 5 or 6 nights per week and 7 days per week in the weeks leading up to the exam. I was also working full-time. I split my revision approx 60/40 in favour of P6, but P3 definitely requires a lot of commitment – it’s not just about learning the theory, but learning how to apply it, which can be quite tricky.
For P6, it’s all about practice practice practice. Work through the text and then the past papers until you’re comfortable, and hope the exam is fair. P6 contains a lot more theory than F6, which makes it even more tricky.
I hope I’ve not scared you, but I would definitely say it’s possible, but requires dedication from the outset.
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