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Hello everyone,
Okay so I just recently graduated with an Accounting and Finance degree, and my Tax teacher used the BPP P6 Tax books for our module. However just recently the ACCA has decided not to award exemption for our Tax module, so I thought while its still fresh from the University Exams I should take the F6 Paper in December 2013.
So my question is everything in F6 covered in the P6 Books? or do I really need the F6 Book?
I have the main P6 Text book as well as the revision kit, for exams up to June 2014 .
Also another question, I am being exempt from All papers from F1-F9 , but F6 and F9.
So I was thinking is it a good idea to do those two papers together?Thanks and I really appreciate your help guys,
Ps. I am currently not working, I might work Mon-Fri 9-6 . (this is not accounting related)
With tax P6 very much has to build on F6, it is not divorced from it.
You will find the F6 study text very much covers the same material in less depth (as well as the more advanced topics) so I would actually advise not to get the study text for F6 due to the amount of repetition but rather get Taxation by Melville for FA12 (should be coming down in price in Amazon resellers now FA13’s been released) and also the F6 exam kit (Kaplan or BPP, doesn’t matter).
No point reading old exam scripts for this one as the answers change every year. Rather with the exam kit identify all of the questions from a given sitting and sit each under exam conditions.
Even for just P6 I would still advise acquiring the Melville book for the relevant FA as it makes one memorise the basics before building complexity on at P6.
If you don’t believe me there are plenty of 1p old versions (plus delivery) to check out berfore buying the version that you want.
Personally I have the FA06, 7, 8, 9 and 11 versions,
The gaps are where I found that I you need to alternate texts in order for the information to sink in and bought the Andy Lymer versions instead. (Not to my mind as good as Melville but a viable alternative when you find yourself not taking in the information because you feel that you have only just read it).
HTH,
Shaun.If you’re going to take exemptions (personally I’m not a big advocate of them) then I would say that F6 and F9 are very different beasties but both calculation heavy.
Personal view is that F6 and P6 should only be sat with other calculation based papers only by those heavily involved with tax on a daily basis as there are an awful lot of pro forma’s to have memorised and be able to apply almost without thinking about them.
F6 is on the tuesday of the first week, F9 on the Friday. is that enough time between two calculation papers?
I think that you would be better off with a combination such as F6 and P1 so mixing calculation and waffle and putting a week between the two.
Just my opinion and sure that others will disagree.
kind regards,
Shaun.Hi Shaun
Thank you so much for your thorough answer,
I will definitely have a look at the Taxation by Melville, so you said you will advise to get the Exam Kit, I do have the Exam revision Kit for P6, can I use that for F6 paper? rather than buying one for F6?
I will have a look at the P1 paper and I might then do as you suggested, will 2-3 months study be enough for F6 + P1?
With F6 I am confident about the basics as I just recently had a my final year university exam in Tax, and it was based on the BPP P6 Book.Thanks
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