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- November 27, 2012 at 4:07 pm #55836
Hi Mike,
as the exam is under tight time contraints is it acceptable to write some shorthand to save time e.g for therefore, or abbreviations of dividends (DIVI’S), shareholders (S/H’s) etc.
thank you.
November 28, 2012 at 11:28 am #108919Depends on the question. If it’s part a) of question 1, then I would say “For sure” but if you’re writing a report, then no.
The “Various IAS” type question – I think I would err on the cautious side and write the word in full with the abbreviation in brackets after it and then use the abbreviation from then on eg dividends ( divs )
November 28, 2012 at 4:09 pm #108920Thanks Mike but just to clarify can I write FV of NCA at acq’n when calculating the goodwill?
Thanks again
November 28, 2012 at 4:52 pm #108921I cannot for the life of me think why you wouldn’t ….. except I would write FV of SNA @ DOA
Until I read something from Graham Holt or from someone on the P2 marking team saying differently, I will continue to recommend the liberal use of abbreviations
OK?
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