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ACCA Variants

  • 14-08-2009 10:59am
    #1
    irish legend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    I have registered today with the ACCA and I have a couple of questions.

    I am originally from Ireland but living in Germany at the moment. I am starting to study for my exams here but I will sit them in Ireland. I am not working in accounting in Germany and I expect to be working in England and then possibly in Australia.

    Can anybody provide advice about the variants that I should choose in regards to Taxation and Law? The problem is that the Irish taxation system is far different to the UK taxation system. As I will be sitting my exams in Ireland, I will be using an Irish education provider and none of these offer course material or revision courses on the UK tax system.

    Also, if I go ahead and do the Irish taxation exams, what would happen when I go to apply for a job in England/Australia?

    Thanks for the help!


Comments

  • #2
    The CCAinsider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭The CCAinsider


    You can sit the Irish tax paper in Germany, it is not where you take the exam but which exam you enter for. You should take the tax varient for the country you most expect to end up in, but it does not matter really. Once you qualify you can study up on the tax for the country you are working in. I know of one Irish qualified (and Irish tax varient) ACCA member working in pure tax in Australia, and lots of Irish varient tax people working in the UK. Choose the one you can get tuition in if you are unsure. I would be inclined to choose IFRS stream for accounting and international auditing. I would give the same advice for law as I would for tax.


  • #3
    Hector Holmes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Hector Holmes


    with respect to your future career it does not really matter which variant you study as you are not going to obtain either a legal or tax qualification and would be unwise to attempt to offer and advise on either of these specialisms without much more detailed training.

    Choose the variants which your tuition provider recommends and which therefore give you the greatest chance of passing the exams. once you demonstrate the ability to master these subjects under one jurisdiction you will have a passport to anywhere you want to go.


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