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ACCA Exams: Difference between IRL and INT versions

  • 20-11-2009 9:47am
    #1
    munsterkerryfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭


    Does anybody know if there are any major differences between the IRL versions of the ACCA papers and the INT versions of the ACCA papers.

    I am due to do 4 papers in December. I was originally due to do 2 but finished work recently and decided to have a go at doing 4 because I have some free time.

    I am registered to do the F7 IRL and F8 IRL but because it was a last minute decision, the only study manuals I have been able to get my hands on are the INT versions of each.

    Has anybody else any experience in this regard?


Comments

  • #2
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    If you can do the Irish tax and IFRS accounting - go this route. I'm 99% sure you can.

    Irish GAAP is a dead parrot. No, there's not much difference between Irish GAAP and IFRS, but its IFRS all the way now.


  • #3
    HeinekenTicket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭HeinekenTicket


    Using the INT manuals won't be the difference between passing and failing the F7 exam.

    I agree with other poster that you should do the INT version if you can organise it. It will look better in a couple of years when INT is the main show in town.

    I'm not familiar with F8 so no comment on that one.


  • #4
    munsterkerryfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭munsterkerryfan


    Thanks for your help guys.

    The ACCA have since contacted me to say that because the final date for exam entries has passed, they cannot amend my entries.

    I agree that the INT manuals will not make the differerence between passing and failing F7 as 60% of the paper is based on computational questions which I imagine are very similar in both instances.

    In relation to F8 Audit and Assurance, my understanding is that the Irish standards are adopted directly from the UK and as a result, the paper should be almost identical.

    I suppose if I study the INT manuals and do the IRL exam papers, I should be in a position to pass both papers. Has anybody else been in this position before?


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