Help ! ACCA Paper P6

Ash198

Hi !

I'm hoping to sit ACCA Paper P6 if i pass my next exams (Fingers Crossed ! )

I sat F6 with Julie Hawkins and found her to be an extremely good tax lecturer however she doesn't lecture for P6, Can anyone recommend a really good tax lecturer in Dublin

Thanks a million

tome36

Hi, for what my 2 cents are worth stay the hell away from ACCA P6, it's by a mile the most difficult paper and the examiner is a weapon, the paper is full of traps, badly written, too long and designed by the examiner to confuse. The December 09 paper had a pass rate of 27%!!

That’s 3 out of every 4 people sitting the exam failing it, it's a waste of time and not worth the risk this close to finishing your exams. It's a pity because it's the most useful subject on the syllabus practically but the exam is a nightmare, there has been war over the past 4 papers.

if you don't believe me there is something on here about the last paper and people lodging a complaint.
I sat it once and failed, luckily I realised it was a joke and did P5 instead and it was like primary school math’s compared to it, I know people who passed every exam with flying colors and failed tax 2/3 times before doing P5/P4 to get over the line, I also did P4 which was tough but still a lot, lot easier than the tax exam.

I also feel sorry for the tax lecturers trying to make a living when no one will do the course because the exam is so much harder than the rest.

thats just my humble opinion anyway!

Anyone agree/ disagree???

dearg lady

I don't think the sylabus for P6 is too bad, however I agree that the paper itself is horrendous, really really tough.

I went first to DBS(David Clancy) and failed, resat with Mel Kilkenny, thought he was a way better lecturer than David. I found his revision excellent, but not everyone likes his style.

dcr22B

Mel Kilkenny for me as well.

smcgiff

dearg lady wrote: »

I don't think the sylabus for P6 is too bad, however I agree that the paper itself is horrendous, really really tough.

I went first to DBS(David Clancy) and failed, resat with Mel Kilkenny, thought he was a way better lecturer than David. I found his revision excellent, but not everyone likes his style.

Don't know any of the two lecturers, but it's quite possible that you got more out of Mel Kilkenny because you had already gone through the course and if you did it the other way around you may have gotten more out of David.

tenchi-fan

I avoided the advanced tax paper like the plague.
I did auditing and some sort of strategy paper instead. (3.1 and 3.4 at the time)
Yep they were easy options but I just didnt feel like risking a wasted semester.
Plus, i didn't work in tax so it wasn't a priority. It would have been nice to have though.

Ash198

Thanks for the advice although i must admit i'm now doubting whether i should take the P6 Paper at all !! lol

scored reasonably high in the F6 Paper so thought it would have been the best option but as you said the other papers may be better to get the qualification out of the way - feels like an eternity since i started ! I have heard that P3 is very similar to P5 so that could be the best route !

Decisions !

Thanks for your help

Starlight123

Ash198 wrote: »

Thanks for the advice although i must admit i'm now doubting whether i should take the P6 Paper at all !! lol

scored reasonably high in the F6 Paper so thought it would have been the best option but as you said the other papers may be better to get the qualification out of the way - feels like an eternity since i started ! I have heard that P3 is very similar to P5 so that could be the best route !

Decisions !

Thanks for your help

Hi,

I sat P6 and passed first time and loved every minute of it.

If you enjoyed F6 I see no reason for you not to also enjoy P6. I got 76 in 2.3 (old F6) and 65 in P6. I took uk variant, is it different in Ireland? If not I recommend Kaplan online tuition but have also used LSBF and can recommend them also.

If you have now decided to go with P5, yes, there is a cross over with P3, I did both together and it only felt like I was doing 1 1/2 subjects not 2.

Good luck with your choice.

PabloIndentes

Hi,

I got 50% in P6 this morning after failing it with 49% in December.
So am certainly a lucky boy & chuffed to bits......

But the Examiner is a f****n weapon of the highest order!!!!

I would strongly advise to steer clear of this option as the past papers are no help & the examiner is completely unpredictable.

Unless its required for work or you actually want to go on and do the tax exams afterwards (not even sure if its required to be eligible to sit them, but...) I would stay well away

My other option was P5.

Knowing F6 is an advantage, but its the most taxing (all puns intended) exam I've ever done.

You can study all of the course syllabus the lecturers give out, but she will focus on some minute detail and thatll be a whole question, limiting your options straight away.

She adds unnecessary complexity to all the questions in the exam making things so so difficult before ya even get into all the detail with the question, which is the minutia from the course that the lecturers havent got time to go through.

A prime example would be VAT. VAT is in every paper, simple as.
In the last 15 or so exams, VAT on property has come up, so you wouldnt be too surprised to see it, oh no, VAT on produce in a staff canteen comes up.

Like what planet is she on, we're in the middle of a property recession, where people are being forced to sell, before the VAT life expires, so a clawback etc, yet she choses something that hasnt come up in about a decade to examine.

I would attribute absolutely no fault to the lecturers, theres simply not enough time to go through all the details she's expecting knowledge on.
If it were an open book exam, i might understand, but its a 14 week part time course, yet she's expecting a near tax specialist.

I still think its mad that the ACCA P6 is the only closed book tax exam at this level!!

But, after my rant, I am happy I got it and wish you all the best in whatever option you choose.

If youve any further questions, feel free to PM me.

P

p.s. I had Mel Kilkenny both times and he's a brilliant lecturer, but you have to put the work in, and if you go with him, I would highly recommend attending every single class, all revision weekends, doing every question he gives out & take all the advice he gives....
He still only has 14 weeks tho!!!