ACCA options (apart from P5)

loveacca

I am hoping to take on 1 option paper for December 2010 from P4, P6 and P7. Any advice on which of these is the easiest
Thanks

TiGeR KiNgS

loveacca wrote: »

I am hoping to take on 1 option paper for December 2010 from P4, P6 and P7. Any advice on which of these is the easiest
Thanks

This is not a good attitude. Pick what your interested in or where you want your career to go. Its as simple as that.

Linoge

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

This is not a good attitude. Pick what your interested in or where you want your career to go. Its as simple as that.

This is not a good attitude. Someone has just asked for some simple help on a forum... why don't you just help him instead of telling him what his father would tell him? I have to pick options for this sitting too and i will, god forbid, picking the easiest too.

Cookie_Monster

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

This is not a good attitude. Pick what your interested in or where you want your career to go. Its as simple as that.

why not?
maybe they are interested in all of them or none of them.

I have exactly the same question as the OP actually. I kinda want to do P6 but the exam is apparently insanely difficult and I only just scraped through the last tax exam. My tax ability comes no-where near my interest level

ari101

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

why not?
maybe they are interested in all of them or none of them.

A lecturer I had for Audit told us not to do P7 unless we liked F8 and studying theory even if we wanted to be auditors in the long term - he said there is no point having a number of failed attempts and prolonging your qualification time unless your employer stipulates you have to do certain ones.

We were advised that if we did well in and liked tax at F level to do tax at P level etc...

PabloIndentes

Hi OP,

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

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

loveacca

Hi Guys
Thanks for the replies to the original question

agon86

dont do P6.. :pac: dont ask why..