FAE 2018

OttoPilot · 28-02-2018 8:50pm

pixie11123 wrote: »

There are elective past papers available at https://www.charteredaccountants.ie/Current-Student/Student-Centre/fae-201718-essential-documents/fae-past-papers

Cheers, couldn't find them. Website is slowly slowly getting better.

ACAguy · 08-03-2018 10:27am

Does anyone find CAI very hard to deal with. Emailed Fae people twice since Monday to ask about the cancelled classes being rescheduled and online lectures. No reply

The J Stands for Jay · 08-03-2018 10:39am

ACAguy wrote: »

Does anyone find CAI very hard to deal with. Emailed Fae people twice since Monday to ask about the cancelled classes being rescheduled and online lectures. No reply

Yes. They rarely answer emails.

fishy_fishy · 08-03-2018 11:43am

Judging by my friends, the only way to get a response is to email from your work account and copy whoever looks after learning in your firm. They literally ignore everything else.

ACAguy · 09-03-2018 11:39am

They said the classes missed last week finance 1& 2 and Cross marking workshop 1 & 2 may not be rescheduled which makes no sense at all
They are also updating their platform and will have updated online lectures as soon as they can. A joke really

nhickey07 · 15-03-2018 10:23am

ACAguy wrote: »

They said the classes missed last week finance 1& 2 and Cross marking workshop 1 & 2 may not be rescheduled which makes no sense at all
They are also updating their platform and will have updated online lectures as soon as they can. A joke really

I sent a mail yesterday, got a reply this morning that they hope to have an email circulated this afternoon/ tomorrow regarding the new classes.

I'm not going to hold my breath!

ACAguy · 20-03-2018 12:22pm

Update on the classes cancelled by the snow.

Finance 1 & 2. Will not be rescheduled we are now required to watch it online. The current online lecture in relation to this was uploaded 3 years ago which is a joke.

Cross Marking 1 & 2 Will be held on the 15th April which in my opinion is ridiculous as it's the last full non work day before all of our interim assessment.

I also asked them to uploaded Tax Elective 3 &4 to be watched online as I missed the class on 18th February and they have yet to do so.

Is everyone agreed that it takes them so long to do anything?

fishy_fishy · 20-03-2018 9:23pm

ACAguy wrote: »

Update on the classes cancelled by the snow.

Finance 1 & 2. Will not be rescheduled we are now required to watch it online. The current online lecture in relation to this was uploaded 3 years ago which is a joke.

Cross Marking 1 & 2 Will be held on the 15th April which in my opinion is ridiculous as it's the last full non work day before all of our interim assessment.

I also asked them to uploaded Tax Elective 3 &4 to be watched online as I missed the class on 18th February and they have yet to do so.

Is everyone agreed that it takes them so long to do anything?

The finance thing is a joke.

Can anyone who's annoyed about it raise the issue in work? CA don't care what we say but if all the firms start complaining they'll care.

We were scheduled to have 3 finance sessions. That's sessions; not lectures. Just 3 and they've cancelled 2 of them. It's ridiculous. I wouldn't have said finance was many people's strong point so to lose 2/3 of the lectures is a joke.

ACAguy · 21-03-2018 10:36am

Ye it's not really fair at all. it's 2/3 of the finance classes they could very easily find a day. Finance definitely isn't my strong point. Cant imagine its that hard to get the lecturer to find one day over the next month or so considering otherwise they just expect us to spend the hours watch a 2015 recording online instead

Mckay66 · 26-03-2018 2:59pm

Does anyone know where I can find cheat sheets for tax? One of my classmates told me that they were posted on the FAE thread last year but can't seem to find them. Thanks

ACAguy · 26-03-2018 4:41pm

I just have the pages from the 2014 cheat sheet. I think they need to be updated though. are you doing the elective also?

Fae2018 · 26-03-2018 7:19pm

Mckay66 wrote: »

Does anyone know where I can find cheat sheets for tax? One of my classmates told me that they were posted on the FAE thread last year but can't seem to find them. Thanks

They are in the cap2 2017 thread - "thefox1982" posts them towards the end of the 4th page! Hope these are what you are looking for!

eimeark700 · 31-03-2018 10:36am

BIGKID2 wrote: »

i would really advise anyone to do APM, you are already studying most of the relevant things in finance and management and it just requires general business knowledge after that. i just passed my core and apm and i am happy to post all my APM notes and core notes if anyone would like, getting your folders organised early is the best way too bee prepared

Bigkid, i would loveeeee you APM notes if the offer is still standing. Any tips on how to study for the interim assessment? What is even examinable?

ACAguy · 03-04-2018 2:09pm

Do people still plan to attend this weekends lectures even though the Interim assessment is in 2 weeks?

ACASlayer · 03-04-2018 2:11pm

ACAguy wrote: »

Do people still plan to attend this weekends lectures even though the Interim assessment is in 2 weeks?

Yeah, because I’m ready for the interim.

The J Stands for Jay · 03-04-2018 2:21pm

ACAguy wrote: »

Do people still plan to attend this weekends lectures even though the Interim assessment is in 2 weeks?

I'm wondering how I'm going to manage to attend the two simultaneous lectures they have me down for on Saturday. They're both for different APM sessions so there's no excuse.

ACAguy · 03-04-2018 2:35pm

I have tax 5 & 6 which is not on my interim exam and also cross marking workshops so it would seem like a waste of 2 days study so close to the exam

ACASlayer · 03-04-2018 3:30pm

ACAguy wrote: »

I have tax 5 & 6 which is not on my interim exam and also cross marking workshops so it would seem like a waste of 2 days study so close to the exam

Sounds like you need the revision so I’d miss the class if I was in your position.

Mckay66 · 06-04-2018 4:00pm

Fae2018 wrote: »

They are in the cap2 2017 thread - "thefox1982" posts them towards the end of the 4th page! Hope these are what you are looking for!

That's them, thanks a million. Also does anyone know what the Cross Marking Workshops involve? Are they mandatory? I have one on Sunday but I could really do with taking the weekend to Study for the Tax elective

BBUSYR2 · 07-04-2018 10:36am

Just revising and is it just me or is the online lecture #1 cut short for APM elective?

Also I am looking for the notes for the IA session and can't see them. Would anyone be able to share them with me please?

Thanks in advance.

ACAguy · 08-04-2018 7:28pm

Mckay66 wrote: »

That's them, thanks a million. Also does anyone know what the Cross Marking Workshops involve? Are they mandatory? I have one on Sunday but I could really do with taking the weekend to Study for the Tax elective

As someone else on here doing the tax elective how are you getting on with it?

ACAguy · 10-04-2018 11:53am

They finally got some sense and rearranged the finance lectures

Lecture 1 is Friday 25th May group A and Friday 1 June for group b and c. Then 2 & 3 is June 10th for everyone

Mckay66 · 12-04-2018 8:50pm

ACAguy wrote: »

As someone else on here doing the tax elective how are you getting on with it?

Ya not too bad,i have read most of the chapters and trying to get through as many questions as I can from now til the exam How are you finding it?

One thing that's confusing me- Say for example in case study 10 Angela O'Neill. It states that Angela owns the shops out of which her business trades (which I take this as she owns them personally), yet in the solution in order for her to incorporate her business (and claim Sec.600) she must also transfer these premises. Now I know one of the conditions of sec.600 is she must transfer all of the business assets but why is this if she owns the premises personally, are these not seperate to the assets of the sole trade?
Hope this isn't confusing!

Brownbread88 · 12-04-2018 9:17pm

Anyone on here doing the audit elective? How are ye finding the study?

ACAguy · 15-04-2018 10:30am

So sorry I didn’t reply did you figure this out or will I explain it. How’s the study going?

Mckay66 wrote: »

Ya not too bad,i have read most of the chapters and trying to get through as many questions as I can from now til the exam How are you finding it?

One thing that's confusing me- Say for example in case study 10 Angela O'Neill. It states that Angela owns the shops out of which her business trades (which I take this as she owns them personally), yet in the solution in order for her to incorporate her business (and claim Sec.600) she must also transfer these premises. Now I know one of the conditions of sec.600 is she must transfer all of the business assets but why is this if she owns the premises personally, are these not seperate to the assets of the sole trade?
Hope this isn't confusing!

Galwaygal01 · 16-04-2018 10:51am

ACAguy wrote: »

So sorry I didn’t reply did you figure this out or will I explain it. How’s the study going?

Ya if you could that’d be great, no worries if u can’t:) Just trying to get through as much of the material as I can.. how are you getting on?

ACAguy · 17-04-2018 8:23am

firstly where is this question you are referring to?
I have just been trying to work through the 4 past exam papers and also question banks. My notes are all over the place and i don't know the best way to lay out my folder for the exam or what to bring in

Hightower92 · 20-04-2018 12:11am

I’m doing the APM interim on Saturday and I was just wondering about putting in an appendix if we get an investment appraisal indicator, or just including as part of the memo/report. If I go the appendix route, I can’t decide how many pages to leave to answer the rest of the indicators. Any suggestions?

pixie11123 · 23-04-2018 10:35am

What did everyone think of the interim? Sat APM - very tight for time. Recommended 10 years at retail if they could get such a lease (NPV 5 years ~Breakeven per store vs £100,000 per store at 10 years). The last 2 indicators were very much scenario specific so notes weren't of much use I thought.

The J Stands for Jay · 23-04-2018 10:41am

pixie11123 wrote: »

What did everyone think of the interim? Sat APM - very tight for time. Recommended 10 years at retail if they could get such a lease (NPV 5 years ~Breakeven per store vs £100,000 per store at 10 years). The last 2 indicators were very much scenario specific so notes weren't of much use I thought.

I was the same: go for it with the lease break option and likely pull out after 10 years. No need for the notes for any of the questions.

Did anyone bring the ethics of the casino gambling machines into it? I didn't, but I have seen newspaper articles on the ethics of them...

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