How was day two of the ACCA September exams? One good, two bad according to the polls…
TX
The September sitting was deemed ‘OK’ and ‘wasn’t bad at all’.
Section A was seen as the hard bit, along with the capital allowance calculations in section C.
Open Tuition instant poll: 6% ‘easy’, 54% ‘OK’, 30% ‘hard’, and 10% ‘disaster’.
ATX
“Well, that was awful,” said one ATX sitter and the Open Tuition instant poll backs that up!
Another sitter said: “Hard exam. But optimistic, the corporation tax on the OS company really threw me off, as did the VAT on the capital scheme.”
In one paper students got rollover relief, some IHT and group tax, overseas aspects of capital gains tax and partnership profits. There was also VAT, interest on loans and share reliefs.
Open Tuition instant poll: 3% ‘easy’, 32% ‘OK’, 43% ‘hard’, and 22% ‘disaster’.
SBL
Those who got the Quality House case study didn’t like it! As one sitter said: “I hated it. I did not like the scenario, nor what they asked me to do other than the final question on the website, which I know I answered well.” Another sitter agreed: “Quality House was disappointing, no SAF which I was hoping for as its easy marks!” Yet another explained: I had the QH case study and didn’t have a clue what they were asking me to do!”
Other QH sitters felt it was all ‘too weird’ or they simply ran out of time.
The SBL took others by surprise as it seemed more about common sense than technical knowledge. One sitter said they even had 30 minutes to go back through their answers and didn’t find anything to change. They weren’t alone.
Open Tuition instant poll: 4% ‘easy’, 54% ‘OK’, 29.5% ‘hard’, and 12.5% ‘disaster’.
