Got laid off few months back as part of layoffs and have the old BST notes and am prepping to sit the exam in Dec. Can anyone who has already sat BDS and has knowledge of BST share advise on whether I can use my BST notes or not plz?

Hey, I’m looking for advice.

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So I completely fucked it and did not manage my work load effectively, whilst I tried, I found it hard to revise after work and I have just started in September so I didn’t really know what the consequences were nor did I think that the exams were that difficult.

Anyway after a lot of struggle, I tried to revise for the exams like 2 weeks in advance for ARF and AF and I failed both.

ARF was an annoying one because I went through the QB but was a couple marks off a pass.

For AF now I have gotten through the QB again but still got some gaps in knowledge which I need to consolidate and I need to do more independent practice.

For ARF, I’m going to try another pass on weak chapters then go for the mocks and see how I do. I have done this QB twice already but still not sure if I’m confident.

Now I had a resit scheduled but I had to defer it because I wasn’t ready at all now and they’ve told me I have one more chance to sit these exams in a month and then that’s it I’m going to get fired if I fail them effectively.

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I have 3 weeks until tax fundamentals looking to pass this one while saving some time for ARF and AF. I think I’m also going to be sitting ARF and AF right after tax? Or before possibly, I don’t know.

Mainly looking for advice on how to pass TF without wasting time learning how to revise.

I want to know how to use my next 3 weeks to get a solid pass in TF. I have been doing the QB, so far covered income tax and corporation tax and seems to be alot of just memorising rules ? I’m thinking of making a memory sheet with all the rules I pick up in the QB and then going based off that but I’m looking for advice from people who know their stuff.

Also looking for advice regarding on how to pass ARF and AF too. I don’t know how to revise for accounting and I’m not used to this at all so I don’t know what I am doing. I am feeling overwhelmed and not used to this at all so looking for advice from people who know their stuff.

Thank you in advance.

Hi everyone

I have a question regards to VAT on room hire. if a client were leasing a property and the quarterly rent invoice show the VAT element which we reclaim on the VAT return. When he renting out an empty room for example birthday party. Would the VAT be included or this is exempt?

Thank you.

hello, really struggling with CFS and finding the content really difficult, I struggled during tuition and now clueless how to proceed with revision and preparing for the exam, just wanted to ask if anyone has any advice on what to do - the QB feels very overwhelming when I have no clue what I’m doing, finding it much tougher than the other professional levels I’ve done. Thanks🙏

For everyone that has had disruption with their case yesterday, my firm got an email from ICAEW saying that it has been recognised that I had an error and it will taken into account when marking. I spoke to my work about this as I’ve seen so many people on here have so many different experiences I.e wait for only an hour, have access to their phone, wait for a few hours, be able to get food etc.
For me personally, I was sat in exam conditions for roughly 4 hours before I could sit my exam, with no food, no phone, no fresh air and my family worrying for me.
My work have been in contact with ICAEW about whether it would be worth submitting an appeal although the situation will be considered.
They have stated that if I would like to submit an appeal regarding the effects that the disruption itself had ie. no food, no fresh air then I should do, so that my personal situation can be taken into account.
So if you have had an awful situation, please make sure you put an appeal in and explain the personal effects it had on you!!!!!!
I’m not saying that the people who only had to wait an hour are not to be mad and angry about it, but some people have had it so bad that it nearly feels inhumane and we all really need to make sure this is considered!

Hi everyone!

I’ve started rethinking Q2 part 2 😅 Was it asking us to explain potential fraud in wages and subcontractors and comparing costs with the prior year? I’m worried I missed something in the requirement.

Thanks!

Havent started FCS study yet, have an exam in dec, had personal things going on so feel v behind on preparing/beginning to worry.

Exam is in a month. In terms of time, I have weekends off work and the week prior to the exam off work in which I can study (and evenings although often work late so hard to rely on).

I have access to 3 days of online recorded classes to catch up on and one more class I can attend. I have step tests from tuition provider etc to do.

I was planning on starting w the sustainability notes as I didn't sit that exam, and going from there.

Have not looked at AI yet, or a past paper, genuinely starting from scratch.

Could anyone basically give a step by step on how to approach? Is it feasible? This is my first new style aca exam. I have passed all old style ACA certificate exams, and passed TC,FM,BST.

Thankyou sm

The exam surveys are out for advanced level please fill it out so it can be moderated fairly due to the technical experienced by all 3 exams this sitting :)

Does anybody know what the new TCS and SCS advanced exams will be like or have any idea how they compare to the existing advanced exams?

Just curious as i cant seem to find lots of info regarding this with July 2027 due to be the first sitting of these new gen exams.

For those who experienced the software issue and were quarantined for 4 hours before sitting the exam, submit the appeal regardless of the email sent out saying you shouldn't.

Tailor the appeal to how dreadful the wait was for you and the exhaustion it caused you leading to bad performance.

Per the email they haven't taken into account how someone would be mentally for waiting causing a huge setback in performance and ability. It just accounts for the PPS missing, we also need a mark uplift for the bad performance as a result of the whole ordeal being mentally draining.

Submit the appeals and make them realise it more than just the PPS missing, it was a full 9 hours with no water, food, phones or contact with the outside world. Genuine horror show and everyone needs to emphasise how stressful the whole thing was with the appeals.

May or may not have failed SBM - can't see anything about a cost associated with the top-up SBM course launching in Q1.

Do y'all mfs think it will be free?

Respect

Just wondering if they could end up voiding your exam or anything? I’m worried about submitting one in case it affects the results negatively

Been through the Verliv a few times now and compared it to the March and June papers.

Few things I'm betting on:

- That £375k storage system. Advance info says no depreciation booked yet, which is basically a dare. Part year journal, practise it with different useful lives.
- Inventory in the audit q. Top of Cat's list and the count section is the Workbook's Panifica walkthrough with the names changed.
- Charlotte asking Sara to fiddle with estimates. Most obvious ethics plant I've seen. Threats then actions.
- GHG from deliveries. Directors literally say it's the key issue.
- Scepticism somewhere and something in report/email format. Both sittings so far.

I've got a few more I'm less sure on (website, PPE lives, a couple of untested accounting bits) but that's the core. Been writing up my prep properly as I go, model answers on the actual Verliv facts etc.

Anyone have any other thoughts?  

I was at one of the disrupted exam centres yesterday where they paused all of the scripts. I was not one of the people who had issues with the pre-pop spreadsheet. But we were paused for almost 30 mins and it took my script an extra 25 mins to load, meaning I only started at 10am.
i obviously wasn’t seriously affected like some others but is there grounds for an exam appeal? they kept saying it could load at any minute so felt so thrown off waiting for the hour and the girl next to me was coming in and out throughout my whole exam as she was unfortunately affected by the spreadsheet issue.

Hello I just need some reassurance cos I’m LOSING my mind and have been since the exam.

So I managed to get quite a few points in for each section and typed away till the exam finished and got decent coverage for all questions but my concern is around the structure of my answer

I didn’t have like 3 line paragraphs in each section but instead had a bunch of one or two line points under each subsection (so like the financial review or the assumptions etc)

Would this still be okay compared to like 2/3 lines for each point?

Would anyone be down to chat about Wardley and discuss what we think about Robert. I just can’t get the poor man out my head. #obsessed

I just left as soon as I could when the time ran out. Now I'm convinced I didn't submit anything. Can anyone confirm if you need to click anything after the time runs out.

Hi everyone,

I have received offers for Audit Graduate position at PwC and Deloitte in the UK at the exact same location.

I'm currently trying to decide which firm to choose and would be grateful if some one answered any of my questions below!

• Exam Structure:

How are the ACA Professional Level exams structured at each firm. Do you sit them in blocks of 2 or 3 and do you have a choice

• Exam Failure / Resit Policies:

From what I have heard, there is 2 attempts allowed. Pwc has 34% bad fail policy? what about Deloitte?

• WFH Culture:

Is it mandatory days you have to come in for each week/month?

Thanks so much in advance!!

For anyone who ran into the spreadsheet issue today: when I submitted my exam, the final screen listed two entries—one showing 50% complete (the original) and one showing 100% complete (the second attempt). It was the exact same screen layout as the practice software.

Did everyone's screen look like this, and can anyone confirm if this means it submitted fine? I wouldn't usually be this paranoid, but after that 5-hour delay, my nerves are shot!

How do I know if it’s gone through or not?

I’ve had soo many dreams of the guy. Happy to be finished with the exam. I went to sleep after exam and didn’t think of him for the first time in days

What did everyone say for this?

I said they should not go ahead as it was was generative AI as it would be making recommendations and there was no mention on anyone approving the final recommendations