Paper 2.3 Business Taxation
* Trading loss relief with capital allowances, industrial buildings allowances and some calculation of chargeable gain.
* Income tax computation with benefits as well as Schedule D case I/II implications leading to income tax and possible gains tax payable.
* Computational and discursive question dealing with registration/return misdeclaration penalty.
* Capital gains tax shares – bonus/rights/ takeover and rollover and gift relief.
* Group losses with gains group implications.
* Partnership with losses.
* Employment v self employment with income and tax and NIC calculations.
* Corporate tax loss relief.
PQ tip: Terminal loss relief for both sole traders and limited companies has not been examined.
Paper 2.4 Financial Management & Control
* Investment appraisal.
* Working capital management – trade credit and cash.
* Performance evaluation.
* Throughput accounting and theory of constraints.
* Budget preparation plus written part on budgeting.
Paper 2.5 Financial Reporting
* Consolidated financial statements is a regular in the compulsory section.
* Published financial statements of a limited company.
* Cash flow statements, in accordance with FRS1/IAS7.
* Interpretation of financial statements ratio analysis and assessing financial performance.
* Tangible and intangible non-current assets.
* Revenue recognition and FRS18.
PQ tip: Watch out for FRS11 & 19 and SSAP21.
Paper 2.6 Audit & Internal Review
* Corporate governance (this has been moved from paper 3.1.).
* Combined code provisions and the rational behind it.
* Functions of an audit committee.
* Internal controls and internal audit.
* Audit procedures, such as planning and testing.
Paper 3.1 Audit & Assurance Services
* Identify business risk, suggesting controls to mitigate the risks.
* Planning, risk assessment, long-term contracts.
* Audit evidence on tangible fixed assets (FRS15), provisions (FRS12) and long-term loans.
* Ethical issues – the fundamental principles of integrity and objectivity.
* Corporate social responsibility reporting.
* Audit reports involving significant uncertainty relating to going concern.
* Emphasis of matters treatments.
* Auditors liability or implications of IFRSs.
Paper 3.2 Advanced Taxation
* IHT with share valuations including life and death tax calculations.
* VAT penalties possibly late registration or default surcharge.
* Corporation tax losses probably in a group including capital gains and rollover relief.
* Comparison of sole trader and company taxation including a discussion of personal service companies (IR35).
PQ tip: Do not ignore the most recent changes in the syllabus, they are invariably examined.
Paper 3.3 Performance Management
* Contribution based decision-making.
* Practical aspects of pricing policy.
* Performance evaluation.
* The strategic framework.
* The learning effect.
Paper 3.4 Business Information Management
* Strategy models (SWOT, PEST, Porter).
* Nolan’s ’Stage Hypothesis’.
* Checkland’s ’Soft Systems Methodology’.
* Earl’s ’System’s Audit Grid’ and ’Three Leg’ analysis.
* McFarlan’s ’Applications Portfolio’ and Peppard’s adaptation.
* Parson’s ’6 IS Strategies’.
* Zuboff’s ’Automate, Informate, Transformate’.
* The ’Three Stage’ change process and ’Unfreeze, Change, Re-freeze’.
* BPR and CSFs.
* Soft and hard approaches.
* Managing change.
* Help with our tips came from BPP, CAMS, FTC, LCA, LondonSam, LVMT and Reed Business School
See the November issue of PQ Magazine for an in-depth look at
* Paper 3.5 Strategic Business Planning
* Paper 3.6 Advanced Corporate Reporting
* Paper 3.7 Strategic Financial Management
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