ACCA Students.

[Fearah]

Any lsbf students who finished their p3 paper in the last 1-2 year?

 

[testart]

How long you all take to finish the P papers?

 

[papaya00]

How long you all take to finish the P papers?

that really depends. I am stuck at my last paper P6 for 2 years. lol. So if i complete by dec18 it will be 4years for P papers.

I also have a friend that took same time as me but he completed P papers in around 1.5-2years.

 

[testart]

Can I write my details and shade my details before the 15 minutest reading time?

Do I use pencil or black pen to shade the cover page?

 

[Reyeshenry87]

So sad. I am stuck with this last paper p6 for 2 years already.

Think of going overseas take p6 lol, im the only candidate for sg variant in the classroom, all other people taking p3 and one p6 uk, and surprisingly the result is even better than my other acca paper.

The way of how u present your answer always rmb to go for the very basic, chargeable income does it satisfy 183 days in order to qualify as singapore tax resident, if not what other measures are available to advise your client to pay lesser tax, p6 is a paper of advising your client, not to forget your witholding tax s12(6),s12(7) rules and condition.

If not i would recommend you to retake yvonne goh from
Lsbf, her notes and teaching is very good till now i still rmb of what she said in class.

 

[papaya00]

Think of going overseas take p6 lol, im the only candidate for sg variant in the classroom, all other people taking p3 and one p6 uk, and surprisingly the result is even better than my other acca paper.

The way of how u present your answer always rmb to go for the very basic, chargeable income does it satisfy 183 days in order to qualify as singapore tax resident, if not what other measures are available to advise your client to pay lesser tax, p6 is a paper of advising your client, not to forget your witholding tax s12(6),s12(7) rules and condition.

If not i would recommend you to retake yvonne goh from
Lsbf, her notes and teaching is very good till now i still rmb of what she said in class.

Thank for the advice. i was so close to passing my P6 in dec17 seating, 4 marks away. I wonder why I manage to pass P7 in first attempt and this P6 is killing me.

Actually i have invested heavily in P6. In total I have attended 1 main class and 1 revision at Kaplan + 1 main and 1 revision at LSBF. The 5th attempt I am going to take up revision class at LSBF again.

 

[Reyeshenry87]

Thank for the advice. i was so close to passing my P6 in dec17 seating, 4 marks away. I wonder why I manage to pass P7 in first attempt and this P6 is killing me.

Actually i have invested heavily in P6. In total I have attended 1 main class and 1 revision at Kaplan + 1 main and 1 revision at LSBF. The 5th attempt I am going to take up revision class at LSBF again.

bro if possible go for overseas and take, anything u can pm me, i will help helping u, i got 65 marks for p6 on my first attempt

 

[Erictohkh]

Think of going overseas take p6 lol, im the only candidate for sg variant in the classroom, all other people taking p3 and one p6 uk, and surprisingly the result is even better than my other acca paper.

The way of how u present your answer always rmb to go for the very basic, chargeable income does it satisfy 183 days in order to qualify as singapore tax resident, if not what other measures are available to advise your client to pay lesser tax, p6 is a paper of advising your client, not to forget your witholding tax s12(6),s12(7) rules and condition.

If not i would recommend you to retake yvonne goh from
Lsbf, her notes and teaching is very good till now i still rmb of what she said in class.

Hi i want to pm you but not about to coz i am new so without 10 posts so cant use pm. please pm me as i need to enquire about P6. Thanks in advance. Cheers

 

[Reyeshenry87]

Hi i want to pm you but not about to coz i am new so without 10 posts so cant use pm. please pm me as i need to enquire about P6. Thanks in advance. Cheers

Hahahha, i also less than 10, u can text me at 94761159, thanks man!

 

[iwanthp]

ACCA?

Hi there am currently just started taking ACCA. Am now in a small audit firm first year, and i was basically planning to end up in some commercial sector in the future, but confirm not audit coz sian. and some friends told me that ACCA isnt very useful for my case for the following reasons:

1. Only should get ACCA if wanna be like a partner or continue down audit line
2. to go those big companies like listed de or even MNCs confirm need Big 4 experience (which i probably cant get into coz i only diploma)

So basically, since MNC and listed companies will look for got Big 4 resume de to hire, i wont get a chance, and my choice is to go to SMEs which they say wont really care about certs and all, just how much (or how little) my salary is.

And also, for someone like me i dont wanna do audit now small firm already stress i dont think can go and cope Big 4 also :/ and since like that, i also cant get into MNC or listed COs as they prefer Big 4 experience de, which also means ACCA kinda useless for my case. Is that true?

Any advice would be appreciated coz if what they say is true i might reconsider completing ACCA (ps i need take 9 modules, now only just start taking the 1st one)

Thanks in advance!

 

[bigbossftw]

Hi all, I wonder if anybody took F5 paper recently? Any tips from the Jan paper?

 

[Reyeshenry87]

Hi there am currently just started taking ACCA. Am now in a small audit firm first year, and i was basically planning to end up in some commercial sector in the future, but confirm not audit coz sian. and some friends told me that ACCA isnt very useful for my case for the following reasons:

1. Only should get ACCA if wanna be like a partner or continue down audit line
2. to go those big companies like listed de or even MNCs confirm need Big 4 experience (which i probably cant get into coz i only diploma)

So basically, since MNC and listed companies will look for got Big 4 resume de to hire, i wont get a chance, and my choice is to go to SMEs which they say wont really care about certs and all, just how much (or how little) my salary is.

And also, for someone like me i dont wanna do audit now small firm already stress i dont think can go and cope Big 4 also :/ and since like that, i also cant get into MNC or listed COs as they prefer Big 4 experience de, which also means ACCA kinda useless for my case. Is that true?

Any advice would be appreciated coz if what they say is true i might reconsider completing ACCA (ps i need take 9 modules, now only just start taking the 1st one)

Thanks in advance!

Then u should finish the first 9 papers first as to be honest acca is a qualification that would be very useful in your future, just get with it and finished nothing is easy when u dont put in effort for it

 

[therealpatrick]

Not exactly true that ACCA is relevant only for partners in audit firm. I have ACCA as well and I did audit and subsequently went on to do something totally unrelated to accounting or even finance. But I continue to apply the knowledge from ACCA because ACCA will teach you also some business management knowledge even though not as in depth as a management degree.

ACCA with relevant commercial/audit experience should get you into a MNC/Listed if you are with relevant experience. Sometimes it is also up to the hiring manager. I think, over the years, hiring managers are more receptive to professional qualifications.

Also not true that MNCs only hire those who have Big4 experience. I know people from mid-tier or SME working for MNCs like Philips, Uber, Heineken or listed companies like Keppel & STE.

But it is also not guaranteed that you will definitely get into either if you have ACCA. At the end of the day, it is a combination of many elements, academic qualifications, professional qualifications, job experience (and more important career route/progression), timing and more importantly, job market.

Hi there am currently just started taking ACCA. Am now in a small audit firm first year, and i was basically planning to end up in some commercial sector in the future, but confirm not audit coz sian. and some friends told me that ACCA isnt very useful for my case for the following reasons:

1. Only should get ACCA if wanna be like a partner or continue down audit line
2. to go those big companies like listed de or even MNCs confirm need Big 4 experience (which i probably cant get into coz i only diploma)

So basically, since MNC and listed companies will look for got Big 4 resume de to hire, i wont get a chance, and my choice is to go to SMEs which they say wont really care about certs and all, just how much (or how little) my salary is.

And also, for someone like me i dont wanna do audit now small firm already stress i dont think can go and cope Big 4 also :/ and since like that, i also cant get into MNC or listed COs as they prefer Big 4 experience de, which also means ACCA kinda useless for my case. Is that true?

Any advice would be appreciated coz if what they say is true i might reconsider completing ACCA (ps i need take 9 modules, now only just start taking the 1st one)

Thanks in advance!

 

[papaya00]

Hi there am currently just started taking ACCA. Am now in a small audit firm first year, and i was basically planning to end up in some commercial sector in the future, but confirm not audit coz sian. and some friends told me that ACCA isnt very useful for my case for the following reasons:

1. Only should get ACCA if wanna be like a partner or continue down audit line
2. to go those big companies like listed de or even MNCs confirm need Big 4 experience (which i probably cant get into coz i only diploma)

So basically, since MNC and listed companies will look for got Big 4 resume de to hire, i wont get a chance, and my choice is to go to SMEs which they say wont really care about certs and all, just how much (or how little) my salary is.

And also, for someone like me i dont wanna do audit now small firm already stress i dont think can go and cope Big 4 also :/ and since like that, i also cant get into MNC or listed COs as they prefer Big 4 experience de, which also means ACCA kinda useless for my case. Is that true?

Any advice would be appreciated coz if what they say is true i might reconsider completing ACCA (ps i need take 9 modules, now only just start taking the 1st one)

Thanks in advance!

Yeah that’s not true without big 4 experience you cannot get in MNCs. Well I have no audit experience and I left my last paper to complete and I work in MNC before and manage to get an interview with huge MNCs like Airbus and Singapore Airline but unfortunately didn’t get in . The airbus manager is also Acca grad and used to work in small audit firm. Of course it will be a bonus with big 4 experience.

But after working in commercial accounting for sometime I find it too dull. So now I am switching to more of business management role. So in many aspect ACCA is useful.

Hope the above experience motivate you to continue ACCA

 

[Fearah]

If you want to survive solely on your business in diploma, it will be very difficult to even jump roles not only in big 4, but any firm tbh.

You will need a degree or professional qualification

Of course itd be best if you could do sqp foundation programme or ACA if you have met basic entry req. If not at least get an acca

 

[VitmainC]

Hi there am currently just started taking ACCA. Am now in a small audit firm first year, and i was basically planning to end up in some commercial sector in the future, but confirm not audit coz sian. and some friends told me that ACCA isnt very useful for my case for the following reasons:

1. Only should get ACCA if wanna be like a partner or continue down audit line
2. to go those big companies like listed de or even MNCs confirm need Big 4 experience (which i probably cant get into coz i only diploma)

So basically, since MNC and listed companies will look for got Big 4 resume de to hire, i wont get a chance, and my choice is to go to SMEs which they say wont really care about certs and all, just how much (or how little) my salary is.

And also, for someone like me i dont wanna do audit now small firm already stress i dont think can go and cope Big 4 also :/ and since like that, i also cant get into MNC or listed COs as they prefer Big 4 experience de, which also means ACCA kinda useless for my case. Is that true?

Any advice would be appreciated coz if what they say is true i might reconsider completing ACCA (ps i need take 9 modules, now only just start taking the 1st one)

Thanks in advance!

Imo, just relying on big4 audit experience alone is never enough to take up high level managerial role in most mnc. Commercial experience has much more relevancy compare to auditing unless it is IA or compliance position. If can pass ACCA then just take and keep it. I think it is more worthy than uni degree. Anyway, there are always some sour grapes around like to comment that it is ok not to have it or it is no big deal to have CA, CPA or ACCA.

 

[Kyoji83]

Main thing is if one want to be a Public Accountant, you needs to have CA (S'pore). Even in Big4 if one do not have CA (S'pore), there is a limitation of how far you can go for your career.

This is because ISCA do not recognized ACCA for CA (S'pore) if you miss the Timeline under Transitional Arrangements. So don't be a sour grapes & oversell ACCA.

Imo, just relying on big4 audit experience alone is never enough to take up high level managerial role in most mnc. Commercial experience has much more relevancy compare to auditing unless it is IA or compliance position. If can pass ACCA then just take and keep it. I think it is more worthy than uni degree. Anyway, there are always some sour grapes around like to comment that it is ok not to have it or it is no big deal to have CA, CPA or ACCA.

 

[testart]

How many pages will you write for a 10 marks question?

 

[Fearah]

Main thing is if one want to be a Public Accountant, you needs to have CA (S'pore). Even in Big4 if one do not have CA (S'pore), there is a limitation of how far you can go for your career.

This is because ISCA do not recognized ACCA for CA (S'pore) if you miss the Timeline under Transitional Arrangements. So don't be a sour grapes & oversell ACCA.

If one have ACA/ICAEW, should one still get CA SG while working in big 4? Youd be paying more membership fees tho

 

[Kyoji83]

If one have ACA/ICAEW, should one still get CA SG while working in big 4?

Yes cause end day you still needs to be a public accountant if you want to build your career in Big4.

Youd be paying more membership fees tho

Not only paying a lot of money for a lot of membership. You still needs time to learn & pass exams too. Then can you cope with full time work & part time studies? Will it come with a cost that affect your performance & you cannot be promoted or even lose your job? The part time studies cycle is very long (from 1 professional qualification to another) & can you carry on your plan until you meet your objective of getting a CA Sg or you will give up 1/2 way?