I think ACCA has temporarily taken down some links/services:

I saw this message:

<Until 13 February some services are not available to students, including updates to mailing addresses and fee payments. Member services are available as normal.>

So hold on till 14 Feb. Take ACCA as your valentine and pay your fee on that day! ha ha

saw the same thing....but lol !!! ACCA is definately an expensive thing to be date

Does anyone have an audit working paper?

It is like a job sheet, where we have to answer the questions in the paper, to justify the things that we will be looking at, and the audit that we have done.

Would appreciate it if somebody could share it here

i duno if i'm right

but it's company's property .... no people should disclose it under any circrumstances without the knowledge of the employer.

for your curiosity....i think ur lecturer can give you guys a look on audit work paper sample on power point or smtg

i can guarantee you that you don't have to go THAT far to answer for exams~

LOL that is what I need, a blank audit paper, like a sample or something.

LOL I am already working. But sadly, my company does not have an audit working paper.
So it is hard to make sure that all the necessary audit for Financial Statements/balance sheet have been done properly.

oohh like that one.. well i'm pretty pretty sure lecturers especially audit ones will have those for their own personal safekeeping, be it legal or illegal

at least my lecturer had some of those before and did tell us she can't copy it for us

I agree with noonies_naruto here. You don't have to go that far to answer the question. Furthermore, such questions are more towards CAT level. F8 and P7 doesn't touch on such basic things even though it's the basics that I don't really understand....

So result will be this tuesday right?
Anyone here using sms to know the result? Is it reliable? Cant sleep olredi..

Btw joe fang and keith, anyone here can tell me which one better?

There is sms system now?

Results are usually out on Monday 1pm MYS time. I don't think it's Tuesday.

13 feb is on mondayy~~

get readdyyyy yeehaawww!

Hi guys, I have some inquires about ACCA and I'm unsure if this is the right thread to ask.

Anyhow, I heard a diploma is required in order to take ACCA. My question is, if a person graduates from any Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Accounting & Finance, and is unable to secure a position in NTU, Degree in Bachelor of Accountancy, is it advisable to proceed with ACCA instead? Will there be any difference between these two in terms of profession or qualifications upon graduation and when working?

Also, will they teach the very basics of accountancy in the beginning of the 3-year diploma or do we need to have deeper knowledge in the syllabus as taught in our secondary school.

I apologize if I sound ignorant.. I hope any seniors can give me your input and guidance or inform me if I had posted in the incorrect thread. Thank you very much.

This post has been edited by VanillaScoop: Feb 8 2012, 06:31 PM

No. You only need A-levels to start ACCA. Anything higher than A-levels will provide you with exemptions. A levels will not provide you with any exemptions, so you would have to start from F1 to P7 (14 papers). Diploma would most probably help you to 4 exemptions, ie. you would start from F5 to P7.

However, note that you can just take 6 months to complete these 4 papers compared to Diploma which takes more than 2 years just to get the 4 paper exemption.

But since you are doing through the Diploma route, then the A-levels or CAT route is out of the question.

I would say that having a degree from NTU then completing ACCA and going straight into ACCA with the Diploma in hand both brings you into the same path, but NTU would probably provide a faster path.

ACCA teaches all the basics. No worries about that.

Note that this is only my OPINION. NTU is quite a prestigious university, therefore career paths would most likely be better than an ACCA fresh graduate since wherever you go to (most likely tuition centres, again I would assume you will be studying ACCA at Singapore, and I only know Kaplan, BPP and SAA) does not have such career services provided by NTU.

wow YH90 dunno sms system, u must be graduated

anyone know who is tis girl------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->

she so beautiful...

This post has been edited by caillech: Feb 8 2012, 07:24 PM

Thank you so much for clearing this up for me. I'm still in my form 5's and have some doubts since I don't take Accounts for my SPM. A-levels is better wherelse Diploma has more practical hands-on training I think. In your opinion, which is more preferable. A-levels or CAT route?

I graduated on June 2011. The girl is most likely not even a student at Monash.

In Sunway's brochures, we have a beautiful girl studying for ACCA, VU and most probably Lancaster at the same time as well.

share her fb link or any of her photo

i also no take spm meh.. no prob laa.. not dat i wanna say i hebat, but really its not that big of a deal.. dun worry at all

and btw, CAT already eliminate laa.. no more CAT. now starters have to start with Foundation in Accountancy (FIA) ... and i dont hav the slightest clue how dat works.. coz i also from CAT straight ACCA. no dip, no deg,

but ACCA is always the same.. no change like one i mentioned.. only that, if you come from degree, u dont hav to do F papers.. after grad from deg, straight away do P papers.. IMHO, its SAFER to do degree first. slightly longer route but okay also laa.

sms system for uk ppl only ...

cost & time effective route - FIA---CAT

Diploma does in fact provide internships, but if your final target is ACCA, then by all means take the FIA - ACCA route as it is the fastest (3 years if smooth sailing), next will be A-levels - ACCA (after A-levels, 2.5 years if smooth sailing), Diploma - ACCA (2.5+1.5 years) and Degree - ACCA (Foundation/A-levels +3/4 years Degree + 1 year ACCA).