Which Paper in Fundamental level of ACCA (F4 - F9) are not necessary to attend class...means which 1 can self-study?

how bout other subject? is it possible to self-study for other paper using BPP book?

isn't it ACCA exam timetable the same for every exam cycle?
1st week JUNE/Dec for sure MOnday ...taxation....n it flows as normal
correct me if i'm wrong

i'm not saying i'm smart or sumting
i'm just hard-working...n i enjoy studying ACCA BPP study-text

yeah something like that, actually i acn explain better (but scared too long) so i just came out with the simple explanation. I think an extract of draft
will better visualise the changes

Previously                                                                                                            Changes
Cost of investment                                                                                x                        Consideration transferred                          x
FV of identifiable net assets at date of acquisition                                                      NCi (% x FV of net asset)                        x
Share capital                                              x                                                                                                                                  x
Pre-acquisition reserves                                                                                         
share premium                                            x
retained earnings                                        x
FV adjustment                                        x
                                                                  x    multiply % of control    x                FV of net assets x 100%                            x
Goodwill                                                                                                x                                                                                          x
                                                                                                               
At the end you get back the same figure for goodwill if you apply Proportionate share of FV of Sub net asset.
The goodwill will have different figure if you apply F.V of m.v of share by NCI just b4 acquisition.

I apologise for any differences of standards material as (i do not know what it looks like when it was posted)   

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Added on August 5, 2008, 11:41 pmSorry for the above post, let me do justice again (drafting it on table was a disaster)    
Previous IFRS 3
Cost of investment
- Fv of identifiable net assets at date of acquistion x % of control
= goodwill

Current IFRS 3
Consideration transferred
+ Non-controlling interest (% x FV of net assets at date of acquistion)
- Fv of identifiable net assets at date of acquistion x 100%
= goodwill

Those methods will be applied if use Proportionate share of FV of Sub net asset.
If apply method of F.V of m.v of share by NCI just b4 acquisition. Then question must give m.v of share price of subsidiary (ie : RM3)

Consideration transferred
+ NCI (m.v of share price x no. of shares held by NCI)
- Fv of identifiable net assets at date of acquistion x 100%
= goodwill
But there will be goodwill attributable to NCI at (m.v of share price - % of NCI x Fv of identifiable net assets at date of acquistion)

18 Aug if not mistaken

None is is easy to pass actually. P5 is getting tougher & tougher. P4 is "blood-sucking". P6 must memorise a lot & has the lowest pass rate previous
sitting. It depends on your skills & competency
P5 : If you can reason & argue well you can pass (a lot of overlapping areas with P3)
P4 : Deemed the toughest (lots of formulaes & models) balanced in calculation & theory. No straight answer.
P6 : Must memorise tons of section to apply effectively in exam. (in detail not just key pointers). If foundation of tax not good very hard to grasp P6.

the most scary date in this month 

4 days to go!!! a little bit stress cause of it..
and the F4 difficult indeed to absorb!

I have a general enquiry about the exam results
1) Which website is faster / slower when received by e-mail ?
2) When view online they said is 1600 GMT in Britain. So in Malaysia is +8 hours so figuratively speaking we can check online at 12.00 a.m that's
    on early tuesday morning.
    However in past trend (last sitting) we can already check online at 3.30p.m. Can anyone clarify on this issue ?

Topace and watISacca:
thx for both of ur reply =)
yup..nth is perfect..i think i hav made up my mind after reading ur posts..
i prefer to complete my study first..i dun wanna do sumthing which is against my will and with reluctance ><

by the way, what is the difference between online exam registration and the post 1?
they wil send me a form to fill out within September right?
what if i register online? what shud i do with the form? juz ignore it?
which method is better from ur experience?

thz =)

1 more day.... It's the final countdown!

anyone know wat time will the result releasE?

me too...max if takin 4 papers pass 2 happy already,if 3 of course its better...but to pass all 4..that can happen ..
since u're working at BTMH, u sure can juggle btw work and study if there still have pass to go(hopefully not)..

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Added on August 17, 2008, 3:30 pm

i think there is such term..and mostly that what makes examiner really piss off..its like  u dont answered what the questions wants..and it shows that candidates are lack of understanding the term and meaning of TOC(u have to know how to differentiate btw Subs. test and TOC, when to use it,is it necessary based on the case)..many times alan published the articles and exam report regarding silly(fundamental) mistakes that candidates did during the exam and student should noticed about that..

Ha Ha Ha, I think you will pass at least by 75 marks.

Your examination results for the June 2008 session issued on 18-AUG-08 are:

Paper Details: P2INT Corp. Rep. 
Result: Pass
Mark: 68
Paper Details: P3 Bus. Ana. 
Result:Pass
Mark: 53

   

This p2 really killed me off..my P2 notes all tear off..learn IFRS,IAS only..so what can i say is that..IAS,IFRS is important in P2..
For p3,i hv no idea

as long as pass it's sufficient. im glad i get 50 for p1.

ACCA really difficult estimate. I oso don't know why can pass P2. 1st question don't even finish on time, the essay question just goreng and agak-agak do the FRS question, but finally can pass. May be I'm lucky.....  

so u've completed ur ACCA? congratz if dats da case.
talking bout 'goreng', there is no right or wrong about wat u 'goreng' but it is up to the marker to judge ur answer.