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Welcome to student accountant online - the magazine for ACCA Qualification, Certified Accounting Technician Scheme students, and affiliates. In this section you will find essential reading including technical articles on key examinable topics to support study, and career development and business features.
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Technical Articles by PaperTo make things easier, if you choose the exam paper you are studying for, you will see all the technical articles that relate to that paper. |
Technical articles from this issue
- Forensic auditing
- Examiner for Paper P7 Lisa Weaver explores some of the key issues relevant to forensic investigations
- Business process change
- Adrian Thomas describes the effective and efficient business processes required by organisations to effectively implement business strategies
- Understanding corporate capacity
- Pearlie Koh Ming Choo takes a look at the doctrine of ultra vires in terms of determining whether a transaction entered into by a company is valid
- Capital taxes - relevant to Paper P6 (UK)
- Rory Fish, examiner for Paper P6 (UK), considers capital gains tax and inheritance tax calculations, including exemptions and reliefs
- Strategic and operational risks
- Nick Weller examines risks in terms of their potential impact and probability of occurrence
- The taxation of unit trusts and REITS - relevant to Paper P6 (MYS)
- Richard Thornton, examiner for Paper P6 (MYS), discusses the specific provisions applicable to real estate investment trusts
Feature articles from this issue
- ACCA growth
- ACCA has been confirmed as the fastest-growing UK-based accountancy body in the latest edition of the Professional Oversight Board's annual review of institutes and firms
- 2009 - changes to the CAT qualification
- From June 2009 there will be some minor changes to the Advanced Level papers (Papers 5 to 10) of the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) qualification
- News in brief
- A selection of news stories from around the world
- All in the design
- Victoria Morgan finds out how ACCA Approved Employer Arup has embraced mentoring to support its ACCA students and members around the world
- I win, you lose?
- student accountant shows how developing skills to deal with conflict and confrontation can be good not only for your peace of mind, but also for your career
- Record number of students complete ACCA exams
- A record number of students successfully completed their ACCA final exams in June 2008. There was also a record number of entrants for the exams, with 164,646 candidates taking a total of 335,566 papers
- ACCA announces UK Sustainability Reporting Awards shortlist for 2008
- ACCA has announced the 14 finalists for its prestigious annual UK Awards for Sustainability Reporting
- China pursues accountants
- A new study of the employment market in Asia shows that the need for accountants in China continues unabated
- ACCA in Bangladesh
- Jamie Ambler speaks to Mohua Rashid, country manager for ACCA Bangladesh, about how the opening of ACCA's latest office will be the beginning of a new era for trainees and members in Bangladesh
- Windfall tax woes for IPPS
- A new and hefty windfall tax has squeezed the cashflows of Malaysian independent power producers (IPPs) and unleashed fears of default on debt repayments on a skittish debt market
- Against the odds
- Overcoming the challenges that life throws your way can help you become a better accountant, as Lesley Meall discovers