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Welcome to Student Accountant online - the magazine for ACCA Qualification, Certified Accounting Technician 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 Paper To 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. Choose a paper Choose a paper ------------------------------------- F1 Accountant in Business F2 Management Accounting F3 Financial Accounting F4 Corporate and Business Law F5 Performance Management F6 Taxation F7 Financial Reporting F8 Audit and Assurance F9 Financial Management P1 Professional Accountant P2 Corporate Reporting P3 Business Analysis P4 Advanced Financial Management P5 Advanced Performance Management P6 Advanced Taxation P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance ------------------------------------- Certified Accounting Technician ------------------------------------- 1 Recording Financial Transactions 2 Information and Management Control 3 Maintaining Financial Records 4 Accounting for Costs 5 Managing People and Systems 6 Drafting Financial Statements 7 Planning 8 Implementing Audit Procedures 9 Preparing Taxation Computations 10 Managing Finances

Technical articles from this issue

• Business analysis - changes to the syllabus from June 2011
• Steve Skidmore, examiner for Paper P3, describes the changes to the Paper P3, Business Analysis syllabus from June 2011 onwards
• Key advice on how to pass Polish tax
• The examiner for Paper F6 (POL) shares some advice on how to pass the Polish tax paper based on his recent marking experiences
• Corporate reporting - current issues
• This article covers the issues of leasing, income tax and management commentary
• Examiner's approach to Paper P5
• The new examiner for Paper P5 Alex Watt outlines his approach to examining the Paper P5 syllabus
• Business analysis case study approach
• Ken Garrett gives guidance on how to approach a case study question by looking at a past exam paper
• Examiner's approach to Paper P4
• Examiner for Paper P4, Shishir Malde, outlines his approach to the Paper P4 exam

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