Student Accountant

RESOURCES
exam results by email
If you have not yet registered
to receive your results by email,
you can do this by visiting https://
www.acca-business.org and ensuring
a current email address is recorded,
then insert a tick in the relevant box
38 questions?
ACCA Connect opening hours
and 2010 subscription fees
39 exam timetable
December 2010 and
June 2011 sessions
40 important
information
New students, variant papers
and exam results
41 exam
certificates
Exam certificates are
issued twice a year after
exam results
41 oxford brookes
Dates for and guidelines
on submitting your RAP
per annual returns
Find out how to achieve
the PER for ACCA
membership: www.accaglobal.
com/students/acca/per
Subscribers to ACCA’s Tuition
Provider Directory are not currently
approved by ACCA. Visit
www.accaglobal.com/students
to find out more

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For all enquiries, simply contact ACCA Connect – our
global customer service centre. However you want
to contact us, by phone, fax, email or post, one of
our expert advisers will be happy to assist you.
Monday to Thursday
Open 21 hours (closed 20.00 to 23.00)
Friday
Open 20 hours (closed 20.00 to midnight)
Saturday
Closed
students@
accaglobal.com
+44 (0)141
582 2000
Sunday
Open 09.00 to 17.00 and 23.00 to midnight
(all times based on GMT/BST as appropriate)
ACCA Connect
2 Central Quay 89 Hydepark Street Glasgow
G3 8BW United Kingdom
tel: +44 (0)141 582 2000
fax: +44 (0)141 582 2222
email: students@accaglobal.com
website: www.accaglobal.com
acca connect
FEES
Annual subscription – 2010
Please note as a student you are required to
pay an annual subscription for each year you
are registered with ACCA. This is a separate
fee to your initial registration fee. Your annual
subscription is due on 1 January – irrespective
of the month you registered. For example,
if you registered in December, you will still
be required to pay an annual subscription
by 1 January. The payment enables ACCA to
provide you with services and support to assist
you with your studies and training as you work
towards gaining your qualification.
Students who fail to pay fees when due
(including exam/exemption fees), will have
their names removed from the ACCA register.
Students wishing to re-register are required to
submit any amounts unpaid at the time of their
removal in addition to the re‐registration fee.
No penalty fee will be charged. Confirmation
of your unpaid fees can be obtained from your
national ACCA office or ACCA Connect.
The following fees and subscriptions apply:
CAT students
Initial subscription £60
Re-registration *£60
Annual subscription £60
Introductory Level exam £38
Intermediate Level exam £38
Advanced Level exam/exemption £49
ACCA Qualification and
MSER students
Initial subscription £69
Re-registration *£69
Annual subscription £69
Knowledge exam/exemption £55
Skills exam/exemption £69
Professional exam £81
*plus unpaid fee(s)
Affiliates
Annual subscription £99
Permanent subscription £189
Don’t forget to pay your fees on time. Dates by
which fees and subscriptions must be paid and
arrangements for payment are included in your
ACCA welcome pack.

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EXaM TIMETABLE
december 2010
S M T W T F S
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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The following dates have been
confirmed for the next two
exam sessions:
December 2010
Week 1 6 to 10 December
Week 2 13 to 15 December
June 2011
Week 1 6 to 10 June
Week 2 13 to 15 June
Exams will take place over an
eight-day period with one session
of exams each day. The exams
will be held concurrently in five
different time zones. The base
starting times in each of these
time zones will be:
¤ Zone 1 (Caribbean) –
08.00hrs
¤ Zone 2 (UK) – 10.00hrs
¤ Zone 3 (Pakistan and South
Asia) – 14.00hrs
¤ Zone 4 (Asia Pacific) –
15.00hrs
¤ Zone 5 (Australasia) –
17.00hrs.
Local starting times will be
set falling out from these base
start times for every centre.
Details of local start times can
be found against each centre
on the Examination Centre List
accompanying your Examination
Entry Form.
june 2011
S M T W T F S
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 1 2
Papers F1 to F3 are two-hour
exams, and Papers F4 to F9 and
P1 to P7 are three-hour exams.
Monday 6 December
1* Recording Financial
Transactions
6* Drafting Financial
Statements
F6 Taxation
P6 Advanced Taxation
Tuesday 7 December
2* Information for
Management Control
7* Planning, Control
and Performance
Management
F4 Corporate and
Business Law
P7 Advanced Audit
and Assurance
Wednesday 8 December
3* Maintaining
Financial Records
F3 Financial Accounting
MFA Financial Accounting
F8 Audit and Assurance
Thursday
9 December
4* Accounting
for Costs
F9
P4
Financial Management
Advanced Financial
Management
Friday 10 December
5* Managing People and
Systems
F2 Management Accounting
MMA Management Accounting
P5 Advanced Performance
Management
Monday 13 December
8* Implementing Audit
Procedures
F5 Performance
Management
P1 Professional Accountant
Tuesday 14 December
9* Preparing Taxation
Computations
F7 Financial Reporting
P2 Corporate Reporting
Wednesday 15 December
10* Managing Finances
F1 Accountant in Business
P3 Business Analysis
*CAT Scheme exams
DETAILS OF
LOCAL start TIMES
CAN BE Found
AGainst EACH
CENTRE ON THE
EXAMination
CENTRE LIST
ACCOMPanyinG
your EXAMination
Entry FORM.

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important
information
New students
Applications are normally processed
within four to six weeks of receipt
in the Glasgow office. Forms handed
in to national ACCA offices or Joint
Scheme offices will be forwarded to
Glasgow. Students who apply to register
online can track the progress of their
application on the e-business website at
https://www.acca-business.org
New students should allow
adequate time for processing and
receiving official confirmation of
their registration. Carefully read the
information that you receive with your
post-registration pack to ensure all
details have been recorded correctly.
You should expect to receive: a student
registration card, a welcome to ACCA
letter, a profile letter detailing a summary
of your data held by ACCA, and an
exemption notification if applicable.
Transfer to the
ACCA Qualification
Students completing the
exam element of the
Certified Accounting
Technician Scheme are
eligible to transfer to the
ACCA Qualification with
exemption from Papers
F1, F2 and F3. This
transfer is automatic
for all students who
stated on their initial Technician
Registration Form that they wished this
to take place. Such students are eligible
to take the next session of the ACCA
Qualification exams. If you indicated on
your application that you did not wish
this transfer to take place, a separate
application will be required should you
subsequently decide to attempt the
ACCA Qualification exams.
Results for the June 2010 exams will be sent
to students in the week commencing
23 August 2010. If you have not yet registered
to receive your results by email, you can do so
up until midday (BST) on Friday 20 August 2010.
visit www.accaglobal.com/students/faqs/
exam_results for more information.
ACCA Qualification variant/
accounting and auditing papers
The tax and law variants allocated to you
at the time of registration are indicated
on your profile letter. You can view your
full profile at myACCA. You can select
the accounting and auditing standards
that you wish to be examined in at the
time you enter for your exams. Should
you wish to change the tax or law variant
for the forthcoming session, you can
do so as part of online exam entry or by
including a request when submitting your
Examination Entry Form. Amendments
can be accepted up until the exam entry
closing date for the next session,
ie 15 April for the June exams and
15 October for the December exams.
CAT variant/accounting and
auditing streams
The variant and stream allocated to
you at the time of your registration
are indicated on your profile letter.
You can also view this at myACCA. All
exam options are calculated based on
the variant/stream information held
on file for you at the date of issue of the
entry form. Should you wish to change
a variant paper, please confirm this in
writing. If you would like to change your
stream, you can do so at the time of
exam entry or online via the e-business
facility. Amendments can be accepted
up until the standard exam entry closing
date for the next session, ie 15 April for
the June exams and 15 October for the
December exams.
exam results
Results for the June 2010 exams will
be sent to students in the week
commencing 23 August 2010. If you
have not yet registered to receive your
results by email, you can do so up until
midday (BST) on Friday 20 August
2010. Ensure you have an up‐to-date
email address recorded on our website
at https://www.acca‐business.org then
simply insert a tick in the relevant box.
Once you have registered to receive
your exam results via email, ACCA will
continue to send exam results/status
reports to you at subsequent sessions
until you complete the ACCA exams or
unsubscribe from this service. For further
information, visit www.accaglobal.com/
students/faqs/exam_results
to receive your exam results by email, tick the
relevant box at https:// www.acca-business.org

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Find out about practical experience requirements
www.accaglobal.com/students/acca/per
Exam
certificates
ACCA issues the following exam certificates twice a year after exam
results are released:
ACCA QUALIFICATION
Certificate of Achievement
Students are awarded a Certificate of Achievement if they achieve a pass
mark of 85% or above for individual passes in Papers F1, F2 and F3.
Fundamentals Level Certificate
Students are awarded a Fundamentals Level Certificate when they
have successfully completed all of the exams in the Fundamentals
level of the ACCA Qualification (Papers F1–F9).
Professional Level Certificate
Students are awarded a Professional Level Certificate when they have
successfully completed all of the exams in the Professional level
of the ACCA Qualification (P1–P3 and any two of the Options papers
from P4, P5, P6 and P7).
CAT QUALIFICATION
Introductory Level Certificate
Students are awarded an Introductory Level Certificate when they have
successfully completed all of the Introductory Level exams (Papers 1
and 2) of the CAT qualification.
Intermediate Level Certificate
Students are awarded an Intermediate Level Certificate when they
have successfully completed all of the Intermediate Level exams
(Papers 3 and 4) of the CAT qualification.
Advanced Level Certificate
An Advanced Level Certificate
is awarded on successful
completion of all of the
Advanced Level exams (Papers
5–7 and two of the three
options from Paper 8–10) of
the CAT qualification.
Passed Finalist Certificate
Students are awarded a Passed
Finalist Certificate when they
have successfully completed
all of the papers of the
CAT qualification.
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bsc (hons)
Students completing certain papers of the
ACCA Qualification are eligible to apply for
a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from
Oxford Brookes University.
The degree must be completed within
10 years of your initial registration on to
ACCA’s professional qualification; otherwise,
your eligibility will be withdrawn. Check your
eligibility status at www.accaglobal.com/
students/bsc/.
The dates below outline the forthcoming
deadlines for completing the qualifying exams
and the last opportunity to submit your
Research and Analysis Project (RAP):
First session (1) Final session for Final date for
completing submission
the qualifying of RAP
exams (2)
December 2000 June 2010 November 2010
June 2001 December 2010 May 2011
Notes
1 First applicable exam session as confirmed
at the time of your initial registration
with ACCA.
2 Completion of Fundamentals Level exams.
Professional Ethics module
Students wishing to submit their
Research and Analysis Project (RAP) must
complete the Professional Ethics module.
For more information visit www.accaglobal.com/
students/bsc/

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