FAE September 2014

autumnbelle

Thanks so much!!

JoanH

Hi all.....does anybody happen to have the AAFRP papers and solutions for 2012 and 2013. I appreciate if somebody could post up the papers. Thanks a million

TheDoctor

Anyone group 2 Advanced Audit and Assurance in Dublin? Looking for the timetable

TheDoctor

Also for any prior year FAE people out there, does anyone know if the AAFRP grinds days are any good?

Got an email there for a 2 day event the end of March held by ACA Revisions, pricey enough but looks good.

Wondering had anyone done it.

conor1979

TheDoctor wrote: »

Also for any prior year FAE people out there, does anyone know if the AAFRP grinds days are any good?

Got an email there for a 2 day event the end of March held by ACA Revisions, pricey enough but looks good.

Wondering had anyone done it.

I am not sure about the ACA Revision days but last year I did the CAP2 Chartered Grind School courses and they were great.

I have signed up for the AAFRP with them this year. €140 for the two days but I would rather spend it and be prepared as I can walking into the exam.

TheDoctor

conor1979 wrote: »

I am not sure about the ACA Revision days but last year I did the CAP2 Chartered Grind School courses and they were great.

I have signed up for the AAFRP with them this year. €140 for the two days but I would rather spend it and be prepared as I can walking into the exam.

Hi, yeah that's the thing I received the email about, was wondering had anyone done it before, did they find it good/bad/indifferent

Debs23

TheDoctor wrote: »

Hi, yeah that's the thing I received the email about, was wondering had anyone done it before, did they find it good/bad/indifferent

Is there any chance you could upload the email? I am interested in doing the course but have no details about it....

TheDoctor

http://www.acarevisions.ie/

Here's their website, basically a longer version of what the email said.

TheDoctor

And here's the other one

http://www.charteredgrindschool.com/

tumbledown

Hope veryone is well and enjoyed the Christmas break.

I'm trying to get started on preparing for the AAFRP exam but feel a bit lost. Could anyone shed some light on how they are approaching this? I made the awful mistake of looking at the sample paper the other night and it scared the lfe out of me, admittedly I'm not the worlds most natural accountant but I was completely up brown water creek

I was sort of planning on this:

Go over all CAP 2 FR standards and notes
Get familiar with the tookit
??
Profit

Any advice gratefully received

TheDoctor

I'd say the toolkit be a good starting point, it is made specifically for the exam after all.

To be honest, I haven't really looked at anything yet.

20 Times 20 Times

Planning on covering off on standards. These are very rusty in my head at the moment as it is over 18months since I have had to look at them.

Cover off the standards ( Reading them , summarising them )
Try some sample questions
CGS - School

1 month of doing questions.


That is my plan.

TheDoctor

Think I'll sign up to the CGS school for the AAFRP, getting good reviews

elizmac28

I would definitely recommend the cgs school, I'm doing the aafrp for sure!

DaUmpire

tumbledown wrote: »

Hope veryone is well and enjoyed the Christmas break.

I'm trying to get started on preparing for the AAFRP exam but feel a bit lost. Could anyone shed some light on how they are approaching this? I made the awful mistake of looking at the sample paper the other night and it scared the lfe out of me, admittedly I'm not the worlds most natural accountant but I was completely up brown water creek

I was sort of planning on this:

Go over all CAP 2 FR standards and notes
Get familiar with the tookit
??
Profit

Any advice gratefully received

I'm a Belfast student and had the AAFRP workshop at the weekend. Found it really good-the guy Michael who took it went through each section explaining how to approach it and went through a couple of examples before going through last years paper. He recommended working through the toolkit and using the questions to identify what standards u are weak at. This way u will c a patterning forming of what standards are constantly appearing. Big problem is time (the usual with any professional exam) practising under time pressure is key.

Debs23

DaUmpire wrote: »

I'm a Belfast student and had the AAFRP workshop at the weekend. Found it really good-the guy Michael who took it went through each section explaining how to approach it and went through a couple of examples before going through last years paper. He recommended working through the toolkit and using the questions to identify what standards u are weak at. This way u will c a patterning forming of what standards are constantly appearing. Big problem is time (the usual with any professional exam) practising under time pressure is key.

I missed that workshop. Do you have any of the other timetables? (im in belfas group 2)

autumnbelle

I am the same with financial reporting I really struggled with it for cap2 and seem to remember nothing!

Muzi5434

This is what I did for the AAFRP last year:
• Attend the workshop
• Derry Cotter’s notes
• Chartered grind school
• IFRS books (only for disclosures) - most of it is covered in the book you obtain from the CGS
• The FR cases book (only did the standards I was weak in)
• The toolkit (about 3/4 times)
• Ensure that you understand why certain things are being done in the solution and make assumptions, if necessary!
• In the AAFRP exam last year there was a question about a customer going bust post year-end and nearly everyone I spoke to said it was an adjusting event in accordance with IAS 10 and posted the double entry.
o However an alternative which I said in the exam was ‘I don’t know the reason why the customer went bust, it could be due to something that happened post year-end (fire/earthquake destroying the customer’s premises) therefore I will not be providing for it 2012 but rather 2013’

Any questions, let me know 

CHARTEREDEXAMS

Hey guys,

I'm repeating Core next September.

Can someone please post the Cork FAE Core timetable.

Thanks.

DaUmpire

Debs23 wrote: »

I missed that workshop. Do you have any of the other timetables? (im in belfas group 2)

Hope this helps

autumnbelle

Is the only book we got for core tax this year the cap aq tax book?

TheDoctor

Only tax core book I have is the corporate and individual tax planning book

aca2801

Hey, I was wondering could someone please post up the tax elective timetable? Im a repeater unforunately!

joebloggs88

Does anyone have a copy of the FAE timetable for Cork for 2014? I don't have access to the timetable and would like to be able to attend some of the lectures...

autumnbelle

TheDoctor wrote: »

Only tax core book I have is the corporate and individual tax planning book

Is it a large book god i must organise my books

TheDoctor

200 pages about

Hopefully gets my RC in Tax in the Core

20 Times 20 Times

Been so weak at TAX - I have decided to book onto the CGS tax course for the core exam !

Username2011

When do people find out about appeals relating to FAE Sept 2013?

Aidodub87

Username2011 wrote: »

When do people find out about appeals relating to FAE Sept 2013?

They came out before Xmas - 20th!!

aca2801

Oh guys, I just signed up for this crap again. The few months off from FAE was great, but heres to finally beating those ridiculous exams in September to both new FAE students & repeaters!!!

JoanH

hey guys....anybody got a copy of last years AAFRP paper and solution? If so can you post it up...it's not on the CA website. Thanks a million

autumnbelle

Its in the back of the aafrp toolkit book JoanH

JoanH

Thats my problem you see. I know the papers are in the toolkit but I'm a repeater. I got an NC in the AAFRP last year! Anyway, I didn't get any new books this year so I don't have the new toolkit. I was hoping that somebody might have the actual paper and solution from last year outside of the toolkit. Any help is very much appreciated.

Debs23

DaUmpire wrote: »

Hope this helps

DaUmpire

Did you go to the Tax integrated case workshop last Saturday? Was it any good??

deejer

could someone please send me the Galway FAE timetable please!

Signed up for the limerick course but may be in Galway some weekends

Thanks

lauma

JoanH wrote: »

Thats my problem you see. I know the papers are in the toolkit but I'm a repeater. I got an NC in the AAFRP last year! Anyway, I didn't get any new books this year so I don't have the new toolkit. I was hoping that somebody might have the actual paper and solution from last year outside of the toolkit. Any help is very much appreciated.

Here you go !

JoanH

Hey thanks a million lauma. You're a star.

Foxy1987

Hi All,

Just a quick post regarding exam centres. I have been in contact with the institute requesting them to reinstate the Sligo exam centre as there is a complete disregard for the NorthWest!

Can anyone who would benefit from this exam centre email me please! I've been in contact with them already about this and I am going to push it! ACCA held an exam centre in Sligo for TWO STUDENTS! The institute are saying it will cost too much as there are not enough numbers! Not good enough.. If you know of any other students could you ask them to also get i contact with me.

my details are:

Bernie
sligo@cassi.ie

aca2801

Hey Guys,

Interested in hearing if anyone has begun doing work for this. Also would like to know what is the best way to begin with the tax elective. Any advice you may have is much appreciated. Thank you:)

autumnbelle

Sorry but does anyone know where the primus pet food case is?

Nermal

Anyone else going mano-a-mano with Enver Plastics this evening for the case work day tomorrow?

I have just been reminded of how much I hate variances, I hadn't thought about them since 2012...

I have unfortunately been tempted to look at the solution and am now in a minor panic.

aca2801

autumnbelle wrote: »

Sorry but does anyone know where the primus pet food case is?

Hey check the attachments in FAE 2013, Im sure it is there if not, I am not near my computer atm, but I will try upload for you later if you cannot find it.

Melon head

Has anyone done the AAFRP Workshop yet. Was it any good? What did they do? Is there anything I need to do to prepare for it?

conor1979

Melon head wrote: »

Has anyone done the AAFRP Workshop yet. Was it any good? What did they do? Is there anything I need to do to prepare for it?

I had it last Sunday and it was very good. Got a break down of each section and how you need to approach it.

Then went through some questions and explained what you need to be looking for. There not recorded so well worth going to.

I would have a look through the toolkit and over the slides but I wouldn't get bogged down in trying to do to much before hand, just to know what's coming.

CHARTEREDEXAMS

Hey guys,

Could someone please post up the Cork & Limerick timetables.

Thanks alot!!

autumnbelle

For BL Marketing tonight we are ment to read Links Ltd case in 2012 core exam, but there is no Links Ltd case, anyone know where it can be found? Any one started studying for AAFRP yet?

lauma

@ autumnbelle it's on page 19

lauma

autumnbelle wrote: »

For BL Marketing tonight we are ment to read Links Ltd case in 2012 core exam, but there is no Links Ltd case, anyone know where it can be found? Any one started studying for AAFRP yet?

only did few questions in toolkit. I am absolutely useless when it comes to double entry . just wondering is it too late to book a place for grind school?

littlemiss123

Can anyone who has attended the AAFRP workshop post a quick summary of key points/technique etc?

I was unable to attend as I was out of the country and worried I might have missed something important!

Thanks

autumnbelle

I still havent had mine yet, would like to start studying for it but feel overwhelmed a bit!! I already have notes everywhere, unsure of how to get organised with cases etc