Course description
ACCA Applied Skills (Weekend course, June 2019 Sitting)
ACCA is suitable for those who would like a career in finance, business or accountancy, who wish to become a Chartered Certified Accountant. It takes around three to four years to complete the full qualification. You’ll learn both practical and technical skills to equip you for a future in business.
Subjects can be sat in any order. Students can sit up to four subjects in one exam sitting and a maximum of eight per year. You can overlap with Applied Knowledge as long as this level is being completed.
Applied Skills exams
LW is available as a Computer Based Exam (CBE) at Kaplan centres all year round and also at other ACCA approved centres. Both written and computer based versions of the LW exam are two hours long with no reading time. ENG and GLO versions of the exam are only examined by CBE in the UK.
With the exception of LW, exams for the Applied Skills subjects are available as Session CBEs sat at ACCA centres and there are four exam sittings per year. Find out more about exam entry dates.
In the UK, Applied Skills subjects are only examined by Session CBE. In some countries the subjects are still also available as Paper Based Exams (PBE) which take place at the same time as the Session CBE. Find out more about Session CBEs in your location.
Session CBEs are three hours 20 minutes long plus up to 10 minutes to read the pre-exam instructions. PBEs are three hours long with 15 minutes reading time. Find out more about the CBE exam format.
The pass mark for all subjects is 50%.
Please note: dates and course fees may vary depending on chosen exam sitting and venue. Please check Kaplan's website for full details.
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Training Course Content
Corporate & Business Law (LW)
You’ll develop the knowledge and skills to understand the general legal framework and of specific legal areas relevant for business, while recognising the need to ask for specialist legal advice when necessary.
Topics Covered
Essential elements of the legal system
The law of obligations (contract and tort)
Employment law
The formation and constitution of business organisation
Capital and the financing of companies
Management, administration and regulation of companies
Legal implications relating to companies in difficulty or in crisis
Governance and ethical issues relation to business
Performance Management (PM)
You’ll develop the knowledge to apply management accounting techniques to quantitive and qualitive information for planning, decision-making, performance evaluation and control.
Topics covered
Specialist cost and management accounting techniques
Decision-making techniques
Budgeting
Standard costing and variances analysis
Performance measurement and control
Taxation (TX-UK)
You’ll learn the knowledge and skills relating to the tax systems for individuals, single companies and groups of companies.
Topics Covered
The UK tax system and its administration
Income tax and NIC liabilities
Corporation tax liabilities
Chargeable gains for individuals
Inheritance tax
Value added tax (VAT)
Financial Reporting (FR)
You’ll learn the skills to understand and apply accounting standards and the theoretical framework required to prepare financial statements of entities, and how to analyse and interpret those financial statements.
Topics Covered
The conceptual and regulatory framework for financial reporting
Accounting for transactions in financial statements
Analysing and interpreting the financial statements of single entities and groups
Preparation of financial statements
Audit and Assurance (AA)
You’ll understand the process of implementing the assurance engagement and its application in the context of the professional regulatory framework.
Topics covered
Audit framework and regulation
Planning and risk assessment
Internal control
Audit evidence
Review and reporting
Financial Management (FM)
You’ll develop the knowledge and skills necessary for a finance manager responsible for the finance function of a business, in regards to investment, financing and dividend policy decisions.
Topics covered
Financial management function
Financial management environment
Working capital management
Investment appraisal
Business finance
Business valuations
Risk management
You should read through your PM notes before you begin studying FM.