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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.

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

• International aspects
• This article is based on tax legislation as it applies to the tax year 2008-09 (Finance Act 2008)
• Massaging the figures
• Earnings management - what it is, when it becomes fraud, and implications for auditors
• Focus on PER: P0 6
• Use Information and Communications Technology - achieve this Performance Objective
• Business combinations
• Complex group calculations, focusing on IFRS 3 (Revised)
• Corporation tax and groups Pt 2
• This article is based on tax legislation as it applies to the tax year 2008-09 (Finance Act 2008)
• Measuring planning variances
• There are many ways - but only one that's preferred by ACCA examiner Geoff Cordwell
• Corporation tax
• This article is based on tax legislation as it applies to the tax year 2008-09 (Finance Act 2008)
• Capital taxes
• This article is based on tax legislation as it applies to the tax year 2008-09 (Finance Act 2008), and is relevant for candidates sitting Paper P6 (UK) exam in June or December 2009
• The risks of uncertainty
• Decisions, decisions - risk, probability and potential outcomes unravelled
• The taxation of income from regional hubs
• Operational headquarters companies, regional distribution centre companies, and international procurement centre companies

Feature articles from this issue

• In good company
• Simon Chaplin FCCA, director of Greenstones, a chartered certified accountancy practice, believes that ACCA Approved Employer status has contributed to the success of his business
• Gulf of opportunity
• It's been a boom region - and not just for oil. But does the Gulf still cut it as a magnet for accountants? Calum Robson finds out
• Average in Excel?
• The spreadsheet is your friend - and if it isn't, it should be
• Your brilliant career
• With determination and hard work today, your ACCA Qualification can take you wherever you want to be - tomorrow, and beyond
• Map the mind, tap the brain
• To its converts, mind mapping has revolutionised learning, and makes an important contribution in the workplace and other aspects of life. Calum Robson talks to those who are spreading the word
• Meet Bernard
• Bernard Dulal-Whiteway, one of the Caribbean's leading businessmen and ACCA Achievement Award winner, talks about his career
• Sleep is for wimps
• Or is it? Unless you get the right amount of sleep, your work, studies, and health will all suffer, as Lesley Meall reports

Learning centre advice from this issue

• Talking technology - denial of service attacks
• Problem solved - getting experience
• 3 things you should know about...quantitative easing

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