Technical articles
- Ready to sit Paper F8?
- 21 Oct 2008
- Examiner Alan Lewin identifies some of the common errors found in Paper F8 exam scripts, and offers some suggested solutions to help with your revision - relevant to ACCA Qualification Paper F8
- Audit and assurance assistance
- 10 Apr 2008
- Examiner for Paper F8 Alan Lewin illustrates how more marks can be obtained by a better understanding of the requirement verbs used
- The business risk-based approach to an audit and audit planning
- 10 Apr 2008
- Examiner for CAT Paper 8 Brian Pine explains the business risk-based approach, and outlines the activities that are undertaken as part of audit planning
- Fundamental knowledge
- 07 Feb 2008
- Gordon Faragher, assessor for Paper F6 (UK), explains why all the questions in Fundamentals level exams are compulsory
- A risk-based approach to auditing financial statements
- 07 Feb 2008
- Examiner for CAT Paper 8 Brian Pine outlines the key points of a risk-based audit
- IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements
- 17 Jan 2008
- ACCA education adviser Ellie Griffiths outlines the amendments to presentation and terminology following the reissue of IAS 1
- On international terms
- 07 Sep 2007
- student accountant details how the CAT and ACCA Qualification syllabuses will be internationalised from the December 2007 exam session, and highlights the changes to individual papers
- Mind the gap
- 27 Apr 2007
- Gareth Owen, ACCA qualifications development manager, provides guidance for students transferring to the new ACCA Qualification in August 2007
- Practical support
- 02 Apr 2007
- student accountant announces the launch of the trainee development matrix and outlines the services and support available to help students achieve their practical experience requirement
- Experience transfer
- 27 Feb 2007
- Guidance on what you can do in preparation to transfer to the practical experience requirements
- Examiner's approach to Paper F8
- 27 Feb 2007
- Alan Lewin, examiner for Paper F8, provides his approach to the audit and assurance paper
- Audit working papers
- 23 Feb 2007
- Namasiku Liandu outlines how working papers provide evidence that an effective, efficient, and economic audit has been carried out
- Putting theory into practice
- 01 Feb 2007
- student accountant focuses on how the practical experience requirements are closely linked to the exams and the Professional Ethics module in the new ACCA Qualification
- Testing, testing, one, two, three
- 22 Dec 2006
- ACCA qualifications development manager Gareth Owen explains how the design of the new ACCA Qualification can help students to learn more effectively
- Examining evidence
- 18 Dec 2006
- Connie Richardson explains the importance of understanding audit evidence
- Ethically speaking
- 01 Jun 2006
- ACCA demonstrates its commitment to ensuring that ethics and professional values are assessed through its unique three-pronged approach
- Audit risk in a brave new world
- 30 Sep 2004
- Auditors should understand audit risk, what it is and how to deal with it says Namsiku Liandu
- Internal audit and review reports
- 29 Jan 2003
- Katharine Bagshaw describes internal audit
- The role of internal audit in risk management
- 01 Apr 2002
- Katharine Bagshaw outlines the role of internal audit
- Directional testing - a methodology
- 01 May 2001
- A guide to directional testing