The ACCA syllabus consists of 14 papers divided into four levels:
Knowledge - 3 papers
Skills – 6 papers
Essentials – 3 papers
Options – 2 papers from 4
Knowledge
F1 AB Accountant in Business
F2 MA Management Accounting
F3 FA Financial Accounting
Skills
F4 CL Corporate and Business Law
F5 PM Performance Management
F6 TX Taxation
F7 FR Financial Reporting (UK or International)
F8 AA Audit & Assurance (UK or International)
F9 FM Financial Management
Essentials
P1 PA Professional Accountant
P2 CR Corporate Reporting (UK or International)
P3 BA Business Analysis
Options Choose any 2 from 4
P4 AFM Advanced Financial Management
P5 APM Advanced Performance Management
P6 ATX Advanced Taxation
P7 AAA Advanced Audit & Assurance (UK or International)
Exam Regulations
All modules must be sat in order
Maximum of four papers to be taken in one sitting
Papers within a module may be sat in any order but ACCA recommends that they should be sat in numerical order.
Papers from a variety of levels may be sat at any one time. i.e. Knowledge and Skills or Skills and Essentials.
The three Essentials papers do not have to be sat together
Students have 10 years to pass all the examinations.
The pass mark for all examinations is 50%
In addition to the above 14 papers, students are required to study and sit an on-line module in Professional ethics. It is recommended that this is studied at the same time as P1
Practical experience required
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