About the Lecturer

Stephen is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is dedicated to ensure your success in ACCA Taxation. Stephen provides expert taxation tuition and produces his own student friendly tax manual. As a former ACCA Advanced Taxation prizewinner, Stephen is fully aware of the need to made complex taxation principles simple and he couples his practicing experience with that of his academic experience to produce outstanding exam results, far exceeding the ACCA average. 

Why choose PAT for your ACCA exam preparation?

1. We are an ACCA Platinum Approved Learning Partner
2. You can access lectures from anywhere.
3. We have a unique exam-focused approach with a combination of lectures, revision days and exam preparation sessions (EPS’s)
4. Through regular mock exams and corrected homework, our lecturers will offer structured feedback and support
5. You’ll receive access to tuition materials online as well as recordings of the lectures
6. Sitting a CBE assessed paper for the first time? Our exam-focused approach will get you CBE-ready

ACCA TX Taxation Syllabus & Exam

Aim

The aim of ACCA TX subject is To develop knowledge and skills relating to the Irish tax system as applicable to individuals, single companies and groups of companies.

Objective of the Syllabus

• Explain the operation and scope of the Irish tax system and the obligations oftax payers and/or their agents and the implications of non-compliance.
• Explain and compute the income tax liabilities of individuals
• Explain and compute the corporation tax liabilities of individual companies andgroups of companies
• Explain and compute the chargeable gains arising on companies and individuals
• Explain and compute the taxation of residential property
• Explain and compute the effect of social insurance and universal social chargeon employees, employers and the self employed
• Explain and compute the effects of value added tax on incorporated andunincorporated businesses

Exam Format

The syllabus is assessed by a three-hour 15 minutes paper based examination.
The paper will be predominantly computational and all questions are compulsory. Section A of the exam comprises 15 multiple choice questions of 2 marks each. Section B of the exam comprises four 10 mark questions and two 15 mark questions. The two 15 mark questions will focus on income tax (syllabus area B) and corporation tax (syllabus area C). The section A questions and the other questions in section B can cover any area of the syllabus.

To read more about TX and to access past exam papers please click here.

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