Preparing ACCA Exams - Quick Guide and FAQs
A lot of students are asking me loads of different questions of different nature while preparing for ACCA exams including what subject to take what to leave, how to plan study and exam attempt, which questions to do first in the exam, what topics are important, what to read and what to leave etc. Following […]
Excel Most Wanted - Selection shortcut keys Mega collection
While working in Excel or any data related job selection is one job in itself. And even in Excel it is not easy when you making your way through thousands of cells. However, life is much easier if you know selection tricks Excel has to offer and even better is they come in shape of shortcut keys […]
40+ Excel navigational shortcuts to make accounting job super efficient
With the advent of user interface we are able to use mouse and other input devices. But when it comes to speed, efficiency and productivity keyboard is still EXCELlent above anything else i.e. K is for Keyboard like K is for King. While working in excel we often have to navigate like clicking ribbon, switching […]
Auditor: “A watchdog not a bloodhound” Why yes? Why not?
This is still a question but why? In this article we asked other connecting questions so that if this cannot be answered directly then we might succeed making this puzzle if we answer all the other ones. This is a humble attempt to highlight an issue and no harm to any auditor or auditing as […]
What is Cash Conversion Cycle and how to interpret it?
Cash conversion cycle is one of the important tools in hands of users of financial statements including investors to measure liquidity performance of the business and ultimately it will also reflect how good the entity is being managed with its resources especially in short-term. Cash is life line of every kind of business. Without cash […]
What is Performance materiality?
Since the the concept of materiality at application level has been defined in the standards, it has been posing problems for students. Many think that this is a new concept, but it is fairly old and was there but it was certainly not defined before. Main reason to my mind why students find it hard […]
10 questions to ask yourself before you start SELF STUDY
Deciding whether to do self-study or to get a professional help is not easy.Situation becomes tense even more when it involves professional qualification and you are already in your professional life. To help you make the right decision whether you can do or should do self study, we discussed with students and teachers to understand […]
Understanding Throughput Accounting
The following article is relevant to all the subjects related to Cost Accounting especially with Throughput accounting as part of their syllabus. For example, ACCA F5. Though this article is written keeping ACCA F5 syllabus in consideration, it can be used by the students of other professional qualifications as well. ACCA F5 students, especially, can […]
FIA | Foundations in Accountancy - Suit of qualifications by ACCA
Foundations in Accountancy is NOT just a new certification instead it is a whole new suit of qualifications all set to include Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) under its umbrella. This whole suit is subdivided into three certificates and a diploma. So here we are with yet another innovation of “ACCA LABS”, Foundations in Accountancy (FIA). […]
5 things that Pakistani ACCA students are doing VERY Wrong!
Every ACCA student in Pakistan wants to have a future full of success. But large number of students is also worried and are asking whether they made the right choice. But are we really giving this its due importance and really using our minds? Here are the FIVE mistakes that we found much common among […]
