ACCA | BPP - Exam Tips for Paper P1 - Professional Accountant December 2009

Download BPP's December 2009 exam tips. In these predictions BPP has suggested that the following areas are expected to be tested this fall and for this paper of ACCA following exam tips should be considered:

ACCA | P1 - Professional Accountant
  • Sarbanes Oxley - why a rules based system is suitable for corporate governance and comparing it to the UK combined code
  • CSR - benefits to organisations of engaging with stakeholders
  • Auditing processes - benefits of internal auditing, focussing on environmental auditing
  • Disclosure requirements under Turnbull report
  • Discussing an ethical issue using the American Accounting Association model
  • Explanation of some of the 9 principles of good governance
  • Features of an effective control system
  • Roles of different committees at board level
  • 2 Tier v unitary board structure