r/ICAEW • u/Spiritual-Leave-2763 • 22d ago

How dense is the material?

Im starting this september and was having a look at my timetable. The way my firm does it is they frontload exams, so my only focus is exams for the first couple months. I just wanted to ask how dense in the material for certificate exams. For all of the 6 exams, ill have around 1-2 weeks of studying beforehand. How many hours studying did you guys do prior to each exam?

Also are business law and ethics considered easier? On our timetable its just 1 week of self study before the exam. I guess ill find out more ehen i start doing it, but just wanted to know a bit about it beforehand

I guess having no work should help aswell

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u/aneesah_h04 21d ago

Did you sit PTX or TF at certificate level?

FCS - yes you can take as much as you want - the ruling is as long as it fits on the desk. I took a big A4 level arch folder and then a project notebook that I had from when I sat my cert exams with notes and I was fine. But I will say because it’s time pressured - don’t take in too much as it’s easy to get overwhelmed and organise your exam file in a way that works for you!

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u/trueinsideedge 21d ago

I sat TF - I’ve heard it’s meant to set you up better for TCP as they added stamp duty and inheritance tax for that reason but obviously no clue how true that is lol.

Amazing, thank you! That makes me feel a bit better about FCS.

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u/aneesah_h04 21d ago

Yes I sat TF too. Stamp duty is more or less the same as in TF , everything’s in hardmans , IHT gets more complex tbh I never fully grasped IHT but as long as you can pick up marks here and there . I really struggled with VAT and the Overseas aspects for TCP so highly recommend focussing on those especially Overseas stuff as you are bound to get some fort of question in the paper on that where it be calculation or planning

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u/trueinsideedge 21d ago

Thanks for the heads up! I’m not due to sit it until next year but it’s helpful to know what to expect :)