Profestional examinations paper f6 taxation exam kit

CONTENTS Page Section 1 Practice income tax and national insurance questions 1 6 Answers to practice income tax and national insurance questions 195 7 Answers to practice chargeable gai

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Professional Examinations

Paper F6

Taxation

(Finance Act 2015)

EXAM KIT

For September 2016 to March 2017 examination

sittings

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P AP ER F 6 : TA XA T ION ( F A2 01 5)

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Published by:

Kaplan Publishing UK

Unit 2 The Business Centre

Molly Millar’s Lane

Wokingham

Berkshire

RG41 2QZ

ISBN: 978-1-78415-228-4

Printed and bound in Great Britain

The text in this material and any others made available by any Kaplan Group company does not amount to advice on a particular matter and should not be taken as such No reliance should be placed on the content as the basis for any investment or other decision or in connection with any advice given to third parties Please consult your appropriate professional adviser as necessary Kaplan Publishing Limited and all other Kaplan group companies expressly disclaim all liability to any person in respect of any losses or other claims, whether direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or otherwise arising in relation to the use of such materials

by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission from Kaplan Publishing

Acknowledgements

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CONTENTS

Page

Section

1 Practice income tax and national insurance questions 1

6 Answers to practice income tax and national insurance questions 195

7 Answers to practice chargeable gains questions 371

8 Answers to practice inheritance tax questions 435

9 Answers to practice corporation tax questions 477

10 Answers to practice value added tax questions 569

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Key features in this edition

In addition to providing a wide ranging bank of real past exam questions, we have also included

in this edition:

 An analysis of all of the recent examination papers

 Paper specific information and advice on exam technique

 Our recommended approach to make your revision for this particular subject as effective

as possible This includes step by step guidance on how best to use our Kaplan material (complete text, pocket notes and exam kit) at this stage in your studies

 A wealth of past real examination questions adapted to the new examination style with enhanced tutorial answers and packed with specific key answer tips, technical tutorial notes and exam technique tips from our experienced tutors

 Complementary online resources including full tutor debriefs and question assistance to point you in the right direction when you get stuck

You will find a wealth of other resources to help you with your studies on the following sites: www.mykaplan.co.uk

www.accaglobal.com/en/student.html

Quality and accuracy are of the utmost importance to us so if you spot an error in any of our

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INDEX TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

INTRODUCTION

A new examination format has been introduced with effect from September 2016 For the most part, the syllabus content is unchanged from the FA2014 exams

The main change to the format of the examination is the introduction, in a new section B, of three objective test (OT) case questions, each involving five OT questions, based around a common scenario To compensate, section C will only include three long form questions (instead of five) for

40 marks in total (see Paper Specific Information)

In addition, computer-based exams (CBEs) will be available in certain locations in respect of the ACCA Fundamental Skills Level papers (F5–F9) during the examination sittings covered by this exam kit A paper-based examination will still be available

If you would like further information on sitting a CBE F6 examination please contact either Kaplan

or the ACCA

In the paper-based examination, all of the objective test questions in sections A and B will be of multiple choice style However, CBEs will contain different styles of OT questions in sections A and

B as well as multiple choice questions This exam kit contains some OT question styles which will only appear in a CBE However, they still provide valuable practice for all students, whichever version of the examination they are entered for

As a result of these changes to the F6 exam format, the majority of past exam questions in their original format are not representative of F6 examination questions going forward The questions contained in this exam kit are therefore based on past exam questions but it has been necessary

to adapt them to ensure that they are representative of questions that could be seen in the examinations from September 2016 onwards The adaptations have been made to reflect the new style of paper, new legislative changes in recent Finance Acts, Tax law changes and IAS terminology We have also included new topics brought into the syllabus in some questions

Many of the questions within the kit are past ACCA exam questions, and the more recent questions (from 2005) are labelled as such in the index Note that if a question within this kit has been adapted or changed in any way from the original version, this is indicated in the end column

of the index below with the mark (A)

Also included are the marking schemes for past ACCA examination questions to assist you in understanding where marks are earned and the amount of time to spend on particular tasks Note that if a question has been changed from the original version, it will have also been necessary to change the original ACCA marking scheme Therefore, if a question is marked as ‘ADAPTED’ you should assume that this also applies to the marking scheme

The new section B OT case questions, and the majority of the section A OT questions included in this kit have been generated based on the style of questions in the ACCA specimen papers and to provide as broad coverage of the syllabus as possible The sections A and B questions in the real exam will be two marks each, but some will be slightly longer and some slightly shorter The questions should take approximately 3.6 minutes each and this will average out over the OT questions in the exam The majority of the questions in this kit are worth 2 marks However, some are longer than for tutorial purposes in order to maximise the syllabus coverage

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KEY TO THE INDEX

PAPER ENHANCEMENTS

We have added the following enhancements to the answers in this exam kit:

Key answer tips

All answers include key answer tips to help your understanding of each question

Tutorial note

All answers include tutorial notes to explain some of the technical points in more detail

Tutor’s top tips

For selected questions, we ‘walk through the answer’ giving guidance on how to approach the questions with helpful ‘tips from a top tutor’, together with technical tutor notes

These answers are indicated with the ‘footsteps’ icon in the index

ONLINE ENHANCEMENTS

Timed question with Online tutor debrief

For selected questions, we recommend that they are to be completed in full exam conditions (i.e properly timed in a closed book environment)

In addition to the examiner’s technical answer, enhanced with key answer tips and tutorial notes

in this exam kit, online you can find an answer debrief by a top tutor that:

 works through the question in full

 points out how to approach the question

 how to ensure that the easy marks are obtained as quickly as possible, and

 emphasises how to tackle exam questions and exam technique

These questions are indicated with the ‘clock’ icon in the index

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