Exam guidance
We are here to support you throughout your ACA journey to ensure you have everything you need for your upcoming exam, from exam resources to free and confidential wellbeing support from CABA. Ensure you are fully prepared by reading our exam guidance prior to your exam.
Exam preparation
Syllabus
The syllabus presents the learning outcomes for each exam and should be read with the relevant technical knowledge grids and, where applicable, the skills development grids.
Practice software
It's important that you get to know the exam software and its various functions before you take an exam. To help, we have created an online only practice exam software.
Visit icaew.com/examsoftware to access the question banks and mocks in the practice exam software.
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Syllabus
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Exams and marks plans
Use past exams in addition to the blank practice software where you can practise answering questions. The marks plans will help you check your answers.
Some past exams are used within our learning materials, they are updated to be in line with the examinable syllabus. The majority will appear in the published question banks, and some may be used in mock exams.
Important information for exams 2023
Following the Chancellors’ announcements in the last few months of 2022, we can update you as follows in relation to materials and approach for ICAEW Tax exams during 2023.
All students will be expected to answer 2023 exam questions based on the information in the 2023 learning materials.
For the Principles of Taxation (PoT) exam questions should be answered based on rates and allowances shown in the learning materials and the PoT tax tables.
For the Tax Compliance exam questions should be answered based on rates and allowances shown on the supplementary information sheet (link below) and those in Hardman’s Tax Rates and Tables book. Where there is conflict between the supplementary information and Hardman’s, then students should use the supplementary information in answering exam questions. The supplementary information sheet will be available as a resource in the exam (in the same way as Hardman’s is a resource).
For Business Planning: Taxation (BP:T) exams you should answer your questions based on rates and allowances shown in the learning materials.
Plan your study
Use the planner to plan ahead and keep organised throughout the year. Schedule in all the key dates and deadlines for your exams and record the days you plan to study.
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