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A guide to every ACCA exam, one for each paper. Each one sets out the format, the syllabus, the latest pass rate and how to prepare, from the Applied Knowledge papers through Applied Skills to the Strategic Professional exams.

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ACCA BT exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

What the Business and Technology exam looks like, the syllabus areas it tests, and a study approach that works first time.

Updated July 2026 · 9 min read
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ACCA MA exam guide: the topics that catch people out

The Management Accounting exam explained: format, syllabus, why variances and costing methods trip people up, and how to prepare.

Updated July 2026 · 9 min read
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ACCA FA exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Financial Accounting exam explained: format, the eight syllabus areas, why it is a calculation paper, and how to prepare.

Updated August 2026 · 9 min read
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ACCA FR exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Financial Reporting exam explained: the three sections, the syllabus, the pass rate, and how to master the consolidations that decide results.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA TX exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Taxation (TX-UK) exam explained: the three sections, the syllabus, the pass rate, and how to drill the income tax and corporation tax computations.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA PM exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Performance Management exam explained: the three sections, the syllabus, the pass rate, and why Section C rewards interpretation as much as calculation.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA FM exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Financial Management exam explained: the three sections, the syllabus, the pass rate, and how to master the discounted cash flow that decides Section C.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA AA exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Audit and Assurance exam explained: the two sections, the syllabus, the pass rate, and how to write the applied, scenario-specific answers it rewards.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA LW exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Corporate and Business Law exam explained: the two sections, the syllabus, and why it has the highest pass rate in the whole qualification.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA SBL exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Strategic Business Leader case-study exam explained: the format, the professional skills marks, the pass rate, and how to use the pre-seen.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA SBR exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Strategic Business Reporting exam explained: the two sections, the ethics question, the pass rate, and how to prepare for the groups.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA AFM exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Advanced Financial Management exam explained: the two-section format, the professional skills marks, the pass rate, and how to prepare.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA APM exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Advanced Performance Management exam explained: the format, why applying frameworks beats reciting them, and how to prepare.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA ATX exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Advanced Taxation exam explained: the format, the tax planning and advice it rewards, the pass rate, and how to prepare.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read
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ACCA AAA exam guide: format, syllabus and how to pass

The Advanced Audit and Assurance exam explained: the format, the applied judgement it rewards, and how to prepare.

Updated August 2026 · 10 min read