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Jodie passed Advanced Tax with an incredible 85% which puts her in prize-winner territory. She was a Kaplan Online student and I taught her a small part of the course. Despite getting 85%, she says she found Advanced Tax, her most difficult ACCA paper to date. I have...

Yes, it is ACCA results day, and the good news keeps flooding in. Chelsea did not have an easy ride with Advanced Tax and when I met her, she was already sceptical about passing. However, I realised that she was a fighter. This young lady had already battled with...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt has come out fighting to stabilise the financial markets by making further U-turns on Kwasi Kwarteng’s poorly thought-out mini-budget. Firstly, he has delayed the brilliant drop in basic rate income tax from 20% to 19% by a tax year....

Today you might be feeling tense as you wait for your ACCA results to be released. It can be a harrowing experience yet very exciting to find out that your hard efforts are being rewarded and you are moving ahead with your professional career. If you are not...

Liz Truss has now been forced to sack her right-hand man, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng. This drastic action has put her own position is jeopardy and many media sources are speculating that she may soon be forced out of No 10. Both Kwasi and Liz...

HMRC encourage wealthy taxpayers to invest in small unquoted trading companies by offering generous tax benefits to business angels who are willing to risk their hard cash in exchange for shares. This is a very popular area in tax exams. The small enterprise...

One of the great aspects of being a tax tutor is meeting people students from all different disciplines. Some of the best finance professionals are people with a non-finance background. Augustine studied aerospace engineering and is a deep thinker. Still, it was not...

Many middle-class parents have seen the capital value of their main residence appreciate sharply over the years leading to a potential inheritance tax liability on death. As a result, to remove the main residence from their death estate, they may choose to make a...

Following Kwasi’s ill-thought-out proposal to reduce the rate of tax for additional rate taxpayers from 45% to 40%, the financial markets responded adversely with sterling dropping to a historic low against the US dollar. According to the Treasury, 660,000 of the...

One of the difficulties we all face in life is making judgments about our abilities. We look back at our past experiences and decide if we can do something or not. In reality, we can all master new skill as long as we are willing to invest time and effort in it. It is...