by Neil Da Costa | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the characteristics of people today is they expect instant results. This has been labelled the ‘Prime’ mindset after Amazon Prime offers next-day delivery and instant gratification. When preparing for our tax exams, many students get discouraged by the lack of...
by Neil Da Costa | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Do any of wish you could turn back time? Well yesterday, you could. Clocks went back in the UK, and we all got 25 hours instead of 24.What did you do with your extra hour? Catch up on your sleep or have a leisurely cooked breakfast? However, you spent it, I hope you...
by Neil Da Costa | Oct 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s Halloween in the Advanced Tax class now! My students are wondering whether the examiner will have a trick or treat in store for them in the December exam.We have finally finished the teaching course and throughout the month of November will be focusing on exam...
by Neil Da Costa | Oct 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Unfortunately, at times even well-prepared students fail their exams. For the September Advanced Tax exam, one of my students was very well prepared. She had learnt her Advanced Tax condensed notes and practiced exam questions. She sent me a message after the exam and...
by Neil Da Costa | Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ilesha studied Advanced Tax with me at Kaplan in March 2019 and after finishing her ACCA, she continued to build her tax career at PWC. She was always grateful to me for inspiring her in tax. After moving into Asset Wealth Management Tax, she branched off into...
by Neil Da Costa | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
When Dheer ordered my Advanced Tax Condensed notes, I posted them out by Royal Mail Special Delivery. The book was flown from London to New Delhi by British Airways Business Class before boarding an overland First-Class train to the Northern Indian State of Uttar...
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