[cm1986]

Hi Sunshine24,

Never ever give up. I was stuck on 3 papers for almost 5 years. Took me 8 years to become ACCA qualified and love behold finally qualified in April 2020. I finally passed my final exam ATX on the 8th attempt after being stuck on the this final paper for 2 years. I like you wondered if I would ever get qualified. I was between jobs and also turned down job offers so that I could study full time but still failed the exam.

It’s funny because the 1st 5 attempts at ATX I constantly was getting in the 30’s but kept getting higher each attempt so kept with the same technique. The turning point for me was the 4th attempt I got 39% and 5th attempt I got 36%. This was painful and made me realise something had to change for me to improve. My problem was old coursenotes and a lack of knowledge because of this.

Once I purchased new updated course notes that was the beginning of the end of my ACCA journey. 6th attempt 41%, 7th attempt 47% and finally 8th attempt 53%.

So the long and short is once you find your weakness you will overcome these exams and it’s only a matter of time before you qualify so keep going and never give up!

[cm1986]

Hi Azil I completed questions by doing at least 1 question for each section per night or 2 questions if time permitted so I’d do one question on income tax then another on chargeable gains tax until I had covered at least 1 question from each section. Also your knowledge and understanding of each topic needs to be 100% in all areas. I would tend to find that I thought I knew everything and when I reread the theory I realised my understanding was not as good as I originally thought. I used Bpp coursenotes (£20) and exam study kit (£40) which I ordered directly from BPP. Hope this helps. Keep going I got there with a 2 year old and self study for the final 3 exams.

[cm1986]

Hi Afazil, I finally passed ATX after 8 attempts. In all fairness the 1st problem I had is originally I was with BPP and completing online lectures and then completing taught revision classes. I failed ATX miserably that 1st sitting as I tried to combine ATX and AAA and failed both back in 2015. From that stage I decided to take one professional paper at a time. Whilst studying for ATX and AAA I was waiting for P2 results now SBR. So I thought I would be qualified in 2015 and then to my horror realised I had to retake 3 exams. So passed P2, then AAA and then started my crazy battle with ATX again back in April 2018. 1st problem was my notes were 3 years old from before tried to use the finance acts to update my old notes but after failing 4 more times each in the 30’s I started to realise that I needed a different approach. So decided to ask BPP if I can get the new course note without going to classes and love behold I could. So I finally had the newest notes and could see my gaps in knowledge due to the finance act changes. This was the beginning of the change as I finally got 41 next sitting, then 47 next sitting and finally 53% this sitting. Another thing that helped was the BPP practice exam kit and doing 1-2 questions a day. All these things played a part though my ACCA journey and thank God finally an affiliate soon to be a member as I have 9 years experience.
So just keep going don’t give up!

[cm1986]

Passed final exam 53% thank the lord. 8 years and 4 Months of struggle , sacrifice, and setbacks and 1000’s of hours of studying now an ACCA affiliate and in 3 days an ACCA member. Passed ATX on my 8th attempt. If I can get there we all can. For anyone that failed never ever give up you will get there I’m living proof!

[cm1986]

Also forgot to say got 53% in ATX. Praise the lord this ACCA journey was no joke hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life!

[cm1986]

Link theory works just qualified finally after 9 years of studying, sacrifice and struggle passed ATX on 8th attempt never ever give up!

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