UAECA/ACCA Advanced Diploma In Accounting And Business

Skills Level

Paper F4 - Corporate and Business Law

This paper enhances your understanding of the wider legal framework and introduces specific legal issues relating to business while identifying situations where specialist legal advice must be taken.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

• Essential elements of the legal system
• The law of obligations
• Employment law
• The formation and constitution of business organizations
• Capital and the financing of companies
• Management, administration and the regulation of companies
• Legal implications for companies in difficulty or crisis
• Governance and ethical issues relating to business

Paper F5 - Performance Management

The objective of this paper is to develop your skills in management accounting techniques. You will learn how to apply this knowledge to quantitative and qualitative data for the purposes of planning, decision-making, and evaluating performance.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

• Cost accounting techniques
• Decision-making
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Standard costing and variance analysis
• Performance measurement

Paper F6 - Taxation

Gain a more thorough understanding of the business taxation system and its impact on individuals, companies, and groups of businesses.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

• Trading profits
• Capital allowances
• Employment income
• Property business profits
• Investment income
• Personal tax computations
• National insurance
• Corporation tax
• Capital gains tax
• Value-added tax
• Self-assessment

Paper F7 - Financial Reporting

This module develops your understanding of accounting standards and financial reporting. You will also study the theoretical principles behind the creation of financial statements, with a particular focus on financial statement analysis and interpretation.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

• Conceptual framework
• Regulatory framework
• Preparation of financial statements
• Business combinations
• Analyzing and interpreting

Paper F8 - Audit and Assurance

This paper introduces the knowledge and competencies used by financial managers in the areas of financing, investment, and dividend policy decision-making.

The main elements of this paper are as follows:

• Financial management function
• Financial management environment
• Working capital management
• Investment appraisal
• Business finance
• Cost of capital
• Business valuation
• Risk management