CTA advice

CTA advice

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I have just found out today that I have passed ATT. I am already a member of CIMA and run my own practice. I have tought myself the latter stages of CIMA and all of ATT from buying BPP text books. I don't do well in a class situation and havent the time.

I would welcome anyone's views on the best way to study for CTA and also if there is much call for higher level tax advice, that would necessitate CTA.

Many thanks,

Annabel

Annabel Williams

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By User deleted
24th Jan 2007 13:34

Horses for Courses
The CTA will be a lot of work and hard - so if your heart's not completely in it, don't bother. The pass rate is very low - and you need to realise that you aren't even allowed to sit the exam if you haven't got another qualification such as the ATT, Inspector's exams or an accountancy qualification.

BPP are generally regarded as the best study texts (though expensive). As for tuition Reed Business School is excellent if you can afford it (though I would take into account the cost of not passing first time in calculating whether this is good value for money).

I don't know if you will actively use your increased tax knowledge - but it will certainly teach you enough to know when you should be checking something or getting outside help for very specialist areas. There are also several routes you can take so you can specialise in a niche area or take general tax papers to spread your knowledge.

Hope that helps at least a little

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