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Contents Page Finding questions Question index iv Topic index vii Helping you with your revision viii Revising P2 Revising P2 ix Passing the P2 exam x Exam information xiii Analysis of past papers xiv Exam update xxiii Useful websites xxv Questions and answers Questions Answers 95 Exam practice Mock exam Questions 329 Plan of attack .339 Answers .340 Mock exam Questions 359 Plan of attack .369 Answers .372 Mock exam (ACCA September/December 2015 Exam) Questions 393 Plan of attack .403 Answers .405 Mathematical tables 425 Review form Contents iii Question index The headings in this checklist/index indicate the main topics of questions, but questions often cover several different topics Questions set under the previous syllabus Advanced Corporate Reporting paper are included because their style and content are similar to those which appear in the P2 exam The questions have been amended to reflect the current exam format Time Page number Marks allocation Mins Question Answer Part A: Regulatory and ethical framework Financial reporting framework Conceptual framework (12/07, amended) 25 49 95 Lizzer (6/13) 25 49 97 Venue (12/11, amended) 25 49 100 – – 104 Part B: Accounting standards Preparation question: Sundry standards Non-current assets Key (12/09) 25 49 107 Prochain (ACR, 6/06) 25 49 110 Scramble (12/11) 25 49 112 Estoil (12/14) 25 49 115 Employee benefits Preparation question: Defined benefit plan – – 118 10 Macaljoy (12/07, amended) 25 49 11 119 11 Smith (6/09, amended) 25 49 12 122 Events after reporting period, provisions and contingencies 12 Ryder (ACR, 12/05) 25 49 13 125 13 Royan (6/12, amended) 15 29 14 127 14 Electron (Pilot paper) 25 49 14 128 Income taxes 15 Panel (ACR, 12/05) 25 49 15 131 16 Kesare (Pilot paper) 25 49 16 133 Financial instruments iv 17 Preparation question: Financial instruments – – 18 135 18 Coatmin (12/14) 25 49 18 136 19 Avco (6/14, amended) 25 49 19 139 20 142 20 144 20 Complexity (12/09) 25 49 21 Ambush (ACR, 12/05, amended) 25 49 Question index Leases 22 Preparation question: Leases – – 21 147 23 Havanna (12/13) 25 49 22 147 24 Holcombe (6/10, amended) 25 49 23 151 25 William (6/12) 25 49 24 153 25 49 25 157 Share-based payment 26 Leigh (ACR, 6/07) Performance reporting 27 Zack (12/13) 25 49 26 159 28 Minco (6/14, amended) 25 49 27 163 29 Alexandra (6/11) 25 49 28 166 30 Klancet (6/15) 25 49 29 169 31 Cloud (6/15) 25 49 30 172 32 Calcula 25 49 31 176 25 49 32 180 34 183 34 184 35 187 Related parties 33 Egin Group (ACR, 6/06) Part C: Group financial statements Revision of basic groups 34 Preparation question: Control – 35 Marrgrett (12/08) 25 36 Preparation question: Associate – – 49 – Complex groups 37 Preparation question: 'D'-shaped group – – 36 189 38 Preparation question: Sub-subsidiary – – 37 191 39 Glove (ACR, 6/07, amended) 25 49 39 193 40 Case study question: Jarvis 50 98 40 198 Changes in group structures 41 Preparation question: Part disposal – – 42 204 42 Preparation question: Purchase of further interest – – 44 206 43 Case study question: Marchant (6/14) 50 98 44 208 44 Ejoy (ACR, 6/06, amended) 30 59 46 215 45 Case study question: Traveler (12/11) 50 98 48 219 46 Case study question: Joey (12/14) 50 98 50 225 47 Case study question: Kutchen (6/15) 50 98 52 231 48 Case study question: Robby (6/12) 50 98 55 238 49 Case study question: Bravado (6/09) 50 98 57 244 50 Case study question: Ashanti (6/10, amended) 50 98 59 249 Foreign transactions and entities 51 Preparation question: Foreign operation – – 61 256 52 Aspire (6/14) 25 49 63 258 53 Case study question: Rose (6/11) 50 98 64 261 Question index v Time Page number Marks allocation Mins Question Answer Group statements of cash flows 54 Preparation question: Consolidated statement of cash flows – – 66 267 55 Case study question: Angel (12/13) 50 98 69 269 56 Case study question: Jocatt (12/10) 50 98 73 274 25 49 78 280 Part D: Developments in reporting Environmental and social reporting 57 Glowball (ACR, Pilot paper) Current developments 58 Preparation question: Current issues – – 79 282 59 Fair values and IFRS 13 25 49 79 285 60 Jones and Cousin (ACR 12/06) 25 49 80 287 Lockfine (6/11) 25 49 80 289 62 Seltec (6/10) 25 49 81 293 63 Kayte (12/14) 25 49 82 296 64 Ethan (6/12) 25 49 83 299 65 Norman (6/08) 25 49 84 301 66 Preparation question: Reconstruction scheme – – 85 304 67 Plans 15 29 86 308 68 Decany (12/11) 25 49 87 310 69 Lucky Dairy (ACR, 6/02, amended) 25 49 88 314 70 Yanong (6/15) 25 49 89 316 Specialised entities and specialised transactions 61 IFRS for small and medium-sized entities 71 IFRSs and SMEs (ACR, 6/06, amended) 25 49 91 319 72 Whitebirk (12/10, amended) 22 43 91 322 Mock exam 73 74 75 76 Case study question: Warrburt (12/08, amended) Coate (12/12) Blackcutt (12/12) Jayach (12/12) Mock exam 77 78 79 80 Case study question: Beth (12/07, amended) Verge (6/13) Janne (6/13) Implementing IFRS (6/08) Mock exam (ACCA September/December 2015 Exam) 81 82 83 84 vi Case study question: Bubble (9 or 12/15) Chemclean (9 or 12/15) Gasnature (9 or 12/15) Tang (9 or 12/15) Question index Topic index Listed below are the key Paper P2 syllabus topics and the numbers of the questions in this Kit covering those topics If you need to concentrate your practice and revision on certain topics or if you want to attempt all available questions that refer to a particular subject, you will find this index useful Syllabus topic Question numbers Associates Complex groups Consolidated statement of financial position Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income Consolidated statement of cash flows Corporate citizenship Disposals Employee benefits Environmental issues Ethics Financial instruments Foreign currency IAS (revised) Impairment International issues IFRS IFRS IFRS IFRS 10 to 12 IFRS 13 Joint ventures Measurement of performance Non-current assets Provisions Related party transactions Reporting performance Revenue recognition Share-based payment Small and medium-sized entities Taxation 36 37 – 40 46 40 54 – 56 60 41 – 50 – 11 57 43 – 50 17 – 21 51 – 53 Throughout 5, 64 26 35 – 63 17 – 21 35 – 63 59, throughout 62 27 – 32 5–8 12 – 14 33, 82 32 26 71, 72 15, 16 Topic index vii Helping you with your revision BPP Learning Media – ACCA Approved Content Provider As an ACCA Approved Content Provider, BPP Learning Media gives you the opportunity to use revision materials reviewed by the ACCA examination team By incorporating the ACCA examination team’s comments and suggestions regarding the depth and breadth of syllabus coverage, the BPP Learning Media Practice & Revision Kit provides excellent, ACCA-approved support for your revision Tackling revision and the exam Using feedback obtained from the ACCA examination team review: We look at the dos and don’ts of revising for, and taking, ACCA exams We focus on Paper we discuss revising the syllabus, what to (and what not to do) in the exam, how to approach different types of question and ways of obtaining easy marks Selecting questions We provide signposts to help you plan your revision A full question index A topic index listing all the questions that cover key topics, so that you can locate the questions that provide practice on these topics, and see the different ways in which they might be examined Making the most of question practice At BPP Learning Media we realise that you need more than just questions and model answers to get the most from your question practice Our Top tips included for certain questions provide essential advice on tackling questions, presenting answers and the key points that answers need to include We show you how you can pick up Easy marks on some questions, as we know that picking up all readily available marks often can make the difference between passing and failing We include marking guides to show you what the examining team rewards We include comments from the examining team to show you where students struggled or performed well in the actual exam We refer to the BPP Study Text for exams in September 2016, December 2016, March 2017 and June 2017 for detailed coverage of the topics covered in questions Attempting mock exams There are three mock exams that provide practice at coping with the pressures of the exam day We strongly recommend that you attempt them under exam conditions Mock exams and reflect the question styles and syllabus coverage of the exam; Mock exam is the ACCA September/December 2015 exam paper This exam is compiled from questions selected by the examination team from the September 2015 and December 2015 exams They not reflect the entire September or December exams but contain questions most appropriate for students to practice viii Helping you with your revision ... ENTITIES 20 Financial reporting in specialised, not-for-profit and public sector entities E2 Entity reconstructions F IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING REGULATION ON FINANCIAL REPORTING Throughout... Revising P2 xix June 2013 Section A Consolidated statement of financial position with a 'D’-shaped group; comparison of methods for valuing non-controlling interest; ethics Question in this Kit - Section... Agriculture First-time adoption of international financial reporting standards Share-based payment Business combinations Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations Financial instruments: