ACCA Paper F3 (INT) Financial accounting The Essential Text British library cataloguinginpublication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Published by: Kaplan Publishing UK Unit 2 The Business Centre Molly Millars Lane Wokingham Berkshire RG41 2QZ ISBN 978 1 84710 537 0 © Kaplan Financial Limited, 2008 Printed and bound in Great Britain Acknowledgements We are grateful to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants for permission to reproduce past examination questions. The answers have been prepared by Kaplan Publishing All rights reserved. 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