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ACCA Study Support: Taxation (TX)

A Mai Studies study-support programme written for learners preparing for the ACCA Applied Skills paper Taxation. Every module contains original written notes with worked computations, a tutor-voice classroom transcript, a practical activity with a worked solution, a mock test with explained answers and a marked written assignment. Tax rates and thresholds change each year, so all figures used are illustrative teaching examples and learners must check current rates before applying anything in practice. Mai Studies is an independent provider: it is not ACCA, is not an ACCA Approved Learning Partner, and this programme carries no exam credit or exemption. Nothing here is tax advice.

10 weeks 60 guided hours Intermediate
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What you will achieve

  • Explain the structure of the tax system and the obligations of taxpayers
  • Prepare an income tax computation including employment, trading and savings income
  • Calculate national insurance and explain how employment status affects it
  • Calculate chargeable gains and apply the main reliefs
  • Prepare a corporation tax computation including capital allowances and losses
  • Explain registration, returns, payment and penalties for value added tax

Entry guidance

  • — Confident with arithmetic and percentages
  • — Basic understanding of financial statements
  • — Around six study hours each week

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

6 applied modules

Lessons
6
Assessed tasks
6
Practice questions
120
Timed mock papers
2
01

The tax system and the obligations it creates

How the system is structured, who must file what and when, and what happens when deadlines are missed.

1 lesson · 20 practice questions · 1 assessed task

  1. 1. How the tax system fits together38 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity

    The main taxes, how law and practice interact, and the compliance calendar a taxpayer must keep to.

  • Advise a client on a compliance failure — marked out of 100, pass at 80%
02

Income tax and the personal computation

Employment, trading, property and savings income brought into one computation, with allowances and reliefs.

1 lesson · 20 practice questions · 1 assessed task

  1. 1. Building an income tax computation35 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity

    Bringing all sources of income into one computation, applying the personal allowance and reaching the tax due.

  • Prepare an income tax computation — marked out of 100, pass at 80%
03

Employment income, benefits and national insurance

Taxable benefits, allowable deductions, employment status and the contributions that follow from it.

1 lesson · 20 practice questions · 1 assessed task

  1. 1. Employment income, benefits and contributions38 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity

    What is taxable when someone works for a business, and the contributions that attach to those earnings.

  • Determine status and value benefits — marked out of 100, pass at 80%
04

Chargeable gains

Computing a gain, part disposals, chattels, shares and the main reliefs available to individuals.

1 lesson · 20 practice questions · 1 assessed task

  1. 1. Chargeable gains37 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity

    Computing gains on disposals, the special rules for particular assets, and the reliefs that reduce the charge.

  • Compute gains and apply reliefs — marked out of 100, pass at 80%
05

Corporation tax

Adjusting profit, capital allowances, loss relief, groups and payment dates for companies.

1 lesson · 20 practice questions · 1 assessed task

  1. 1. Corporation tax37 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity

    Adjusting accounting profit, claiming capital allowances, relieving losses and knowing when to pay.

  • Prepare a corporation tax computation — marked out of 100, pass at 80%
06

Value added tax and inheritance tax

Registration, supplies, input recovery, special schemes and returns, with an introduction to inheritance tax.

1 lesson · 20 practice questions · 1 assessed task

  1. 1. Value added tax and inheritance tax39 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity

    Registering, charging, recovering and reporting value added tax, and the basics of tax on transfers of value.

  • Advise on value added tax and a lifetime gift — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Timed mock papers

  • ACCA Study Support: Taxation (TX): timed mock paper 1 — 180 minutes, 50 objective questions plus written and computational tasks
  • ACCA Study Support: Taxation (TX): timed mock paper 2 — 180 minutes, 50 objective questions plus written and computational tasks

Lesson pages, assessed tasks and mock papers open the moment you join this programme. Teaching material is studied online; the notes you write are yours to download.

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