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

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.

Income tax and the personal computation

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

Employment income, benefits and national insurance

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

Chargeable gains

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

Corporation tax

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

Value added tax and inheritance tax

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

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