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2nd ed. — London: BPP Learning Media Ltd - 2012 — 653p. — ISBN 9781445399676
As ACCA’s sole Platinum Approved Learning Partner – content, BPP Learning Media gives you the unique opportunity to use examiner-reviewed study materials for the 2013 exams. By incorporating the examiner’s comments and suggestions regarding the depth and breadth of syllabus coverage, the BPP Learning Media Study Text provides excellent, ACCA-approved support for your studies.
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FMA
PAPER F2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
BPP Learning Media is the sole ACCA Platinum Approved Learning Partner – content for the FIA and ACCA qualifications. In this, the only FMA/F2 study text to be reviewed by the examiner:
We highlight the most important elements in the syllabus and the key skills you will need
We signpost how each chapter links to the syllabus and the study guide
We provide lots of exam focus points demonstrating what the examiner will want you to do
We emphasise key points in regular fast forward summaries
We test your knowledge of what you’ve studied in quick quizzes
We examine your understanding in our exam question bank
We reference all the important topics in our full index
BPP’s Practice & Revision Kit and i-Pass products also support this paper.
Note FIA FMA and ACCA Paper F2 are examined under the same syllabus and study guide.
FOR EXAMS FROM FEBRUARY 2013 TO JANUARY 2014
I N T E R A C T I V E T E X T
FMA/F2 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
First edition March 2011 Second edition September 2012 ISBN 9781 4453 9967 6 Previous ISBN 9781 4453 7306 5 eISBN 9781 4453 9243 1 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Published by BPP Learning Media Ltd BPP House, Aldine Place 142-144 Uxbridge Road London W12 8AA www.bpp.com/learningmedia Printed in the United Kingdom by Polestar Wheatons Hennock Road Marsh Barton Exeter EX2 8RP Your learning materials, published by BPP Learning Media Ltd, are printed on paper obtained from traceable sustainable sources. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of BPP Learning Media. We are grateful to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants for permission to reproduce past examination questions. The suggested solutions in the exam answer bank have been prepared by BPP Learning Media Ltd. © BPP Learning Media Ltd 2012
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