Changes to ACCA's examinable document rule

Changes to ACCA's examinable document rule


What is the change?
ACCA used to update examinable documents every six months which meant changes to documents for June exams had to be made and communicated by 30 November of the previous year and for December exams, 31 May of the same year. Going forward, ACCA will update examinable documents on an annual basis.

For paper-based exams regulation issued or legislation passed on or before 30 September, will be assessed from 1 June of the following year to 31 May of the year after. Therefore, paper-based exams in June 2009, December 2009 (and March 2010 for Russian DipIFR only) will be assessed on regulations issued and legislation passed on or before 30 September 2008.

The above rule applies to all papers and paper versions with the exception of taxation papers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Zimbabwe.

Regulation issued or legislation passed in accordance with the above dates may be examinable even if the effective date is in the future.

For more detail on all papers and computer-based exams you should refer directly to the examinable documents and syllabus study guides within the student and affiliate section of ACCA's website.
This change is applicable to all of ACCAâ