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Our Post-Exam Review of the October 2018 CII AF5 Exam
Now the CII have released the papers for the April 2018 exams, we can see how we did in our AF5 analysis and how accurate we were in our predictions of what might come up. -
Our Post-Exam Review of the April 2018 CII AF5 Exam
Now the CII have released the papers for the April 2018 exams, we can see how we did in our AF5 analysis and how accurate we were in our predictions of what might come up. -
Our Post-Exam Review of the October 2017 CII AF5 Exam
Now the CII have released the papers for the October 2017 exams, we can see how we did in our AF5 analysis and how accurate we were in our predictions of what might come up. If you haven’t already seen the question paper for October, you can access it on the CII website. The first thing that struck us […] -
Our Post-Exam Review of the April 2017 CII AF5 Exam
Now the CII have released the papers for the April exams, we can see how we did in our AF5 analysis and our predictions of what might be examined. This will be particularly useful reading if you are planning to sit AF5 in the near future. If you haven’t already seen the question paper for April, you can access it […] -
Our Post-Exam Review of the October 2016 CII AF5 Exam
Now the CII have released the exam papers from October we can see how we did in our AF5 analysis and our predictions of what might be examined. This will be particularly useful reading if you are planning to sit AF5 in the near future. Question 1 The first question in most AF5 papers is usually around identifying the additional […] -
Just the One Curveball on the April 16 CII AF5 Exam
The CII have released the exam papers from April so we can see how we did in our AF5 analysis and our predictions of what might be examined. This will be particularly useful reading if you are planning to sit AF5 in the near future. As any student of AF5 will tell you, the client objectives are split between immediate and […] -
The October 2015 CII AF5 exam focused on the stated objectives
Now that we have the actual questions from October’s CII AF5 exam, we can compare what came up on the day to the areas that we predicted, in our analysis, would come up. This will be particularly useful reading if you are planning to sit AF5 in the near future. As any student of AF5 will tell you, the client […] -
Post-exam Analysis of the April 2015 CII AF5 Exam
The CII have now released the question paper from the April 2015 AF5 Financial Planning process exam so we can compare what came up with what we predicted would come up in our analysis. It was pleasing to see straight away (and always a relief!) that we predicted all of the objectives correctly – both the immediate ones and longer […] -
Post-exam Analysis of the October 2014 CII AF5 Exam
We now have the actual questions from last October’s AF5 exam so we can now compare what came up to what we predicted would come up in our analysis – useful information for CII AF5 candidates. As any student of AF5 will tell you, the client objectives are split between immediate and longer term. We predict these but also look […] -
CII R06 and AF5 Exams – April 2014
http://www.brandft.co.uk/ Wondering what to study for the upcoming CII R06 and AF4 exams? We’ve included some initial thoughts below about what might be examined given the pre-exam material provided. Are you sitting either of the above exams next week? If so, you will of have received the case studies and fact find and busy planning for the exam. Here at […] -
Top Tip – National Insurance Employment Allowance – CII R03, R06, AF1, AF5
THIS ARTICLE IS RELEVANT TO EXAMINABLE TAX YEAR 2021/22. From April 2014 an employment allowance was introduced for businesses, charities and community amateur sports clubs. The annual ‘employment allowance’ is currently £4,000 which can be offset against their liability to Class 1 secondary contributions. Effectively a £4,000 nil rate band for employers – but not employees. This is set to […] -
Top Tip – Tax Payment 31st January 2014 – CII CF2, CF5, R03, R06, AF1, AF5
http://www.brandft.co.uk As December approaches some may be thinking more of the 31st January tax bill that’s looming rather than Santa and his reindeer. The self-employed are only too familiar with the January ‘tax blues’ and the prospect of having the first payment of account to pay for the current tax year as well as the balancing payment that’s due for […] -
Hot Topic – CII R06 and AF5 – October 2013
http://www.brandft.co.uk/ Are you sitting either of the above exams next week? If so, you will of course have received the case studies and fact find. Here at Brand Financial Training we’ve worked hard on producing case study analysis for R06 and fact find analysis for AF5 to help get you through your exams. Here are some initial thoughts. R06 –there […] -
Top Tip – Rental Income and Tax – CII R03, R06, AF1, AF5
http://www.brandft.co.uk/ I read over the weekend that HMRC is keen to ensure that all the landlords in the UK are paying the correct amount of income tax and how important it is therefore to ensure you are declaring any income from rental properties and keeping accurate and up-to-date records not just of the rents but of expenditure too. It got […] -
Tax Implications of Assigning Investment Bonds
In this article, we take a look at the assignment of onshore investment bonds, focusing in particular on the tax implications. This article is particularly relevant to the CII R01, R02, R03, R06, AF1, AF4, and AF5 exams.