Towards the end of 2022, Nit and I sat down to record an episode on how to ‘study’ for the CTA exams, now that they are going to closed book from May 2023.
This is essentially part 2 – focusing on the revision phase!
The advice in this episode is very much targeted at the Advanced Technical papers, as opposed to awareness or APS papers. But the intention is for this episode to be ‘timeless’ – so in the next sittings, the aim is to release episodes that focus on the APS papers
You’ll hear reference to tax flashcards or tax squares, that Nitin has created, throughout this episode. If you would like samples, send a single email, to us both, at either jack@thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com and cta@bpp.com
Listen in the above podcast player, or by searching for The Tax Professionals Podcast in your podcast player of choice.
Guest – Nitin Rabheru
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitin-rabheru-31299b11/
Email: cta@bpp.com
You’ll Learn
- What you should do just before you should start revising
- (4:45) How to consolidate your tax knowledge
- (7:30) When you should move out of the study phase, into the revision phase with your CTA exams
- (8:30) What the difference is between the study and revision phases, and what you should do in the revision phase
- (12:45) How to make memorising material easier, along with tips
- (20:00) Efficient uses of time when revising
- (22:15) How to reduce the amount of information you need to remember
- (25:00) Advice and tips around using tax legislation
- (31:30) Advice around brushing up on exam technique and how to get the most value out of question practice
- (46:00) When you should have completed revision by
- (49:00) Rules around what you can and can’t take into the exam, and Nitin’s final advice
Resources
Tax flashcards/squares – email Jack (jack@thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com) or Nitin (cta@bpp.com) for samples.
FREE – CTA Study Phase Checklist so you can make sure you ‘complete’ the study phase before revision, going into revision as prepared as you can
FREE – ATT/CTA revision folder guide, which was made when the exams became open book. This is somewhat outdated now, but there is still useful information in there
FREE – 8 CTA/ATT revision tips summary, which does exactly what it says on the tin
Other exam-support related podcast episodes: https://www.thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/category/podcast/att-cta/
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