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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 GlobalAPC.  \nBlock 1 Introduction to the SBR exam  \nSection A:  \nQ1: a pre-populated spreadsheet (likely to be 12-14marks), which requires adjustments using the information provided in the question, and IFRS related adjustments. (30 marks)  \nQ2: ethics + IFRS treatment (20 marks)  \nSection B: Q3/Q4,    (DEMO) ones. (25 marks each)  \n• 4 compulsory questions  \n• 3 hours and 15 min  \n• 100 marks into 96 technical marks and 4 professional marks (usually 2 in Q2 Ethics, and another 2 either in Q3 or in Q4)  \n2 Structure  \n1 Exam format  \nThis is a written based exam, ie one mark per point, each point should be about 1.5 lines sentence.  \nIf    (DEMO)5 marks, apply three-step approach including:  \nIFRS treatment  \nApplication  \nConclusion (impact on Financial Statements, or referring back to the conceptual framework requirement)  \nIf    (DEMO), focus on application and conclusion.  \n3 Techniques  \n• ACCA Practice platform – to be familiar with the pre-populated spreadsheet format.  \n• Time management – 180 min/100 marks = 1.8 min each, I highly recommend students to spend    (DEMO)the Q1 . Therefore, 1.8min/mark could be used to develop the deadline for each requirement in advance.  \n• Do not leave any questions blank.  \n4 Practices  \nBlock 2 Assets related standards  \nContents:  \n• Chapter 1 IAS 2 Inventories  \n• Chapter 2 IAS 41 Agriculture  \n• Chapter 3 IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment  \n• Chapter 4 IAS 23 Borrowing Costs  \n• Chapter 5 IAS 36 Impairment of Assets  \n• Chapter 6 IAS 38 Intangible Assets  \n• Chapter 7 IAS 40 Investment Property  \n• Chapter 8 IFRS 5 Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations  \n• Chapter 9 IFRS 16 Leases  \n• Chapter 10 Financial instruments, including:  \n• IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation  \n• IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures  \n• IFRS 9 Financial Instruments  \nRecent examiner report comments on key standards:  \nIFRS 9 – Financial Instruments: A core topic that shows up every sitting. Examiners say many candidates avoid the heavy   (DEMO)a liability as an asset. To score, work the full ECL oramortised-cost calculation and show the journal entry—mechanics plus numbers equals marks.  \nIFRS 16 – Sale-and-leaseback: Regularly examined and always tied to IFRS 15’s control test. The big traps are missing a “failed    (DEMO)State first whether a sale occurs; if yes, derecognise the PPE, recognise a right-of-use asset and partial gain; if no, keep the asset and book a financing liability under IFRS 9.  \nIFRS 5 – Held-for-sale / Discontinued operations: Common in group-disposal questions. Weak answers repeat the story but never decide, or forget to stop depreciation and run an immediate impairment    (DEMO), probable sale within 12 months, actively marketed), say clearly “meets / does not meet”, then show the classification and any impairment.  \nIAS 36 – Impairment of Assets: Impairment of goodwill and CGUs appears most sessions. Low-scorers list indicators instead of performing the test, omit the gross-up when NCI is at proportionate share, or    (DEMO)facts.  \nIAS 38 (Intangibles) & IAS 16 (PPE): Intangibles are “vital” and often framed from an investor/KPI angle    (DEMO)xplain the cost or revaluation model choice, and link it to profit, equity and comparability for investors.  \nChapter 1 IAS 2 Inventories  \n1.1 IAS 2 Summary  \nRecognition  \nHeld for sale, in ordinary course.  \n…….(DEMO)  \nLower of Cost (FIFO, AVCO), and Net Realisable Value (NRV)  \nExpected selling price (from executory contract)– Expected costs to sell and complete  \n(DEMO)  \nTutorial note:  \nThere are no specific outcomes relating to inventories in this paper, therefor","cbCairRYn428bAOW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairRYn428bAOW","pdf",862422,67,"English","# Block 1 Introduction to the SBR exam\n## Exam format\n## Techniques and practices\n# Block 2 Assets related standards\n## Chapter list: IAS and IFRS topics\n## Examiner report comments on key standards\n# Chapter 1 IAS 2 Inventories\n## IAS 2 Summary\n## IAS 2 Applications\n### Application 1: Inventories or PP&E\n### Application 2: Inventories with government grants (IAS 20)\n### Application 3: Inventories with executory contract","[{\"question\":\"What is the SBR exam format and marking breakdown?\",\"answer\":\"The SBR exam is written-based, with one mark per point. 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