In a number of locations, you have the opportunity of taking exams based on national tax and law – referred to as variant exams. You select which variant exam you wish to take during the online exam booking process.
ACCA Qualification
Variant papers are available for:
- Corporate and Business Law (LW)
- Taxation (TX)
- Advanced Taxation (ATX)
Please check the tax and law variants table in the related documents section for details of where variant papers are available. ACCA has a variant exam covering global corporate and business law - you should choose this option if you intend to work in a region where ACCA does not offer a national law paper.
Foundation level
Variant papers are available for:
- FTX, Foundations in Taxation
A choice of local tax variant exams is available in Lesotho, Malaysia, Singapore and the UK.
Joint exam schemes
Due to national requirements, variant exams are not offered for all Joint Examination Schemes. In such cases where the variant is not available, the UK variant will be offered for tax papers and the English or global variant for the law paper.