e-Assessments - Law & Ethics

e-Assessments - Law & Ethics

Introduction

The e-Assessments are two completely separate 1 hour online tests, one testing Law and the other Ethics, that you must sit and pass, as well as the four traditional style tax papers, to become a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA).

You are required to answer 60 online multiple choice/multiple response questions in 1 hour for each e-Assessment. To pass an e-Assessment you must get 40 of the 60 questions right.

The e-Assessments are set at around 50 centres within the UK and can be sat at any time, not just at the traditional May and November exam sittings that are used for the tax papers.

The aim of the Law e-Assessment is to test knowledge of law within the relevant areas of tax. The aim of the Ethics e-Assessment is to test your understanding of the obligations of a Chartered Tax Adviser in the area of professional responsibilities and ethics.

Pre-requisites

In order to sit the e-Assessments you must have registered as a student with the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT). As we are completely independent of the CIOT we cannot do this for you. The CIOT handle all of the administration relating to the real examinations.

Our objective is to provide you with first-class training materials and courses in order to help you pass the examinations. It would normally make sense to get the e-Assessments out of the way first but you can sit them at the same time as studying for your tax papers should you wish. However, you must have sat and passed the e-Assessments before the closing date for examination entry for the sitting at which you wish to sit your last tax paper. This means that if you wish to sit your final tax paper in May 2010 you should have sat and passed the e-Assessments by 28 February 2010. For a November sitting the cut-off date is 31 August.

What we offer

Correspondence course (Traditional) - Ethics

The Ethics correspondence course consists of hard copies of the relevant CIOT booklets that you have to study and a question bank containing 125 exam style questions together with a mock examination containing 60 further questions. You also get access to our online Exam Centre where all of the questions from the question bank are available online and can be attempted chapter by chapter, or as randomly selected full one hour tests. The mock exam is also available online as a timed test. There is a second mock exam available online which you may wish to attempt but this aims to replicate the real examination and answers are NOT provided for this exam. Finally, it includes access to our unique Online Academy.

Correspondence course (Traditional) - Law

The Law correspondence course consists of a hard copy question bank containing 150 exam style questions together with a mock examination containing 60 further questions. You also get access to our online Exam Centre where all of the questions from the question bank are available online and can be attempted chapter by chapter, or as randomly selected full one hour tests. The mock exam is also available online as a timed test. There is a second mock exam available online which you may wish to attempt but this aims to replicate the real examination and answers are NOT provided for this exam. Finally, it includes access to our unique Online Academy. Please note that the correspondence course does not include the CIOT law manual which contains the syllabus material for the Law e-Assessment. You have to purchase this manual separately and it is only available from the CIOT, we are not able to supply this.

Tolley's Online Academy

Our unique Online Academy is a web based system allowing access to your law and ethics audio-visual lectures online, enabling you to study anytime, anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection. It also includes our MP3 player sound files covering the entire syllabus. There are also tutor and student forums available providing essential information and answers to queries.

Correspondence course (Online)

This is not applicable for the e-Assessments.

Revision material

This is not applicable for the e-Assessments.

Guaranteed Pass Scheme

This is not applicable for the e-Assessments.

Classroom courses

We offer a one-day course for each e-Assessment where we review study techniques and the key points for learning. You can use this as a way of kick-starting your studies or as a final revision boost before the exams.

Revision courses

This is not applicable for the e-Assessments.

How long should I be studying for?

It is difficult to be precise as different people study at different rates but as a rough guide we would expect around 50-60 hours of home study for each e-Assessment.

What else do I need to think about?

You need to purchase a copy of the law manual which is only available from the CIOT. Actual exam entry is a separate exercise from student registration and you are responsible for ensuring that you are entered for the e-Assessments, we are unable to do this for you.

Deferrals

This is not applicable for the e-Assessments.

Material updates

This is not applicable for the e-Assessments.