CPA Program® - Kaplan Singapore

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CPA Program ®

Preparatory Programme

1st in Singapore to be a Registered Tuition Provider for the CPA Program

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Professional Level

Achieving results in your CPA Program

®

Offering tuition to CPA Program

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professional level candidates

CPA Australia Approved Teaching Material

Part of Kaplan Learning Institute

Our Vision, Mission and Values

Vision

To be the private education institution of choice.

Mission

Kaplan Singapore helps Individuals achieve their educational and career goals. We build futures one success story at a time.

Values

Integrity Knowledge Support Opportunity Results

Kaplan as your 1

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Choice!

About Kaplan Learning Institute

Kaplan Financial Singapore is part of Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools, and businesses. Kaplan serves students of all ages through a wide array of offerings, including higher education, test preparation, and professional training. Kaplan Inc. is a subsidiary and the largest division of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:

WPO).

Accreditations

Registered as a Private Education Institute with the

Council of Private Education (CPE)

Attained 4-year EduTrust since July 2011

Certification in recognition of business excellence

Voted #1 in JobCentral Learning Survey 2012,2011 &

2010 (Preferred Private Education Institution to pursue

Professional Certification/Short-Term Courses)

Top 3 Best Private Schools in AsiaOne People’s Choice

Awards, 2012 & 2010

About CPA Australia

CPA Australia is one of the world’s leading professional accountancy organisations with more than 144,000 members in 127 countries. A large number of CPA Australia members hold senior leadership roles, and a large proportion of these operate at CEO or CFO level – or in business owner roles.

The CPA (Certified Practising Accountant) designation is recognised throughout the world and denotes a combination of strategic business skill and leadership as well as technical rigour. It represents a soundness in depth, breadth and quality of knowledge in accounting and finance.

The CPA Program is a rigorous, educational and experienced program, comprising education segments and integrated workplace learning. For more information on the

CPA Program and gaining the CPA designation, visit www.cpaaustralia.com.au

Kaplan Financial is a Registered Tuition Provider for the

CPA Program, offering tuition to CPA Program professional level candidates in 2012.

The tuition provided to candidates by Kaplan Financial complements the CPA Program distance education program, helping to prepare candidates for their CPA Program professional level segments.

CPA Program

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Examination Schedule

Segments

Ethics and Governance

Global Strategy & Leadership

Dates

22 October 2013 (Tue) AM

22 October 2013 (Tue) PM

Financial Reporting

Strategic Management Accounting

23 October 2013 (Wed) AM

23 October 2013 (Wed) PM

Singapore Taxation 24 October 2013 (Thu) AM

Advanced Audit & Assurance 25 October 2013 (Fri) AM

Kaplan Financial does not conduct these examinations. For more information, please contact CPA Australia.

Preparatory Programme

$380

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per segment

6 sessions / 18 hours

*Prices are inclusive of 7% GST.

Discount

10% off enrollment of 2 packages or more.

(Not Applicable with any other promotions)

Preparatory Programme for CPA Program

®

professional level

(except Contemporary Business Issues & Financial Risk Management)

Segments

COMPULSORY SEGMENTS

Ethics & Governance

• Accounting & Society

• Ethics

• Governance concepts

• Corporation and other entities

• Corporate social responsibility

Strategic Management Accounting

• Supporting sustainable value creation

• Creating organisational value

• Case study

Global Strategy & Leadership

• An introduction to strategy and leadership

• Understanding the external environment

• Understanding the internal environment

• Performance measurement

• Technologies for creating and managing value

• Project management

Financial Reporting

• The Conceptual Framework and its application in financial reporting • Income taxes

• Presentation of financial statements

• Provisions, contingents liabilities and contingent assets

• Impairment of assets

• Financial instruments

• Business combinations and group accounting

Product and market development

Making strategic choices

Leading and implementing strategy

ELECTIVES

Advanced Audit & Assurance

• Assurance services framework

• General audit principles and auditor responsibilities

• Understanding the entity, assessing risk and responding to risks

• The auditor’s response to assessed risks

• Audit conclusions and reporting requirements

• Performance engagements

• The auditor’s responsibilities relating to fraud in an audit

of financial statements

• The auditor’s responsibility to consider the going concern

assumption in the audit of financial statements

• Undertaking an audit of financial statements

• Other assurance services and internal audit

ADDITIONAL REVISION CLASSES

Students are required to attend the Tax classes via Singapore Tax Academy. Kaplan Financial provides additional revision classes to complement the recommended classes for student who requires additional support in this segment.

Singapore Taxation

• Overview of the Singapore Tax Regime

• Withholding Tax

• General Knowledge of Income Tax

For more information on the Singapore Taxation paper. Please contact:

Singapore Tax Academy

Enquiries: ENQUIRIES@TAXACADEMY.SG

Address: 55 Newton Road, #B1-01 Revenue House Singapore 307987

• Goods and Services Tax

• Income Tax (Corporate/Business/Individual/Others)

Class Start Date

6 September 2013 (Fri)

3 September 2013 (Tue)

4 September 2013 (Wed)

28 September 2013 (Sat)

2 September 2013 (Mon)

2 September 2013 (Mon)

Note: Above fees are in Singapore dollars and are inclusive of 7% GST. Kaplan Learning Institute reserves the right to adjust our fees based on prevailing GST Act.

Our Lecturing Team

Rhys Johnson

Rhys has over 20 years of involvement in delivering courses for professional accounting qualifications. He was formerly the Head of Education, for the Asia Pacific region with the ACCA where he was responsible for overseeing the implementation of its global education policy within the region. Rhys started his accountancy career at Price

Waterhouse where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He has also worked for Ernst & Young and spent a total of

8 years lecturing accounting and finance courses in the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and China. He has an in depth understanding of the different professional accounting examinations and the knowledge and skills students need to successfully tackle them.

Helena Johnson

Helena is a UK Chartered Accountant who gained extensive external audit experience with KPMG in the UK and Ernst

& Young in the Middle East. Helena worked for 4 years as training manager for ACCA, traveling extensively throughout the UK and Asia, supporting students. Helena became the training manager for one of the top 20 accountancy firms in London running both in house and external courses for students and qualified staff. Helena moved to Singapore in

2000 to teach financial accounting and auditing to accounting students. As Head of Audit at Kaplan Financial, Helena is well known for her clear and methodical approach to this complex and demanding subject and for her consistently high pass rates.

Ang Siow Pin

Siow Pin holds both the ACCA and Certified Public Accountant (Singapore) qualifications. She also graduated with a Master of Finance with Distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Business

Administration from the National University of Singapore. She has been lecturing for the past 15 years, of which 9 years were with Ngee Ann Polytechnic. She specializes in the area of Financial Accounting and Cost/Management

Accounting in the Accountancy and Business Studies Diplomas. A three-time nominee, she was conferred the

Academic Award (Teaching) in the year 2004. Besides lecturing, Siow Pin has also accumulated 10 years of accounting and finance working experience with an MNC, a financial services company and a public listed conglomerate.

Simon Boey Chee Tong

Simon is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a member of the Institute of Certified Public

Accountants of Singapore, CPA Australia and Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, UK.

Simon has obtained his MBA from the University of Leicester and currently holds a directorship in a group of fiduciary companies . Simon has been a part-time associate lecturer since 1995 teaching accounting and finance related subjects.

Tommy Yee

Tommy graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor degree in Accountancy, He is an Accredited

Tax Adviser (Income Tax) and has worked in IRAS as well as public accounting firms including a big four accounting firm where he last held a tax managerial position. His teaching experience includes lecturing taxation and accounting modules at Singapore Polytechnic where he was conferred the Excellence in Teaching Award. He is currently an examiner for a corporate tax module for ATTS. Tommy teaches all taxation modules at Kaplan Financial, aiming to assist students achieve a strong understanding of taxation.

Suzannah Tan

Suzannah is a Certified Public Accountant (Singapore) with a Bachelors degree in Accountancy from Nanyang

Technological University. She accumulated more than 12 years of accounting and managerial experience in both the private and public sectors before embarking on a teaching career. Suzannah is committed to developing firm accounting and finance foundations in her students through a practical and problem solving approach.

DESCRIPTION FEES

Preparatory Programme

(6 sessions/18 hours per segment)

Ethics and Governance S$380.00

Strategic Management Accounting S$380.00

Financial Reporting

Global Strategy & Leadership

Advanced Audit & Assurance

Additional Revision Class

Singapore Taxation

S$380.00

S$380.00

S$380.00

S$380.00

Note: Above fees are in Singapore dollars and are inclusive of 7% GST. Kaplan Learning Institute reserves the right to adjust our fees based on prevailing GST Act.

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September 2013 Registration Form

Are you a CPA Australia registered student?

Yes, my CPA Australia Registration No. is Gender: M F

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Referral (if any), please specify: _______________________________________________________________

Highest Qualification: ____________________________________________________________________________

What segments have you completed?

Ethics & Governance Strategic Management Accounting

Financial Reporting

Singapore Taxation

Financial Risk Management

Global Strategy & Leadership

Advanced Audit & Assurance

Contemporary Business Issues

Name (Mr/Mrs/Miss) as in Passport:

Address:

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I am aware that the additional revision taxation classes do not fall under the CPAA

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Terms & Conditions

General: Procedures on course withdrawal, transfer and refund policy can be found in Kaplan Learning Institute Student Handbook and website.

Registration with CPA Australia is the responsibility of the individual student.

Enrollment and purchases will only be recognised upon receipt of payment.

All course fees quoted are inclusive of GST unless otherwise stated and must be paid in full.

All bona-fide students will be issued with a Kaplan Student Access Card.

Kaplan Learning Institute reserves the right to vary, amend or discontinue any or all of the discounts as it deems appropriate.

Kaplan Learning Institute reserves the right to vary or cancel any of the courses described or alter the composition of the relevant lecturing team, as well as the venue for lectures should the circumstances so require.

Transfer Policy:

- Transfer of Courses and Intakes : Student who wish to transfer the course of study or to a new intake must withdraw from the current course and the refund policy applies.

Refund Policy: No refund/exchange of materials purchased with courses is allowed.

Refunds for Withdrawal Without Cause: Where students withdraw from the Course, KLI shall review after receiving the student’s written notice of withdrawal and refund to the Student within 7 working days, the following sums:

% of aggregate amount of the fees

80%

60%

50%

If Student’s written notice of withdrawal is received

(“Maximum Refund”) More than [60] days before the Course Commencement Date

Before, but not more than [30] days before the course commencement date

Before, but not more than [7] days before the course commencement date

On or after the Course Commencement Date 0%

Cooling-off Period: KLI offers students a cooling-off period of 7 working days after signing their student contract. Students can submit written notice of withdrawal to KLI and receive the Maximum Refund amount stipulated above (less any Course Fees consumed by the Student if the withdrawal date is later than the Course Commencement Date* and the

Student has started the Course, any administrative charges which are stipulated in the Miscellaneous Fees and any applicable bank administrative charges properly paid/payable).

* Course Fees consumed is calculated based on number of sessions consumed divide by total number of sessions x total course fee paid

Non-Tuition Fees : Fee Protection Scheme Insurance is nonrefundable after commencement of classes Medical Insurance

Premium is non-refundable after commencement of classes Student membership fees payable to CPA Australia are non-refundable.

Withdrawal Without Cause: KLI will review all written notice of withdrawal supported by relevant documents on a case by case basis within 2 weeks. KLI will consider the following as grounds for request to withdraw:

(i) Overseas assignments of more than 1 month with official letter from company

(ii) Medical reasons certified by a Singapore registered doctor, eg Hospitalization

(iii) Pregnancy certified by a Singapore registered doctor

(iv) Reservist service of more than 1 month with official document

(v) Exemption granted by relevant institution

Withdrawal/Refund Procedure:

- Student must inform Program Management in writing and complete a Course Request Form with reasons for withdrawal/refund accompanied with relevant supporting documents.

- All requests for withdrawal/refund are subject to KLI’s approval.

- The student concern will be informed of the final decision in writing within 2 weeks.

- Upon approval, student will be withdrawn from their course.

- Refund where applicable will be available within 7 working days from date of approval.

- Student will be required to collect the cheque personally from our

2nd Level Reception Counter. They will need to provide a letter of authorization if they wish to authorise a third party to collect on their behalf.

- Student will need to sign on the Student Acknowledgement

Checklist upon collection of the cheque/credit note.

Confidentiality Clause : Kaplan Learning Institute shall treat all students’ particulars with the strictest confidence for legitimate purpose and will not disclose to external parties.

Distribution of this document does not imply any endorsement or responsibility on the part of CPA Australia. Responsibility of the accuracy of any statement or information contained in this document is solely the responsibility of the publisher.

All information contained in this course brochure is accurate at time of print. Kaplan Learning Institute reserves the right to vary this information should the circumstances so require.

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