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ATXACCA ATX tuition for the Singapore variant (ATX-SGP). Advanced income and corporate tax, GST, stamp duty, tax incentives and tax planning, with exam technique.
Overview
Advanced Taxation (ATX) is a Strategic Professional Options paper for students who want to work in tax. The Singapore variant (ATX-SGP) builds on TX-SGP and adds more advanced areas. It covers advanced individual and corporate income tax, the taxation of foreign income and international issues, GST, stamp duty and tax incentives, and the ethical and professional responsibilities of a tax adviser. Questions ask you to advise clients and recommend tax-efficient courses of action.
ATX is a 3 hour 15 minute exam with three compulsory questions.
The pass mark is 50%.
ACCA is moving to a new qualification structure. ATX becomes STA Taxation Advisory Professional. June 2027 is the final sitting of the current Strategic Professional exams, and ACCA's timeline shows the first sitting of the Singapore variant of the new exam in December 2027. Under the future qualification, students take one Options exam instead of two. Ask us how the change affects your route.
Classes are led by Paul William, founder of TutorPOD, who holds ACCA, CIMA and CA Singapore qualifications. ATX lessons refresh the TX rules, then work through advisory-style questions in class, showing how to plan an answer, write clear advice and pick up the professional skills marks. You get structured notes and timed mocks with personalised feedback.
Classes run live online and in person in Singapore, in small groups or 1-to-1.
ATX builds directly on Taxation (TX). Most students take it after Strategic Business Reporting (SBR) and Strategic Business Leader (SBL), or alongside them.
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FAQ
ATX is a 3 hour 15 minute exam with three compulsory questions. Section A is one 50-mark question, including 10 professional skills marks and 5 ethics marks. Section B has two 25-mark questions, each with 5 professional skills marks.
ACCA does not force you to sit TX first if you hold an exemption, but ATX assumes everything in TX. Students who are rusty on TX rules find ATX much harder.
Twenty of the 100 marks reward professional skills such as communication, analysis and evaluation, scepticism and commercial acumen. They are earned through how you present and apply your technical answer.
ATX becomes STA Taxation Advisory Professional. June 2027 is the final sitting of the current Strategic Professional exams, and ACCA's timeline shows the first sitting of the Singapore variant of the new exam in December 2027.
Yes. ATX is taught live online on Zoom, Google Meet or PodCall, and in person at the Tampines and Waterloo centres in Singapore.
