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25 July 2008 / Allison Plager

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Ever modest, recent CTA prize winners talk to ALLISON PLAGER

Recent CTA prize winners talk about their successes

Exams are always nerve-racking: have I done enough work? Should I have revised such and such? Why did I waste my time studying that subject instead of this one? Will I get the right questions?

The Chartered Institute of Taxation's CTA qualification is not one to be undertaken lightly. The consistently low percentage of candidates who pass each sitting is testament to that. Rarely is the percentage above 50%.

However there are some who not only pass but pass brilliantly. Each year a few candidates produce papers which bring them prizes as well.

Two such candidates are Helen Guy winner of the Avery Jones medal for paper III (interaction of taxes) and Jayne Harrold who won the Ronald Ison medal for paper IV (professional responsibilities ethics and law) in the November 2007 sittings both of...

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Bouquet of success

© Copyright LexisNexis 2024. All rights reserved.

25 July 2008 / Allison Plager

Ever modest, recent CTA prize winners talk to ALLISON PLAGER

Recent CTA prize winners talk about their successes

Exams are always nerve-racking: have I done enough work? Should I have revised such and such? Why did I waste my time studying that subject instead of this one? Will I get the right questions?

The Chartered Institute of Taxation's CTA qualification is not one to be undertaken lightly. The consistently low percentage of candidates who pass each sitting is testament to that. Rarely is the percentage above 50%.

However there are some who not only pass but pass brilliantly. Each year a few candidates produce papers which bring them prizes as well.

Two such candidates are Helen Guy winner of the Avery Jones medal for paper III (interaction of taxes) and Jayne Harrold who won the Ronald Ison medal for paper IV (professional responsibilities ethics and law) in the November 2007 sittings both of...

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