ICAN May 2013 Pathfinder: Past Questions PDF
The ICAN May 2013 Pathfinder is available below for all four tiers of that era — Foundation, Intermediate, Professional Examination I and Professional Examination II. Each pack holds the Institute’s actual examination questions for the diet plus its suggested solutions and examiners’ reports, free to download as PDF. The May 2013 diet ran as a four-tier examination — Foundation through Professional Examination II — under the pre-2014 syllabus.
Download the May 2013 Pathfinder (all four levels)
| Level | Subjects | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | 3 papers | Foundation May 2013 (PDF) |
| Intermediate | 4 papers | Intermediate May 2013 (PDF) |
| Professional Examination I (P.E. I) | 4 papers | P.E. I May 2013 (PDF) |
| Professional Examination II (P.E. II) | 4 papers | P.E. II May 2013 (PDF) |
Each file is ICAN’s official Pathfinder for the diet: the question papers as sat in the hall, followed by the Institute’s suggested solutions and the examiners’ commentary on where candidates lost marks.
Subjects examined in May 2013
The May 2013 diet belongs to ICAN’s four-tier era: Foundation, Intermediate, P.E. I and P.E. II. Several of its 15 papers survive under new names — Financial Reporting and Ethics is the ancestor of today’s Strategic Business Reporting, and Costing and Quantitative Techniques fed into Performance Management. Others, like Business Communication and Research Methodology, were retired outright when the 2014 syllabus took over.
Foundation (3 papers)
- Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
- Economics and Business Environment
- Corporate and Business Law
Intermediate (4 papers)
- Costing and Quantitative Techniques
- Audit and Assurance
- Taxation
- Business Communication and Research Methodology
Professional Examination I (P.E. I) (4 papers)
- Information Technology
- Management Accounting
- Financial Accounting
- Advanced Audit and Assurance
Professional Examination II (P.E. II) (4 papers)
- Financial Reporting and Ethics
- Strategic Financial Management
- Advanced Taxation
- Public Sector Accounting and Finance
How these papers map to today’s ICAN levels
If you are preparing for a current diet, use this rough mapping when you practise with May 2013 questions:
- Foundation and Intermediate papers cover ground now spread across today’s Foundation and Skills levels — financial accounting, law, costing, audit and taxation fundamentals.
- P.E. I and P.E. II papers correspond to today’s Skills and Professional levels. Financial Reporting and Ethics leads to Strategic Business Reporting; Strategic Financial Management and Advanced Taxation carry the same names today.
- Ignore retired papers such as Business Communication and Research Methodology — nothing at the current levels examines them.
Other diets and study resources
- Full ICAN Pathfinder archive (2011–May 2026)
- May 2014 Pathfinder
- November 2013 Pathfinder
- November 2012 Pathfinder
- May 2012 Pathfinder
- November 2011 Pathfinder
- November 2014 Pathfinder — first diet of the three-level structure
- ICAN past questions — every diet and level in one place
- ICAN exam timetable and diet dates
- How to become a chartered accountant in Nigeria (ICAN)
Frequently asked questions
Is the May 2013 Pathfinder free to download?
Yes. All four packs above are free PDFs, each containing ICAN’s questions, suggested solutions and examiners’ reports for the May 2013 diet.
Which syllabus did the May 2013 diet follow?
ICAN’s pre-2014 professional examination syllabus — four tiers (Foundation, Intermediate, P.E. I, P.E. II) totalling 15 papers. It was replaced by the 16-paper, three-level 2014 syllabus from the November 2014 diet, and the syllabus has been revised twice more since.
Are these papers still worth practising with?
For technique, yes. Accounting fundamentals, audit approach and tax computation method change slowly, and the examiners’ reports in each pack show exactly how marks were gained and lost. For subject coverage, work from the current syllabus — several May 2013 papers no longer exist.
Does the archive go back further than November 2011?
November 2011 is the oldest diet with complete PDF packs. A May 2011 set exists only in legacy .doc format, so it is not published here.