How to become a CA

So you’ve decided to become a Chartered Accountant. Congratulations on picking one of the hardest career paths available! Or maybe you haven’t decided, and you’re looking at this to help you decide. In which case, becoming a CA is super lucrative and affords an opportunity to work with hundreds of companies!

PREREQUISITES

Before you become a CA, there are some prerequisites that need to be fulfilled. These aren’t academic prerequisites, however. They are more closely related to your attitude, habits and tendencies. If you don’t possess certain traits, becoming a CA will likely be a tougher path for you. It’s still possible, just harder.

1) Grit - The path to becoming a CA is very difficult. It is the equivalent of a doctoral degree and as such, following that path requires grit and determination unlike anything you’ve ever worked for before.

2) Self-discipline - While preparing for the exams, you will have to push away distractions, and focus completely on studies. Being able to discipline yourself is a must, otherwise distractions will eat up all your time.

CPT

You can only take the CPT after completing your 12th standard exams. The four subjects in the CPT exam are accounting, mercantile laws, economics and quantitative aptitude. Since each incorrect answer costs you - 0.25 marks, it is highly recommended that you be very careful about attempting questions. You have to score a minimum of 30% in each of the four subjects and 50% overall in order to pass. While this may seem relatively easy, the questions are difficult enough that the pass rate is barely 15%.

Given all of these hurdles what is the best way to crack the CPT?

Here are a few tips.

Time management can save your life. By using your time properly you can increase the number of hours that are available to study.

Accounts is the linchpin of the entire exam. It is the single most important topic in the syllabus and if you master it, your path will be significantly smoother.

Practice using the given syllabus. When you register for the exam with ICAI, you will be given a set of textbooks and a set of model papers. Worst case scenario, studying with these books and papers will lead you to success in the CPT.

Revise, revise, revise. There is no substitute for hard studying and practice. The more you study, the easier the exam will be.

Ultimately, success in the CPT boils down to focused, intelligent study. It creates the foundation on which you will build your career as a CA. The skills you will learn and refine while studying for the CPT will come in use during the next few stages. The next part, the IPCC exam will test you like you have never been tested before.

IPCC

Once you crack the CPT, the next step is the integrated professional competence course or IPCC exam. This course consists of two groups of 4 and 3 subjects respectively. You can get a passing grade in the IPCC if you get a minimum of 40% marks in each subject and an aggregate of 50% in each group. This means that both groups have to be passed separately. However, if you get 50% collectively in both groups without an individual aggregate of 50% in each group you still qualify as having passed. The IPCC is a significantly more difficult exam as compared to the CPT. The amount of dedication required to pass this exam is incredible. The study methods that worked to help you pass the CPT are what will help you pass the IPCC too. From daily study, regular reviews, minimal Internet usage and with a commitment to gradual improvement to maintaining good health, both physical and mental, you must dedicate as much time to study as possible without burning out. This is a balancing act which you must finetune further.

ARTICLESHIP

Before you can take the CA Final exam, there is one huge hurdle left, and that is Articleship. Now, Articleship involves joining a firm or working under a qualified CA to learn the way business is actually done. The Big Four firms of CAs, namely Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young and KPMG, are the most prestigious places for an aspirant. While getting in at one of these places can be a great career boost, it often happens that due to the vast nature of these firms, aspiring CAs don’t get well-rounded experience. Smaller firms get a wider variety of work, and as such, you will be able to function in a variety of situations. Your choice. During the articleship, you will also have to prepare for the CA Final exam. While a fair portion of the work you will do will be applicable to the CA Final, you must also maintain your studies. Continuity of practice is the secret to success.

CA Final Exam

The last step to becoming a CA, and the most difficult one. Thousands have failed to crack this exam, widely regarded as one of the toughest in the world. If you have cleared both groups of the IPCC, you can take this exam in the last six months of your articleship. At this point it is pretty much the best idea to abandon everything except studies, and of course health. No point in being too sick to give the exam! Focus all your attention on conceptual understanding. If you just practice a few questions, odds are they won't appear in the paper.

Combine coaching classes with self study. This will help you achieve the best results possible. Since coaching classes give you an additional source of support, they can help you understand concepts that you may fail to understand on your own. The CA final, like the IPCC, consists of two groups of four papers each. The questions are updated as per the technical progress and changes in the business practices, ensuring that the students who pass are superbly equipped to thrive in the competitive world of Chartered Accountants.

This is an incredibly difficult, yet incredibly rewarding journey. I wish all of you aspirants the best of luck!

10-Jan-2018

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Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Chapter 1	Accounting Standards		Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Financial Statement of Companies			Yes
2.1	Final Accounts of Company			Yes
2.2	Cash Flow	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Profit or Loss Pre and Post Incorporation		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Accounting for Bonus Issue			Yes
Chapter 5	Internal Reconstruction			Yes
Chapter 6	Amalgamation			Yes
Chapter 7	Average Due Date and Account Current	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Self Balancing Ladgers			Yes
Chapter 9	Financial Statements of Not-For-Profit Organization	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 10	Accounts from Incomplete Records	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 11	Hire Purchase and Instalment Sale Transactions		Yes	Yes
Chapter 12	Investment Accounts		Yes	Yes
Chapter 13	Insurance Claims for Loss of Stock and Loss of Profit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 14	Issues in Partnership Accounts		Yes	Yes
Chapter 15	Accounting in Computerised Environment			Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
	LAW
Chapter 1	The Indian Contract Act, 1872	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	The Payment of Bonus Act,1965		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act,1952		Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	The Payment of Gratuity Act,1972		Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	The Companies Act,2013			Yes
Unit 1	Preliminary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unit 2	Prospectus -As per Companies Act,2013	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unit 3	Share Capital		Yes	Yes
Unit 4	Meetings		Yes	Yes
Unit 5	Some of the Relevant Sections- The Companies Act, 2013		Yes	Yes
	Ethics
Chapter 7	Principles of Business Ethics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 9	Workplace Ethics		Yes	Yes
Chapter 10	Environment & Ethics			Yes
Chapter 11	Ethics in Marketing and Consumer Protection			Yes
Chapter 12	Ethics in Accounting and Finance			Yes
	Communication
Chapter 13	Essentials of Communication	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 14	Interpersonal Communication Skills		Yes	Yes
Chapter 15	Group Dynamics		Yes	Yes
Chapter 16	Communication Ethics			Yes
Chapter 17	Communicating Corporate Culture, Change and Innovative Spirits			Yes
Chapter 18	Communication in Business Environment			Yes
Chapter 19	Basic Understanding of Legal Deeds and Documents			Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
	Cost Accounting
Chapter 1	Basic Concepts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Material	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Labour	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Overheads	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Non Integrated Accounts		Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Job Costing and Batch Costing		Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Contract Costing		Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Operating Costing		Yes	Yes
Chapter 9	Process & Operation Costing		Yes	Yes
Chapter 10	Joint Products & By Products		Yes	Yes
Chapter 11	Standard Costing			Yes
Chapter 12	Marginal Costing			Yes
Chapter 13	Budgets and Budgetary Control			Yes
	Financial Management
Chapter 1	Scope and Objectives of Financial Management		Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Time Value of Money	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Financial Analysis and Planning	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Financing Decisions		Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Types of Financing			Yes
Chapter 6	Investment Decisions		Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Management of Working Capital			Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
	Income Tax
Chapter 1	Basic Concepts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Residence and Scope of Total Income	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Incomes Which Do Not Form Part of Total Income	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Heads of Income			Yes
Unit 1	Salaries	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unit 2	Income from House Property	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unit 3	Profits and Gains of Business or Profession		Yes	Yes
Unit 4	Capital Gains		Yes	Yes
Unit 5	Income from Other Sources		Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Income of Other Persons Included in Assessee’s Total Income		Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Aggregation of Income, Set-Off and Carry Forward of Losses		Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Deductions From Gross Total Income		Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Computation of Total Income And Tax Payable		Yes	Yes
Chapter 9	Advance Tax, Tax Deduction at Source and Introduction to Tax Collection at Source			Yes
Chapter 10	Provisions for filing Return of Income and Self-assessment			Yes
	Indirect Taxes
Chapter 1	GST in India - An Introduction	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Supply under GST	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Charge of GST	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Exemptions from GST		Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Time and Value of Supply
Unit 1	Time of Supply	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unit 2	Value of Supply	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Input Tax Credit		Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Registration		Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Tax Invoice, Credit and Debit Notes			Yes
Chapter 9	Payment of Tax			Yes
Chapter 10	Returns			Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Chapter 1	Framework for Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements			Yes
Chapter 2	Accounting Standards		Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Advanced Issues in Partnership Accounts		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Company Accounts			Yes
	-ESOPS & Buy Back of shares	Yes	Yes	Yes
	-Underwriting of Shares & Debentures		Yes	Yes
	-Redemption of Debentures			Yes
	-Amalgamation & Reconstruction			Yes
	-Liquidation of Companies			Yes
Chapter 5	Financial Statements of Insurance Companies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Financial Statements of Banking Companies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Departmental Accounts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Accounting for Branches including Foreign Branches	Yes	Yes	Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Chapter 1	Nature of Auditing			Yes
Chapter 2	Basic Concepts in Auditing			Yes
Chapter 3	Preparation for an Audit		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Internal Control			Yes
Chapter 5	Vouching Control	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Verification of Assets and Liabilities	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	The Company Audit - I	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	The Company Audit - II			Yes
Chapter 9	Special Audits		Yes	Yes
Chapter 10	Standards on Auditing & Guidance Notes & Accounting Standards		Yes	Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
	Information Techonology
Chapter 1	Business Process Management & IT	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Information Systems and IT Fundamentals	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Telecommunications and Networks		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Business Information System			Yes
Chapter 5	Business Process Automation through Application Software			Yes
	Strategic Management
Chapter 1	Business Environment	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Business Policy and Strategic Management	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Strategic Analysis		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Strategic Planning		Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Formulation of Functional Strategy		Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Strategy Implementation and Control			Yes
Chapter 7	Reaching Strategic Edge			Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Chapter 1	Introduction to Accounting Standards		Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Framework for Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements			Yes
Chapter 3	Overview of Accounting Standards		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Financial Statements of Companies			Yes
Unit 1	Preparation of Financial Statements			Yes
Unit 2	Cash Flow Statement	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Profit or Loss Pre and Post Incorporation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Accounting for Bonus Issue and Right Issue	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Redemption of Preference Shares	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Redemption of Debentures			Yes
Chapter 9	Investment Accounts	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 10	Insurance Claims for Loss of Stock and Loss of Profit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 11	Hire Purchase and Instalment Sale Transactions	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 12	Departmental Accounts		Yes	Yes
Chapter 13	Accounting for Branches Including Foreign Branches		Yes	Yes
Chapter 14	Accounts from Incomplete Records		Yes	Yes
Chapter 15	Partnership Accounts			Yes
	Accounting Pronouncements			Yes
Part I	Framework for Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements			Yes
Part II	Applicability of Accounting Standards			Yes
Part III	Accounting Standards			Yes

Chapter	Title	50%	100%
Corporate Laws :
Chapter1	Declaration and Payment of Dividend	Yes	Yes
Chapter2	Accounts and Audit	Yes	Yes
Chapter3	Appointment and Qualification of Directors	Yes	Yes
Chapter4	Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel	Yes	Yes
Chapter5	Meetings of Board and its Powers	Yes	Yes
Chapter6	Inspection Enquiry and Investigation		Yes
Chapter7	Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamation		Yes
Chapter8	Prevention of Oppression and Mismanagement		Yes
Chapter9	Winding Up	-	Yes
Chapter10	Producer Companies	-	Yes
Chapter11	Companies incorporated Outside India	-	Yes
Chapter12	Offences and Penalties	-	Yes
Chapter13	E-governance	-	Yes
Chapter14	Special Courts	-	Yes
Chapter16	Corporate Secretarial Practice-Drafting of Resolution, Minutes ,Notices and Reports	-	Yes
	Insolvency and Bankruptsy Code,2016 :	Yes	Yes
Allied Laws :
Chapter17	The Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992	-	Yes
Chapter18	The Securities Contracts Regulation Act, 1956	-	Yes
Chapter19	The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999	Yes	Yes
Chapter20	The Competition Act, 2002	Yes	Yes
Chapter21	Overview of Banking Regulation Act, 1949, The Insurance Act, 1938, The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002	-	Yes
Chapter22	The Prevention of Money Laundering Act	-	Yes
Chapter23	Interpretation of Statues, Deeds and Documents	-	Yes

Chapter	Title
Section A: Corporate Laws :
Chapter1	Appointment and Qualifications of Directors
Chapter2	Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel
Chapter3	Meetings of Board and its Powers
Chapter4	Inspection, Inquiry and Investigation
Chapter5	Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations
Chapter6	Prevention of Oppression and Mismanagement
Chapter7	Winding Up
Chapter8	Producer Companies
	Section-A:Company Law
Chapter9	Companies incorporated outside India
Chapter10	Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter11	Compounding of Offences, Adjudication, Special Courts
Chapter12	National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal
Chapter13	Corporate Secretarial Practice – Drafting of Notices, Resolutions, Minutes and Reports
	Section-B: Securities Laws
Chapter1	The Securities Contract (Regulation) Act, 1956 and the Securities Contract (Regulation) Rules, 1957
Chapter2	The Securities Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirement) Regulations, 2015
	Part-II: Economic Laws
Chapter1	The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
Chapter2	The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
Chapter3	The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
Chapter4	Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010
Chapter5	The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Chapter6	The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Part I	Company Law
Chapter 1	Preliminary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Incorporation of Company and Matters Incidental Thereto	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Prospectus and Allotment of Securities	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Share Capital and Debentures		Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Acceptance of Deposits by Companies			Yes
Chapter 6	Registration of Charges			Yes
Chapter 7	Management & Administration	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Declaration and Payment of Dividend		Yes	Yes
Chapter 9	Accounts of Companies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 10	Audit and Auditors	Yes	Yes	Yes
Part II	Other Laws
Chapter 1	The Indian Contract Act, 1872		Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881		Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	The General Clauses Act, 1897			Yes
Chapter 4	Interpretation of Statutes, Deeds and Documents			Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Chapter 1	Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Material Cost	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Employee Cost and Direct Expenses	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Overheads: Absorption Costing Method	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Activity Based Costing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Cost Sheet	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Cost Accounting System		Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Unit & Batch Costing		Yes	Yes
Chapter 9	Job Costing and Contract Costing		Yes	Yes
Chapter 10	Process & Operation Costing		Yes	Yes
Chapter 11	Joint Products & By Products		Yes	Yes
Chapter 12	Service Costing		Yes	Yes
Chapter 13	Standard Costing			Yes
Chapter 14	Marginal Costing			Yes
Chapter 15	Budget and Budgetary Control			Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Chapter 1	Application of Accounting Standards		Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Application of Guidance Notes		Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Accounting for Employee Stock Option Plans			Yes
Chapter 4	Buy Back of Securities and Equity Shares with Differential Rights			Yes
Chapter 5	Underwriting of Shares and Debentures	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Amalgamation of Companies			Yes
Chapter 7	Accounting for Reconstruction of Companies			Yes
Chapter 8	Accounting for Liquidation of Companies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 9	Insurance Companies			Yes
Chapter 10	Banking Companies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 11	Non-Banking Financial Companies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 12	Mutual Funds	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 13	Valuation of Goodwill			Yes
Chapter 14	Consolidated Financial Statements			Yes
	Accounting Pronouncements		Yes	Yes
Part I	Accounting Standards		Yes	Yes
Part II	Guidance Notes		Yes	Yes
Part III	Accounting Standards		Yes	Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Chapter 1	Nature, Objective and Scope of Audit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Audit Strategy, Audit Planning and Audit Programme	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Audit Documentation and Audit Evidence	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Risk Assessment and Internal Control	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Fraud and Responsibilities of the Auditor in this Regard			Yes
Chapter 6	Audit in an Automated Environment		Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Audit Sampling			Yes
Chapter 8	Analytical Procedures			Yes
Chapter 9	Audit of Items of Financial Statements		Yes	Yes
Chapter 10	The Company Audit		Yes	Yes
Chapter 11	Audit Report		Yes	Yes
Chapter 12	Audit of Banks			Yes
Chapter 13	Audit of Diff erent Types of Entities			Yes
	Auditing Pronouncements			Yes
Part I	Auditing and Assurance Standards			Yes
Part II	Statements			Yes
Part III	Guidance Notes			Yes

Chapter	Title	30%	70%	100%
Section-A	Enterprise Information Systems
Chapter 1	Automated Business Processes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Financial and Accounting Systems	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Information Systems and its Components		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	E-Commerce, M-Commerce and Emerging Technologies			Yes
Chapter 5	Core Banking Systems			Yes
Section-B	Strategic Management
Chapter 1	Introduction to Strategic Management	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Dynamics of Competitive Strategy	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Strategic Management Process		Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Corporate Level Strategies		Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Business Level Strategies		Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Functional Level Strategies			Yes
Chapter 7	Organisation and Strategic Leadership			Yes
Chapter 8	Strategy Implementation and Control			Yes

Chapter	Title	50%	100%
Chapter 1	Accounting Standards and Guidance Notes	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Indian Accounting Standards	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Corporate Financial Reporting		Yes
Chapter 4	Accounting for Corporate Restructuring	Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Consolidated Financial Statements of Group Companies	Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Accounting and Reporting of Financial Instruments		Yes
Chapter 7	Share Based Payments	Yes	Yes
Chapter 8	Financial Reporting for Financial Institutions		Yes
Chapter 9	Valuation		Yes
Chapter 10	Developments in Financial Reporting		Yes

Chapter	Title	50%	100%
Chapter1	Financial Policy and Corporate Strategy	Yes	Yes
Chapter2	Project Planning and Capital Budgeting	Yes	Yes
Chapter3	Leasing Decisions	Yes	Yes
Chapter4	Dividend Decisions		Yes
Chapter5	Indian Capital Market		Yes
Chapter6	Security Analysis	Yes	Yes
Chapter7	Portfolio Theory		Yes
Chapter8	Financial Services in India		Yes
Chapter9	Mutual Funds		Yes
Chapter10	Money Market Operations		Yes
Chapter11	Foregin Direct Investment(FDI), Foreign Institutional Investment(FII) and International Financial Management(IFM)		Yes
Chapter12	Foreign Exchange Exposure and Risk Management	Yes	Yes
Chapter13	Mergers, Acquisition and restructuring	Yes	Yes

Chapter	Title	50%	100%
Chapter 1	Auditing Standards, Statements and Guidance Notes- An Overview	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Audit Strategy Planning and Programming		Yes
Chapter 3	Risk Assessment and Internal Control		Yes
Chapter 4	Audit under Computerized Information System Environment		Yes
Chapter 5	Special Audit Techniques		Yes
Chapter 6	The Company Audit	Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Liability of Auditors		Yes
Chapter 8	Audit Report	Yes	Yes
Chapter 9	Audit Committee and Corporate Governance		Yes
Chapter 10	Audit of Consolidated Financial Statements		Yes
Chapter 11	Audit of Banks		Yes
Chapter 12	Audit of General Insurance Companies	Yes	Yes
Chapter 13	Audit of Co-operative Societies		Yes
Chapter 14	Audit of Non Banking Financial Institutions	Yes	Yes
Chapter 15	Audit under Fiscal Laws		Yes
Chapter 16	Cost Audit		Yes
Chapter 17	Special Audit Assignments		Yes
Chapter 18	Audit of Public Sector Undertakings		Yes
Chapter 19	Internal Audit, Management and Operational Audit		Yes
Chapter 20	Investigation and Due Diligence	Yes	Yes
Chapter 21	Peer Review		Yes
Chapter 22	Professional Ethics	Yes	Yes

Chapter	Title	50%	100%
Chapter 1	Developments in the business environment	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Decision making using cost concepts and CVP Analysis	Yes	Yes
Chapter 3	Pricing Decisions	-	Yes
Chapter 4	Budget and Budgetary Control	-	Yes
Chapter 5	Standard Costing	-	Yes
Chapter 6	Costing of Service Sector	Yes	Yes
Chapter 7	Transfer Pricing	-	Yes
Chapter 8	Uniform Costing and Inter-firm Comparison	-	Yes
Chapter 9	Profitability Analysis - Product wise/ Segment wise/ Customer wise	-	Yes
Chapter 10	Linear Programming	Yes	Yes
Chapter 11	The transportation problem	-	Yes
Chapter 12	The Assignment problem	-	Yes
Chapter 13	Critical Path Analysis	Yes	Yes
Chapter 14	Program Evaluation and Review Technique	Yes	Yes
Chapter 15	Simulation	Yes	Yes
Chapter 16	Learning Curve Theory	-	Yes

Chapter	Title	50%	100%
Chapter 1	Concepts of Governance and Management of Information Systems	Yes	Yes
Chapter 2	Information Systems Concepts	-	Yes
Chapter 3	Protection of Information Systems	Yes	Yes
Chapter 4	Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning	Yes	Yes
Chapter 5	Acquisition, Development and Implementation of Information Systems	Yes	Yes
Chapter 6	Auditing of Information Systems	-	Yes
Chapter 7	Information Technology Regulatory Issues	-	Yes
Chapter 8	Emerging Technologies	-	Yes

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Chapter	Title
	Sub Part-I: Strategic Cost Management
Chapter 1	Introduction to Strategic Cost Management
Chapter 2	Modern Business Environment
Chapter 3	Lean System and Innovation
Chapter 4	Cost Management Techniques
Chapter 5	Cost Management for Specific Sector
Chapter 6	Decision Making
Chapter 7	Pricing Decision
	Part-B: Performance Evaluation and Control
	Sub Part-I: Performance Evaluation and Reporting
Chapter 8	Performance Measurement and Evaluation
Chapter 9	Divisional Transfer Pricing
Chapter 10	Strategic Analysis of Operating Income
	Sub Part-II: Managerial Control
Chapter 11	Budgetary Control
Chapter 12	Standard Costing
Chapter 13	Case Study

Chapter	Title
Chapter 1	Introduction to RisK
Chapter 2	Source and Evaluation of Risks
Chapter 3	Risk Management
Chapter 4	Quantitative Analysis
Chapter 5	Risk Model
Chapter 6	Credit Risk Measurement and Management
Chapter 7	Risk associated with Corporate Governance
Chapter 8	Enterprise Risk Management
Chapter 9	Operational Risk Management

Chapter	Title
Chapter 1	Global Financial Markets
Chapter 2	Impact of various policies of Financial Markets
Chapter 3	Capital Market - Primary
Chapter 4	Capital Market - Secondary
Chapter 5	Money Market
Chapter 6	Institutions and Intermediaries
Chapter 7	Commodity Market
Chapter 8A	Banking - Management
Chapter 8B	Banking as Source of Capital Including NBFCs
Chapter 9	Mutual Funds
Chapter 10	Private Equity
Chapter 11	Investment Banking
Chapter 12	Credit Rating
Chapter 13	Treasury Operations
Chapter 14	Risk Management
Chapter 15	Credit Derivatives
Chapter 16	SEBI Guidelines

Chapter	Title
Part I	Taxation of International Transactions and Non-resident Taxation in India
Chapter 1	Transfer Pricing
Chapter 2	Non-resident Taxation
Chapter 3	Double Taxation Relief
Chapter 4	Advance Rulings
Chapter 5	An Overview of the Black Money and the Imposition of Tax Law
Part II	Other aspects of International Taxation
Chapter 6	Overview of Model Tax Conventions
Chapter 7	Tax Treaties: Overview, Features, Application and Interpretation
Chapter 8	Anti Avoidance Measures
Chapter 9	Taxation of E-Commerce Transactions

Chapter	Title
Chapter 1	World Trade Organization
Chapter 2	The Competition Act, 2002
Chapter 3	Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016
Chapter 4	Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
Chapter 5	Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
Chapter 6	The Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
Chapter 7	Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988

Chapter	Title
Chapter 1	Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting as per IFRS
Chapter 2	Application of International Financial Reporting Standards
Chapter 3	Significant differences between IFRS and US GAAPs

Chapter	Title
Chapter 1	Financial Accounting and Reporting
Chapter2	Audit and Assurance
Chapter3	Taxation
Chapter4	Finance and Financial Management
Chapter5	Management Accounting
Chapter6	Corporate Laws
Chapter7	Business Strategy and Management

Chapter	Title
Part I	Direct Tax Laws
Chapter 1	Basic Concepts
Chapter 2	Residence and Scope of Total Income
Chapter 3	Incomes Which Do Not Form Part Of Total Income
Chapter 4	Salaries
Chapter 5	Income From House Property
Chapter 6	Profits And Gains Of Business Or Profession
Chapter 7	Capital Gains
Chapter 8	Income From Other Sources
Chapter 9	Income Of Other Persons Included In Assessee’S Total Income
Chapter 10	Aggregation of Income, Set-Off and Carry Forward of Losses
Chapter 11	Deductions From Gross Total Income
Chapter 12	Assessment of Various Entities
Chapter 13	Assessment of Charitable or Religious Trusts or Institutions, Political Parties and Electoral Trusts
Chapter 14	Tax Planning, Tax Avoidance & Tax Evasion
Chapter 15	Deduction, Collection and Recovery of Tax
Chapter 16	Income-tax Authorities
Chapter 17	Assessment Procedure
Chapter 18	Appeals and Revision
Chapter 19	Settlement of Tax Cases
Chapter 20	Penalties
Chapter 21	Offences and Prosecution
Chapter 22	Liability in Special Cases
Chapter 23	Miscellaneous Provisions
Part II:	International Taxation
Chapter 1	Chapter 1: Non-resident Taxation
Chapter 25	Penalties
Chapter 26	Double Taxation Relief
Chapter 27	Transfer Pricing & Other Anti-Avoidance Measures
Chapter 28	Advance Rulings
Chapter 27	Advance Rulings
Chapter 28	Equalisation Levy
Chapter 6	Overview of Model Tax Conventions
Chapter 7	Application and Interpretation of Tax Treaties
Chapter 8	Fundamentals of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting

Chapter	Title
	Goods and Services Tax
Chapter 1	GST in India - An Introduction
Chapter 2	Taxable Event - Supply
Chapter 3	Charge of GST
Chapter 4	Exemptions from GST
Chapter 5	Place of Supply
Chapter 6	Time of Supply
Chapter 7	Value of Supply
Chapter 8	Input Tax Credit
Chapter 9	Registration
Chapter 10	Tax Invoice, Credit and Debit Notes
Chapter 11	Accounts and Records
Chapter 12	Payment of Tax
Chapter 13	Returns
Chapter 14	Refunds
Chapter 15	Job Work
Chapter 16	Electronic Commerce
Chapter 17	Assessment and Audit
Chapter 18	Inspection, Search, Seizure and Arrest
Chapter 19	Demands and Recovery
Chapter 20	Liability to Pay Tax in Certain Cases
Chapter 21	Offences and Penalties
Chapter 22	Appeals and Revision
Chapter 23	Advance Ruling
Chapter 24	Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 25	Transitional Provisions
Part-II Customs & FTP
Chapter 1	Levy of and Exemptions from Customs Duty
Chapter 2	Types of Duty
Chapter 3	Classification of Imported and Export Goods
Chapter 4	Valuation under the Customs Act, 1962
Chapter 5	Importation, Exportation and Transportation of Goods
Chapter 6	Warehousing
Chapter 7	Duty Drawback
Chapter 8	Demand and Recovery
Chapter 9	Refund
Chapter 10	Provisions Relating to Illegal Import, Export, Confiscation & Allied Provisions
Chapter 11	Appeals and Revision
Chapter 12	Settlement Commission
Chapter 13	Advance Ruling
Chapter 14	Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 15	Foreign Trade Policy