CA Finals

Whether I want to clear CA finals in the 1st attempt??

Objective
Pass CA finals in the 1st attempt with flying colours……..!!!!
Keep a margin of safety

Criteria
1 Physical Fitness
a. Stretching - 2 days a week at PDP - 1.5 hrs i.e. 3 hrs a week
b. Football 1-2 a week - 3 hrs. i.e. 6 hrs a week
c. If no football - Running regularly - 5 hrs a week
d. Waking up early from (7am) 5 days a week, and the other 2 by 10am
e. Sleeping at before midnigh, 5 days a week, the other two days by 2.
f. Playing 4-5 hours of PS3 in a week in a single go upto august

2 Mental Fitness
a. No facebook after June - facebook deactivated
b. Daily 1/2 hour on comp till july, after which 1 hr a week
c. Reading(novel, newspaper) - 15- 20 mins a day

3 Other Activities
a. 3 & 1/2 days in LF
b. 7 days of vacation till july
c. 3 days of mental break if required in Sept & Oct
total no of days = 15 days

4 No of hours in a day 24
Sleep -8
Breakfast/lunch/snacks/dinner/bathroom -4
Physical fitness -2
Comp & Reading -1
No of Available Hrs 9

Masti 1
No of hours to study 8

Effective No of hours of studying 6 (75% of total no of hours)

Break up
Practical Subject 3
Theory Subject 3
 Effective days
Oct 30
Sept 30
August 31
July 27
Total No of days available 118
Less No of days of other activities 15
Effective No of days 103

Total Effective Hours (103 days * 6 hrs) 618

Less Review time(2 hr per week) 34
Total Available hrs for studies 584

Revision hours (30days * 6 hrs) 180

Total Hrs left for 1st time studies 404

No. Subjects Preference Theory % Practical %

Grp I
1 Financial Reporting 1 40% 60.0%
2 Strategic Financial Management 30% 70.0%
3 Audit & Ethics 100% 0.0%
4 Corporate & Allied Laws 1 100% 0.0%
Grp II
5 Advanced Management Accounts 20% 80.0%
6 IT 80% 20.0%
7 Direct Tax 50% 50.0%
8 Indirect Tax 70% 30.0%

490 310
800

Weightage (theory 1 & practical 1.5) 490 465

No of hrs pro rated 207 197

Shreyam Shah Dhiren Shah

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Advanced Management Accounts - Gr II Paper 5 (20% thoery & 80% practical) Indirect Tax - Gr II paper 8 (70% thoery & 30% practical
Test
No. Chapter Date Hours 1st Time Rev. Test Paper No. Chapter Date Hours 1st Time Rev. Paper
1 Developments in Business enviornment 3rd Oct 13 Section A: Central Excise
2 Cost Concepts in decision making 5th Oct 5 1 Basic Concepts 1st Oct 2 a
3 CVP Analysis Decision Making 7th Oct 6 2 Classification 2nd Oct 1.5
4 Pricing Decisions 8th Oct 3 3 Valuation 2nd Oct 3
5 Budget & Budgetary Control 8th Oct 5 4 CENVAT Credit 4th Oct 5
6 Standard Costing 10th Oct 7 5 General Procedures 5th Oct 3
7 Costing Of Service Sector 10th Oct 1 6 Export, Warehousing & SSI 6th Oct 3
8 Transfer Pricing 10th Oct 3 Section B: Customs
9 Uniform Costing and Interform Comparison 10th Oct 1 7 Basic Concepts 7th Oct 2

10 Cost Sheet, Profitablity Analysis & Reporting 10th Oct 1 8 Customs tariff & type of custom Duties 7th Oct 1
11 Linear Programming 11th Oct 6 9 Valuation 8th Oct 3
12 The Transportation problem 12th Oct 4 10 Imporatation & Exporatation 8th Oct 1
13 The Assignment Problem 13th Oct 2 11 Warehousing 8th Oct 1
14 Critical Path Analysis 13th Oct 3 12 Duty Drawback 9th Oct 1

15 Program Evaluation And Review Technique 14th Oct 4 13 Baggage, Postal Articles & Stores 9th Oct 1
Search, Sezure, Confiscation & Misc.
16 Simulation 14th Oct 2 14 Provisions 9th Oct 2
17 Learning Curve Thoery 14th Oct 1 Section C: Service Tax
18 Testing of Hypothesis 15th Oct 4 15 Concept, Charge & Valuaiton 10th Oct 4
19 Time Series Analysis & Forecasting 15th Oct 2.5 16 Procedures 11th Oct 2
No of hours 73.5 17 Taxable Services & Scope 13th Oct 9
Section D: Common Topics under Excise,
Customs & Service Tax
Exemptions, Recoveries, Demands &
18 Refunds 14th Oct 2
19 Appeals & Revision 14th Oct 1.5
20 Advance ruling & settlement of cases 14th Oct 1
21 Offences & Prosecution 15th Oct 1
Section E: Value-Added Tax Law
22 Concepts, input credit & Procedures 15th Oct 2
Certain Definitions & Vat on special
23 Transactions 15th Oct 2
No of hours 54
 17.14
04/Jul/10 Sunday FR CH - 1 & Law CH - 1
05/Jul/10 Monday FR CH - 1 & Law CH - 1
06/Jul/10 Tuesday FR CH - 1 & Law CH - 1
07/Jul/10 Wednesday FR CH - 1 & Law CH - 1
08/Jul/10 Thursday FR CH - 2 & Law CH - 1
09/Jul/10 Friday FR CH - 2 & Law CH - 1
10/Jul/10 Saturday FR CH - 2 & Law CH - 1
11/Jul/10 Sunday FR CH - 2 & Law CH - 1
12/Jul/10 Monday FR CH - 4 & Law CH - 1
13/Jul/10 Tuesday FR CH - 4 & Law CH - 1
14/Jul/10 Wednesday FR CH - 4 & Law CH - 1
15/Jul/10 Thursday FR CH - 5 & Law CH - 1
16/Jul/10 Friday FR CH - 5 & Law CH - 2
17/Jul/10 Saturday FR CH - 5 & Law CH - 2 Financial Reporting
18/Jul/10 Sunday FR CH - 6 & Law CH - 3 & Law
19/Jul/10 Monday FR CH - 6 & Law CH - 3
20/Jul/10 Tuesday FR CH - 6 & Law CH - 4
21/Jul/10 Wednesday FR CH - 7 & Law CH - 5
22/Jul/10 Thursday FR CH - 7 & Law CH - 6
23/Jul/10 Friday FR CH - 7 & Law CH - 6
24/Jul/10 Saturday FR CH - 8 & Law CH - 7
25/Jul/10 Sunday FR CH - 8 & Law CH - 8 & Ethics
26/Jul/10 Monday FR CH - 8 & Law CH - 8 & Ethics
27/Jul/10 Tuesday FR CH - 9 & Law CH - 8 & Ethics
28/Jul/10 Wednesday FR CH - 9 & Law CH - 9 & Audit - 1
29/Jul/10 Thursday FR CH - 9 & Law CH - 9 & Audit - 2
30/Jul/10 Friday FR CH - 10 & Law CH - 9 & Audit - 3
31/Jul/10 Saturday FR CH - 10 & Law CH - 9 & Audit - 4

01/Aug/10 Sunday AM - 1, IT - 1 & Audit - 5

02/Aug/10 Monday AM - 1, IT - 1 & Audit - 6
03/Aug/10 Tuesday AM - 1, IT - 1 & Audit - 7
04/Aug/10 Wednesday AM - 2, IT - 2 & Audit - 7
05/Aug/10 Thursday AM - 2, IT - 2 & Audit - 8
06/Aug/10 Friday AM - 2, IT - 2 & Audit - 8
07/Aug/10 Saturday AM - 3, IT - 3 & Audit - 9
08/Aug/10 Sunday AM - 3, IT - 3 & Audit - 9
09/Aug/10 Monday AM - 3, IT - 3 & Audit - 10
10/Aug/10 Tuesday AM - 4, IT - 4 & Audit - 11
11/Aug/10 Wednesday AM - 4, IT - 4 & Audit - 11
12/Aug/10 Thursday AM - 4, IT - 4 & Audit - 12
13/Aug/10 Friday AM - 5, IT - 5 & Audit - 12
14/Aug/10 Saturday AM - 5, IT - 5 & Audit - 13
15/Aug/10 Sunday AM - 5, IT - 5 & Audit - 13 Advanced
16/Aug/10 Monday AM - 6, IT - 6 & Audit - 14 Management
17/Aug/10 Tuesday AM - 6, IT - 6 & Audit - 14 Accounts, IT & Audit
18/Aug/10 Wednesday AM - 6, IT - 6 & Audit - 15
19/Aug/10 Thursday AM - 7, IT - 7 & Audit - 15
 Advanced
Management
Accounts, IT & Audit

20/Aug/10 Friday AM - 7, IT - 7 & Audit - 16

21/Aug/10 Saturday AM - 7, IT - 7 & Audit - 16
22/Aug/10 Sunday AM - 8, IT - 8 & Audit - 17
23/Aug/10 Monday AM - 8, IT - 8 & Audit - 17
24/Aug/10 Tuesday AM - 8, IT - 8 & Audit - 18
25/Aug/10 Wednesday AM - 9, IT - 9 & Audit - 18 & IDT - 1
26/Aug/10 Thursday AM - 9, IT - 9 & Audit - 19 & IDT - 1
27/Aug/10 Friday AM - 9, IT - 9 & Audit - 19 & IDT - 2
28/Aug/10 Saturday AM - 10, IT - 10 & Audit - Remaining & IDT - 2
29/Aug/10 Sunday AM - 10, IT - 10 & Audit - Remaining & IDT - 3
30/Aug/10 Monday AM - 10, IT - 10 & Audit - Remaining & IDT - 3
31/Aug/10 Tuesday AM - Rem, IT - Rem & Audit - Rem & IDT - 4

01/Sep/10 Wednesday STM - 1, IDT - 5, WT - 1

02/Sep/10 Thursday STM - 1, IDT - 5, WT - 1
03/Sep/10 Friday STM - 2, IDT - 6, WT - 2
04/Sep/10 Saturday STM - 2, IDT - 6, WT - 2
05/Sep/10 Sunday STM - 2, IDT - 7, WT - 3
06/Sep/10 Monday STM - 3, IDT - 7, WT - 3
07/Sep/10 Tuesday STM - 3, IDT - 8, DT - 15
08/Sep/10 Wednesday STM - 3, IDT - 8, DT - 15
09/Sep/10 Thursday STM - 4, IDT - 9, DT - 16
10/Sep/10 Friday STM - 4, IDT - 9, DT - 16
11/Sep/10 Saturday STM - 5, IDT - 10, DT - 17
12/Sep/10 Sunday STM - 5, IDT - 10, DT - 17
13/Sep/10 Monday STM - 5, IDT - 11, DT - 18
14/Sep/10 Tuesday STM - 6, IDT - 11, DT - 18
15/Sep/10 Wednesday STM - 6, IDT - 12, DT - 19 Strategic Financial
Management, Direct
16/Sep/10 Thursday STM - 6, IDT - 12, DT - 19 Tax & Indirect Tax
17/Sep/10 Friday STM - 7, IDT - 13, DT - 20
18/Sep/10 Saturday STM - 7, IDT - 13, DT - 20
19/Sep/10 Sunday STM - 7, IDT - 14, DT - 21
20/Sep/10 Monday STM - 8, IDT - 14, DT - 21
21/Sep/10 Tuesday STM - 8, IDT - Rem, DT - 22
22/Sep/10 Wednesday STM - 8, IDT - Rem, DT - 22
23/Sep/10 Thursday STM - 9, IDT - Rem, DT - 23
24/Sep/10 Friday STM - 9, IDT - Rem, DT - 23
25/Sep/10 Saturday STM - 9 & DT - 24
26/Sep/10 Sunday STM - 9 & DT - 25
27/Sep/10 Monday STM - Rem & DT - 26
28/Sep/10 Tuesday STM - Rem & DT - 27
29/Sep/10 Wednesday STM - Rem & DT - 28
30/Sep/10 Thursday STM - Rem & DT - 29

01/Oct/10 Friday DT - remaining

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04/Oct/10 Monday
05/Oct/10 Tuesday Remaining Portion if
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06/Oct/10 Wednesday any
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Revision & Test
21/Oct/10 Thursday
Papers
22/Oct/10 Friday
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