Sunday 24 January 2016

Books that I used for my CA Final Preparations

Hi Friends!

I thought I'll share with you the list of books that I referred for my CA Final Exam.

If you were to ask me, can you suggest the best books for CA FINAL, I should say ICAI material is the best. If you can read the Study Material, Practice Manual, Supplementary Material, RTP and Compilations, you will get nothing less than 60%.

But, somehow, most of us, including me, are unable to read ICAI books.

Why is that?

I think it is primarily because we start little late. Just by seeing the books itself, we get worried and start losing our confidence.

So the ideal material for any course would be to read from the prescribed material, Just like how they say, you will have to read the Bare Act to understand and appreciate the beauty of the Act, reading ICAI books will help you score high.

The bare minimum what you have to read from ICAI Publications is :

All subjects:
  1. Illustrations from Study Material
  2. Practice Manual including exercise questions give at the end of the Chapter
  3. Supplementary Material (Amendments, Case laws,etc.)
  4. Revision Test Papers ( last three attempts)
  5. Mock Test Papers (last two series)
  6. Suggested Answers (last five attempts)

The above is the minimum. Based on time availability, you can extend the coverage.

The following are the additional books, I referred to for widening my understanding:

(The list is based on the places where I had attended classes and suggestions received from my seniors. I do not recommend/ promote the books. It is my personal preference)

FR:
Class room material - M P Vijay Kumar
First Lessons by M P Vijay Kumar
Accounting Standards by D S Rawat

SFM:
Class room material - S S Rajagopal
A N Sridharan Book

Auditing: Vikas Oswal / Surabhi Bhansal

Corporate Laws - L Jeyaramam

AMA:
Class room material - Saravana Prasad
Padhuka book by Saravana Prasad

ISCA - Manish Valecha

DT:
Class room material - Srivatson
(Due to vast syllabus I was not able to read from other books)

IDT:
Classroom material- Mohd Rafi
(Due to vast syllabus I was not able to read from other books)

All said and done, the above is what I used and not what I recommend. You may be attending classes at the Institute or at private coaching centres. In which case, you will have to read your class room notes first, as they will help you understand and recollect concepts quicker.

If you have the practice of writing notes as you study, there is nothing better than that. These notes come in handy during the 24 hours before the exam. It is not possible to read the entire book again. Your hand-written notes will make the job easier for you.

The most important point I would like to highlight is that DO NOT CHANGE YOUR BOOKS. If you have started reading from a book, do not change it after reading half the book, just because your friend/seniors/ranker referred some other book.

Be wise in choosing your books. All books are good. All books cover the same syllabus.

Thank You!

Regards,

James John Britto R


Saturday 23 January 2016

First Videocast


Hi Friends!

I have shot my first videocast!






I have tried to address certain common queries from a macro perspective.

Will write a post on the books that I followed and the classes that I attended shortly.

Lets stay connected.

Thank You!

Regards,

James John Britto R

Thursday 21 January 2016

Lets stay connected - the beginning

Hi Friends!

Many of you have been asking for lot of tips, guidance, advice, etc. over the last few days!

All your requests have not gone into deaf ears!

I and my colleagues are working on it. We'll be happy to share it with you at the earliest!

We will have the first post published by Friday (22.01.2016). I'll share the books that I referred, methods I followed and certain other information which should help you plan out your studies.

We are also thinking of having a FAQs and podcast section so that we may reach out to more number of people.

I request you to give us some time to sort out things and make it live at the earliest.

I request you to avoid calling me directly and instead leave a text of your e-mail id ( in case you haven't done it already), so that we may update you once it is completed. You may share the blog address, if you wish to.

We are planning to post on a weekly/fortnightly basis, based on the response we receive .

Thank You!

All the best!

Yours,

James John Britto R