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


21 comments:

  1. Thank you James! This is really helpful :)
    Keep inspiring us through your blogs !!!!

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  2. Wat abt ipcc.. Can u suggest sm tips for tat.?

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    1. I will be writing a post on the approach followed by me. The generic points can be used for IPCC as well . We'll try to write certain articles exclusively for IPCC in the near future.

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  3. Thank you for listing the names of the books..apart from books give us some strategies for studies.

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    1. Sure. Will write one before Sunday (14th Feb)

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  4. Did you leave any chapter ? .. i have seen my seniors leaving some chapters still managing to clear with good marks ..

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    1. Yes. I had to skip a few chapters in Audit and ISCA.

      But it might backfire also.

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  5. And at this stage for those students who have already given 2 attempts, is it necessary to practice all sums by hand?

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    1. Practicing all the sums isn't necessary. But you need to solve a couple of problems of each type to get speed and understanding. You may consider solving exam papers.

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  6. And at this stage for those students who have already given 2 attempts, is it necessary to practice all sums by hand?

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  7. Is L jeyraman exhaustive .
    In case yes why is it not available online ?
    Where to fetch a copy for it ?

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    1. Yes. It covers major part of the syllabus. The book has now been tweaked to be exhaustive.

      It is available at Spellbound Hyderabad/ Chennai.

      It maybe available at Pune also.

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  8. Whether Rafi sir's class material helped you to score above 90 marks in IDT? Whether the same book covers the theory part asked for exams?

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  9. Whether Rafi sir's class material helped you to score above 90 marks in IDT? Whether the same book covers the theory part asked for exams?

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    1. The book alone isn't sufficient. You need to read SM and PM. Apart from that RTP Case laws and supplementary book are equally important

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  10. Thanks a lot Sir! Is it necessary to attend classes for IDT? If not how to do self-study for IDT?

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