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CA Final Reference books for self study

Charlie Kilo (Certified Psychopath) (62 Points)

25 November 2010

Hi,

Im having MAY 11 CA FINAL NEW COURSE ATTEMPT.

Could anyone suggest reference books for revision for SELF STUDY.

PLS NOTE THAT I AM NOT REGULAR IN TUTIONS AND HAVE MISSED MOST OF THE TOPICS IN MOST SUBJECTS.

THUS PLEASE SUGGEST ACCORDINGLY.

ACCORDING TO ME FOLLOWING BOOKS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

ACCOUNTS AND AS - M.P.VIJAY KUMAR

AUDIT - SURABHI BANSAL / PADHUKA

LAW - MUNISH BHANDARI + HANDBOOK

SFM - S D BALA

COSTING - ?????

ISCA - MODULE + DINESH MADAN

DT - PADHUKA + T N MANOHARAN

IDT - BANGAR

PLEASE NOTE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SELF STUDY.

MAIN CONCERN IS OF COSTING ,ACCOUNTS AND FM. THEREFORE PLEASE SUGGEST GOOD BOOKS WHICH EXPLAIN METHODS AND ILLUSTRATIONS INSTEAD OF DIRECTLY SOLVING THEM.

THANK YOU.

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Mayank Kothari (CA) (919 Points)
Replied 25 November 2010

Hi,

My attempt is also in November 11

and i think following books will be the best

MAFA/SFM- S.D.Bala

DT-T.N.Manoharan

Costing-Module (for theory)

ISCA- Module( may also prefer dinesh madan with module)

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Star @ Home (CA Final) (250 Points)
Replied 25 November 2010

It seems that you already have good books for self study.

For costing- Padhuka is good

ACCOUNTS AND AS - M.P.Vijaykumar AS- D.S. Rawat

AUDIT - SURABHI BANSAL / PADHUKA

LAW - MUNISH BHANDARI + HANDBOOK

SFM - S D BALA

COSTING -study material and Padhuka

ISCA - MODULE + DINESH MADAN

DT - PADHUKA + T N MANOHARAN

IDT - BANGAR

ALL the best

CA.ViVeK M ACA (ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT) (28544 Points)
Replied 25 November 2010

IDT You can refer Vaidheeswarn Book

Amit Kumar (Article) (65 Points)
Replied 25 November 2010

For ISCA - Your may refer to Vikram Kapoor sir Notes for revision purposes only.

CA Ayush Agarwal (Kolkata-Pune-Mumbai) (27186 Points)
Replied 26 November 2010

law : munish bhandari

audit : VK agrawal / surbhi bansal

mics : dinesh madan

accounts : mp vijay kumar

as/sa : ds rawat

mafa : an sridhar / sd bala

cost : saxena & vash*t

dt : vinod gupta / TN MANOHARAN

idt : vandana bangar / ajay jain

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Charlie Kilo (Certified Psychopath) (62 Points)
Replied 26 November 2010

Thank you everyone for the input.

Ankur Garg (Company Secretary and Compliance Officer) (114773 Points)
Replied 26 November 2010

BOOKS FOR CA FINAL

You may go for the following options regarding books for ca final:

For Accounts: M.P. Vijay kumar or Shukla & Grawal along with Module And Compilation and for AS part go for D.S. Rawat

For CA Final AS preparation---Dolphi Desouza is good.

For Audit: Prakhar Sharma/Paduka/ V.K Agrawal
Note: (MP Vijay Kumar can be used for AS reference)
For Corp Law: Munish Bhandari
For Mafa: Module and Notes of Tarun Mahajan. You may also refer A.N Sridhar.
For Direct Taxes: TN Manoharan (Theory part), Circular, Notification, Amendments, case laws. Also refer Vinod Gupta Modules.
For IDT: Vandana Bangur
For MICS: Module and Dinesh Madan
For Costing: Saxena and vashist or Ravi M Kishore with module

For Financial Reporting: MP Vijay Kumar or Paduka

Also refer Scanners and Suggested Answer issued by ICAI for previous year exams and revised them properly.

For some good notes explore CAClubindia forum and share file section. You may also use search facility of club.

Also explore some CA books at the link below:

www.cabooksonline.com

Best Regards

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i gave nov 10 & as per my personal experience i'd recomend d following

AC- mp vijay kumar- if u wish check any attempt all questions are from it, even nov 10 1 valuation q's never askd b4 was n d same bk., DO NOT FORGET TO DO AS 30,31,32 AND IFRS, INSTITUTE IS GONNA ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS FROM HERE, THEY'VE STARTED WID OUR ATTEMPT

SFM- I FOLWD MY CLASS NOTES FOR PRACTICE, I THINK THEY WERE GD, COZ I'Z ABLE 2SOLVE ALMOST ALL PROBLEMS. for theory try n get aditya jain of delhi theory notes, its superb for theory+it gives u quick formulas for revision.

Audit- Don't buy vinod agarwal, coz it's not gd for last day revision looking at d technical language, i bet on d last day, it's quite difficult 2 remember such complicated words, BETTER GO FOR PADUKA & PADUKA audit standards.

law munish bhandari is superb, on d last day just do d prvious years questions, reason for nt studying from handbook on d last day is dat u get 2 know exactly wat all 2write n d answers.

costing- paduka, dnt know about other bks, i followd it n pcc also.

isca- paduka again, coz language of anwers expexted wid d technical words by d checker is given n dis bk only, else module is gd.

dt & idt- i followd bangar (for both dt & idt) with compilations, but being attentive n d class is d most imp thing, max q's u are able to solve will b basd on hw clear ur understanding of d subject is. for dt case laws make ur own small notebook with a brief about d recent & landmark cases.

over & above bks practical experience in office helps u n exams.

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CA Ayush Agarwal (Kolkata-Pune-Mumbai) (27186 Points)
Replied 26 November 2010

Originally posted by : Amit Kumar
	For ISCA - Your may refer to Vikram Kapoor sir Notes for revision purposes only.

FROM WHICH CITY?

WHERE WE WL GET THESE NOTES

Dinesh (Student) (201 Points)
Replied 26 November 2010

Hi Friend,

The following are the best books. Please follow this. It will be very useful for ur exams. I am writing this bcos of my experience:

1. Financial Reporting - Follow Praveen Sharma. Do not follow MPV because the answer as per his book and the study material does not match most of the times

2. SFM - For this subject you need to see lot of problems. The best book for this can be a workbook given by any good coaching centre. Do not follow any reference book as it will contain the same problem again and again. Also see all the problems given in the study material and the compliation

3. Auditing - Surbhi bansal is the best. Just support it with some class notes by a good reputed coaching centre

4. Law - Munish Bhandari handbook is the best. When u have any doubt then only touch the big book. Also whenever u read make note of important points like monetary limits, applicability, penalties, number limits etc. Also make a list of case laws. Writing case laws in exam will give you great advantage. And also the number of caselaws are also limited. They should not be more than 50.

5. Costing - Follow any book other than Padhukas. This book contains only the same type of questions and it willl be really dificult to read with this before exam

6. ISCA - I think study material is the best. For reference read Manish Valechha book. His book contains some memory codes which can be used for the exam. Also make a summary of every lesson in a ten minutes audio. The audio will be really useful before exams and also during daily revisions. Hear the audio daily in order to remember this subject.

7. Direct tax - Follow any book other then padhukas. In my view the best book is V Gupta. But Manoharan and Bangar are also best. Also read the amendments and the recent case laws atleast 5 times before the exam. Do not start reading the amendments just the day before the exam but read them well in advance. Also make a gist of the case in 2 lines containing the important principle in the case which normally start with the tribunal/HC/SC has held that "..........". There is no need to remember the name of the case

8. Indirect tax - Read both main book and the compilation of Bangar. The book is the best one. Also follow the same guidelines as in DT for amendments and the case laws.