CA Syllabus 2016 - Revised Syllabus from 2016 for CA Students

New CPT Syllabus from 2016

The present entrance exam CPT (Common Proficiency Test) has changed to “Foundation Exam”

CPT MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) based exam has changed to Foundation descriptive exam. Now you can register for CPT before 6 months. In new scheme you should register before 9 months.

Adequate time gap is given so that students get sufficient time to study since the Foundation Course has been made descriptive. Also, there is an addition of full paper.

Foundation Examination will be partly descriptive in nature.

At present there are 4 subjects in CPT syllabus. In new scheme there are 6 subjects.

ICAI has added two additional papers in Foundation exam (CPT). They are 1. General English for 50 Marks. 2. Business communication for 50 Marks.

CA Course 2016 – Foundation Course (CPT) syllabus applicable from 2016

Foundation Course: Number of Papers — 4

Paper 1 : Fundamentals of Accounting (100 marks)
Paper 2 : Quantitative Aptitude (100marks)
Paper 3A : Mercantile Law (60 marks)
Paper 3B : General Economics (40 marks)
Paper 4A : General English (50 marks)
Paper 4B : Business Communication (50 marks)
Two papers will be MCQ based papers.

IPCC New Syllabus from 2016:

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CAI has announced some changes in CA IPCC syllabus too:

• Present CA IPCC exam has 7 papers. In new scheme there are 8 papers for IPCC exam.
• Changes in CA IPCC Cost accounting and Financial Management
• Now costing and Fm exam for 100 Marks. But in new scheme
  • Costing exam for 100 marks (Group – 1)
  • Financial Management exam for 100 marks (Group – 2)
• Changes in CA IPCC Law Paper
• Communication of Law paper 20 Marks has removed from CA IPCC Law paper.
• Business Law of 30 Marks removed from CA IPCC.
• Marks weightage of Company Act has increased to 60 marks
• Other laws is for 20 marks and Ethics for 20 marks

• Changes in CA IPCC Tax exam. Tax paper has divided into 2 parts
  • Direct Tax – 100 Marks (Group – 1)
  • Indirect Tax – 100 Marks (Group – 2)
• Information Technology and Strategic Management Paper removed from CA IPCC Group – 2 completely.

New CA Final Syllabus from 2016:

The subject Information Systems Control and Audit (1SCA) has removed in CA Final syllabus.

International Taxation for 40 marks has been added in CA Final syllabus 2016 view of increasing importance of the subject in the present globalized world.

A new subject ‘Financial Services and Capital Market’ has been included to make CA more competitive in the finance related areas.

The nomenclature Corporate Laws and other Economic Laws has been kept to make the name more representative of the subject.