CS Professional CMADD study plan

Map the Corporate and Management Accounting syllabus into a weighted topic checklist and rank every chapter by expected mark yield

Solve 25 cost-sheet and cost-reconciliation problems under timed conditions without referring to the solution

Build a one-page formula sheet covering material, labour and overhead variances from first principles

Re-derive the treatment of abnormal loss, scrap and equivalent units in process costing from a blank page

Prepare full cost statements and job/contract cost sheets for at least 8 numerical cases

Compute and interpret marginal costing decisions: make-or-buy, accept-or-reject, key-factor ranking

Reconcile profit under absorption and marginal costing and explain each reconciling item in writing

Complete 20 marks of theory-style questions on cost control and cost reduction

Work through company final accounts: depreciation, dividend, transfer to reserves, and managerial remuneration limits

Solve 15 ratio-analysis and fund-flow/cash-flow problems and tabulate standard formulae

Start Direct Tax revision with residential status and scope of total income, solving 10 caselets

Draft a comparison note on book profit versus total income for MAT purposes

Compute income under all five heads for 10 composite caselets, including house property and capital gains

Apply deductions under Chapter VI-A and set-off/carry-forward rules to at least 6 scenarios

Calculate MAT/AMT liability and MAT credit entitlement with supporting workings

Solve 12 TDS/TCS rate-identification questions across common payment categories

Prepare computation of total income and tax liability for corporate and non-corporate assessees from scratch

Apply transfer-pricing basics: ALP methods, comparability, and documentation thresholds to 5 caselets

Work through assessment, reassessment, appeal and penalty provisions using 10 short scenarios

Draft a tax-planning note for a specified fact pattern citing the governing provision for each recommendation

Apply Ind AS recognition and measurement to revenue, leases, and property, plant and equipment in 10 worked examples

Prepare consolidation workings for a two-tier group: goodwill, NCI, and unrealised profit elimination

Distinguish accounting treatment and disclosure requirements for at least 6 reporting scenarios

Analyse a published annual report and identify five disclosure items traceable to specific standards

Determine GST place of supply, time of supply and value of supply across 12 transaction fact patterns

Compute input tax credit eligibility and reversal, including blocked credits, for 10 scenarios

Work through customs valuation and import duty computation for 8 cases

List and apply the key procedural timelines for registration, returns and refunds

Apply activity-based costing and target costing to 6 decision problems and compare outcomes with traditional costing

Revise weak chapters flagged in earlier error logs and re-solve every previously wrong question

Sit two full-length timed mocks under exam conditions and record section-wise time allocation

Compress all five domains into a 10-page final revision digest