Tax Adviser Certification study plan
Tax Adviser Certification · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Direct Tax
Map the Direct Tax syllabus into a personal checklist that weights each sub-topic by expected exam frequency
Compute taxable business income for a sole proprietor from a given set of receipts and expenses, applying allowable-deduction and disallowance rules
Distinguish capital versus revenue expenditure in ten short scenarios and justify each classification in one sentence
Build a one-page formula sheet for depreciation, capital allowances, and loss carry-forward rules
Your checkpoint
A completed Direct Tax checklist plus a worked computation file covering one full income-statement scenario, scored against a model answer
Direct Tax
Apply residency and source rules to determine the scope of taxable income for individuals and companies
Compute employment income including benefits-in-kind, allowances, and deductible employee expenses
Calculate tax payable after personal reliefs, rebates, and applicable withholding credits
Draft short answers to three scenario questions on residency and double-tax relief
Your checkpoint
A timed 20-question Direct Tax set on income computation and residency, with a written error log for every wrong answer
Direct Tax
Compute capital gains on disposal of shares and property, including acquisition cost, incidental costs, and exemptions
Apply group relief, transfer-pricing, and anti-avoidance provisions to simple related-party scenarios
Reconcile accounting profit to taxable profit with a full tax reconciliation schedule
Explain the treatment of unabsorbed losses and their carry-back or carry-forward limits
Your checkpoint
One complete accounting-to-taxable-profit reconciliation with a capital gains schedule, self-marked against a rubric
Direct Tax
Solve a full multi-part Direct Tax case study under timed conditions
Identify which provisions drive the marks in each part before writing any numbers
Correct recurring arithmetic and presentation errors from weeks 1 to 3
Summarize the five provisions you most often misapply onto a single revision card
Your checkpoint
A closed-book 90-minute mock Direct Tax paper scored at 65 percent or above, with a prioritized remediation list
Indirect Tax
Map the Indirect Tax syllabus and rank sub-topics by weight and by your current confidence
Determine taxability, place of supply, and time of supply for goods and services in ten short scenarios
Compute output tax, input tax credit eligibility, and net payable for a monthly return cycle
List the documentation and record-keeping requirements for registration and invoicing
Your checkpoint
A completed Indirect Tax checklist plus a worked input tax credit computation for one business, checked against the rules
Indirect Tax
Apply exemption schedules and zero-rating rules to classify a mixed basket of supplies
Compute the tax base for imports, including valuation adjustments and included costs
Handle reverse-charge situations and explain who is liable to account for the tax
Draft concise answers on registration thresholds and deregistration consequences
Your checkpoint
A 20-question timed Indirect Tax set on supply, valuation, and exemptions, with every wrong answer rewritten correctly
Direct Tax & Indirect Tax
Integrate Direct and Indirect Tax treatment of the same transaction, such as a sale of business assets
Practice the exam's document-based and computation-heavy question formats under time pressure
Reduce average time per Indirect Tax computation question to under three minutes
Review the top ten provisions flagged in your error logs from weeks 1 to 6
Your checkpoint
One integrated 60-minute mixed paper spanning both domains, scored and annotated with the provision cited for each answer
Direct Tax & Indirect Tax
Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions
Target the weakest two sub-topics per domain using focused drills rather than full re-reading
Finalize a one-page per-domain summary sheet of rates, thresholds, and procedural deadlines
Rehearse answer presentation and time allocation for the written components
Your checkpoint
Two scored full mocks with a final gap-closing plan listing the specific provisions to review in the last 48 hours
Milestones
Week 2: You can compute taxable income and tax payable for an individual and a company scenario without notes, scoring at least 60 percent on a timed set
Week 4: A closed-book Direct Tax mock at 65 percent or above, with no repeated error type from your week 1 to 3 error log
Week 6: You can complete an input tax credit and net payable computation accurately and explain place of supply and time of supply rules from memory
Week 8: Both full-length mocks scored at 70 percent or above overall, with neither domain below 65 percent