Myanmar CPA Part I study materials
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Myanmar CPA Part I study plan

Myanmar CPA Part I · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Financial Accounting and Reporting

  • Map the Myanmar Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS) framework against the exam syllabus and list every standard that applies to a typical trading or manufacturing entity

  • Prepare journal entries and full financial statements for revenue recognised over time under a construction-style contract, including contract asset and liability presentation

  • Solve 15 multiple-choice items on MFRS 15 five-step model and record the reasoning behind each wrong option

  • Build a one-page formula sheet covering present value, depreciation methods, and impairment reversal rules

Your checkpoint

A 10-page handwritten summary of MFRS 15 and MFRS 16 with 20 worked examples and error notes

Week 2

Financial Accounting and Reporting

  • Consolidate a parent and one subsidiary from trial balances, eliminating intra-group sales, unrealised profit in inventory, and intercompany receivables

  • Compute goodwill and non-controlling interest under both the proportionate and fair-value methods and explain the difference in one paragraph

  • Draft the statement of cash flows using the indirect method from a given statement of financial position and income statement

  • Answer 20 exam-style items on consolidation adjustments within a timed 40-minute block

Your checkpoint

One complete consolidated worksheet with goodwill calculation, NCI schedule, and cash flow statement, self-marked against a checklist

Week 3

Financial Accounting and Reporting & Taxation (Myanmar tax law and practice)

  • Apply MFRS for leases, deferred tax, and financial instruments to three short scenarios and identify the disclosure notes each requires

  • Compute Myanmar commercial tax, specific goods tax, and income tax on a sample company's transactions and reconcile the tax charge to accounting profit

  • Distinguish deductible from non-deductible expenses under Myanmar income tax rules and list five common disallowances with authority

  • Produce a tax computation template that links accounting profit to taxable profit and tax payable

Your checkpoint

A combined reporting-and-tax case file: one company's financial statements plus its Myanmar income tax computation, cross-referenced line by line

Week 4

Management Accounting & Taxation (Myanmar tax law and practice)

  • Compute cost of goods manufactured, process costing with normal loss, and equivalent units for a two-department flow

  • Prepare a flexible budget and a variance analysis report separating price, efficiency, and volume variances with written explanations of each cause

  • Calculate taxable income for a partnership and for an individual under Myanmar tax law, including reliefs and progressive rates

  • Complete 25 mixed management accounting and tax multiple-choice items under timed conditions and log every miss by cause

Your checkpoint

A timed mock section (management accounting plus taxation) scored and reviewed, with a written error log of at least 10 entries

Week 5

Auditing and Assurance

  • Map the audit process from engagement acceptance to audit report against Myanmar Standards on Auditing and note which standards govern each stage

  • Assess inherent, control, and detection risk in two given scenarios and justify the planned audit response for each

  • Design substantive procedures for revenue, inventory, and receivables, stating the assertion each procedure addresses

  • Draft an auditor's report with a modified opinion and explain in writing why each modification is appropriate

Your checkpoint

A full audit planning memorandum for a fictional manufacturing client, including risk assessment, materiality calculation, and procedure matrix

Week 6

Auditing and Assurance & Business Law and Corporate Governance

  • Apply professional scepticism and independence rules to five ethics scenarios and identify the specific threat and safeguard for each

  • Outline the Myanmar Companies Law requirements for incorporation, share capital changes, directors' duties, and statutory registers

  • Explain the duties of auditors and directors under Myanmar law and describe the consequences of breach

  • Answer 20 case-based items combining audit judgement and corporate governance within 45 minutes

Your checkpoint

A governance and ethics case portfolio of five written answers, each under 300 words, with a rule citation for every conclusion

Week 7

Economics and Business Environment & Finance and Financial Management & Information Technology and Professional Ethics

  • Compute and interpret GDP, inflation, and balance-of-payments indicators and explain how each affects a Myanmar exporter's pricing decision

  • Calculate NPV, IRR, payback, and weighted average cost of capital for two mutually exclusive projects and recommend one with justification

  • Describe internal controls over a computerised accounting system and list five control weaknesses with matching controls

  • Explain confidentiality, integrity, and professional competence duties in the context of handling client data

Your checkpoint

A one-page decision memo recommending a capital project, supported by a full NPV and WACC calculation and a short economic outlook section

Week 8

Financial Accounting and Reporting & Management Accounting & Auditing and Assurance & Taxation (Myanmar tax law and practice) & Business Law and Corporate Governance & Economics and Business Environment & Finance and Financial Management & Information Technology and Professional Ethics

  • Sit two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and record the score for every domain

  • Re-study only the three weakest domains, redoing every missed item from weeks 1 to 7

  • Memorise the key rate tables, thresholds, and standard references using a condensed one-page recall sheet

  • Practise time allocation per question type and confirm the order in which you will attempt each section

Your checkpoint

Two completed mock exams with a score tracker by domain, plus a final one-page recall sheet covering all eight domains

Milestones

Week 2: Produce consolidated financial statements for a parent and subsidiary from raw trial balances with no reference material, scoring at least 70% against the model answer

Week 4: Score at least 65% on the timed management accounting and taxation mock section, with no domain below 50%

Week 6: Write a modified audit opinion and a governance case answer in under 25 minutes each, citing the correct standard or statutory provision in every paragraph

Week 8: Average at least 70% across two full mock exams with no single domain below 60%, and complete each paper within the time limit