Myanmar CPA Part II study plan
Myanmar CPA Part II · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Apply the MFRS/IFRS-aligned conceptual framework and Myanmar Financial Reporting Standards recognition and measurement rules to revenue, inventory and property, plant and equipment scenarios
Prepare a full set of financial statements (statement of financial position, statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity, statement of cash flows, notes) from a trial balance within time pressure
Compute depreciation, impairment, revaluation surplus and disposal gains or losses, and record the related journal entries
Distinguish adjusting from non-adjusting events after the reporting period and draft the required disclosures
Your checkpoint
A closed-book 3-hour mock exam answer booklet covering one full financial statement preparation question and two MFRS application questions, self-marked against the standards with an error log
Financial Accounting and Reporting & Advanced Financial Reporting and Consolidated Financial Statements
Apply MFRS 15 five-step revenue model to multi-element contracts, variable consideration and contract costs
Account for leases under MFRS 16 from both lessee and lessor perspectives, including remeasurement and sale-and-leaseback
Prepare consolidation workings for a simple group: cost of investment versus fair value of net assets, goodwill, non-controlling interest and pre- and post-acquisition reserves
Eliminate intra-group sales, unrealised profit in inventory and intra-group receivables and payables
Your checkpoint
A consolidated statement of financial position and consolidated statement of profit or loss for a parent with one subsidiary, with all workings shown and a one-page note explaining each elimination
Advanced Financial Reporting and Consolidated Financial Statements & Financial Accounting and Reporting
Consolidate a group with a subsidiary acquired mid-year and a partially owned subsidiary, allocating profit between owners of the parent and non-controlling interest
Apply equity accounting to an associate and explain the difference from proportional consolidation
Account for step acquisitions, disposals of subsidiaries and changes in ownership without loss of control
Prepare the consolidated statement of cash flows including acquisition and disposal adjustments
Your checkpoint
A written model answer to a multi-part consolidation case (mid-year acquisition plus associate) scored against a marking rubric of at least 20 marks, with a list of every mark lost and why
Management Accounting and Performance Management
Compute cost of goods manufactured, cost of production and cost of goods sold for a manufacturer and reconcile the results
Apply process costing with normal loss, abnormal loss and equivalent units under both weighted-average and FIFO methods
Prepare a flexible budget, compute all material, labour and overhead variances, and explain possible causes of each variance
Evaluate a decision using relevant costing, limiting factors and make-or-buy or accept-or-reject analysis, and justify the recommendation
Your checkpoint
A variance analysis and relevant-costing case pack with a written recommendation memo of 300-400 words that a non-accountant manager could act on
Auditing and Assurance
Apply the International Standards on Auditing planning cycle: risk assessment, materiality determination, and design of further audit procedures responsive to assessed risks
Distinguish tests of controls from substantive procedures and select the appropriate procedure for given assertions
Evaluate audit evidence for sufficiency and appropriateness, and identify the effect of a misstatement on the audit opinion
Draft the correct opinion wording for unmodified, qualified, adverse and disclaimer situations, and identify going-concern and subsequent-event implications
Your checkpoint
A complete audit file outline for a fictional manufacturing client: risk register, materiality calculation, planned procedures mapped to assertions, and a drafted audit report with the correct opinion type
Taxation (Myanmar Income Tax and Commercial Tax)
Compute Myanmar income tax liability for an individual, applying residency rules, allowable deductions, reliefs and the current progressive rate schedule
Compute corporate income tax for a company, including capital allowances, disallowed expenses and loss carry-forward rules
Determine Commercial Tax treatment (sales, service, or specific goods) and compute output tax, input tax credit and tax payable for a trading business
Identify the filing, payment and withholding obligations and deadlines for income tax and Commercial Tax
Your checkpoint
A tax computation workbook with three fully worked scenarios (individual, company, Commercial Tax) plus a one-page deadline and filing checklist
Business Law and Corporate Governance & Finance and Financial Management
Apply Myanmar Companies Law requirements on incorporation, share capital, directors' duties, meetings and financial reporting to short scenario questions
Distinguish the roles of the board, audit committee and external auditor, and evaluate a corporate governance failure against a recognised code
Compute and interpret key ratios, working capital, the operating cycle and gearing to assess a company's liquidity and solvency
Evaluate an investment appraisal using NPV, IRR and payback, including sensitivity analysis on a single variable
Your checkpoint
A 10-answer short-response practice set (6 law and governance, 4 finance) written under a 90-minute timer, with model answers and a self-scored percentage
Professional Ethics and Information Technology & Financial Accounting and Reporting & Advanced Financial Reporting and Consolidated Financial Statements
Apply the fundamental principles and threats-and-safeguards framework to ethical dilemmas involving independence, confidentiality and conflicts of interest
Identify controls and risks in computerised accounting information systems, including access control, data integrity and audit trail
Revise the three highest-weight domains through spaced retrieval, targeting only items flagged in earlier error logs
Complete two full timed mock exams and convert each result into a prioritised final-week revision list
Your checkpoint
Two completed timed mock exams with scores, plus a final one-page revision sheet listing the ten weakest topics and the specific action for each before exam day
Milestones
Week 2: Produce a consolidated statement of financial position for a parent and one subsidiary, with goodwill and non-controlling interest correct, in under 45 minutes without notes
Week 4: Score at least 60% on a self-marked mixed set of 20 questions drawn from Domains 1, 2 and 3, and show zero repeated errors from the week 1-2 error log
Week 6: Complete the individual and corporate income tax computations with correct tax payable figures and cite the applicable rule for each adjustment
Week 8: Average at least 65% across the two full mock exams, with no domain scoring below 50%, and have a written final-week action for every weak topic