ICAN CAP-II study plan
ICAN CAP-II · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Map the IFRS/IAS standards examinable under Financial Accounting and Reporting into a one-page checklist you can tick off
Prepare and present, from scratch, a consolidated statement of financial position and statement of profit or loss for a parent with one subsidiary, including fair value adjustments and goodwill
Compute and explain the treatment of non-controlling interest under both the proportionate and full goodwill methods
Solve 15 past-style computational questions on revenue recognition (IFRS 15 five-step model) and lease accounting (IFRS 16) under timed conditions
Your checkpoint
A 20-page handwritten summary of consolidation workings plus a scored 15-question accuracy log (target 70% or above)
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Work through financial instruments (IFRS 9) classification, impairment under the expected credit loss model, and convert three worked examples into your own notes
Draft a full set of financial statements with notes from a trial balance, including deferred tax, provisions, and events after the reporting period
Analyse three published annual reports and identify how each applies IAS 1 presentation and IAS 8 accounting policy disclosure requirements
Complete a 25-question mixed-format mock on Financial Accounting and Reporting and record every wrong answer with its root cause
Your checkpoint
A complete trial-balance-to-financial-statements exercise marked against a model answer, plus a root-cause error log of at least 10 entries
Audit and Assurance
Summarise the ISA requirements for audit planning, materiality, and risk assessment into a decision flowchart you can redraw from memory
Design an audit response programme for a revenue-recognition fraud risk, specifying assertions, procedures, and evidence expected
Evaluate the auditor's reporting responsibilities under ISA 700 and ISA 701, and draft modified opinions for three given scenarios
Explain the ethical threats and safeguards under the IESBA Code for two independence scenarios involving fees and long association
Your checkpoint
A one-page audit strategy memorandum for a fictional manufacturing client covering risks, materiality, and planned procedures
Financial Accounting and Reporting & Audit and Assurance
Re-solve every Financial Accounting and Reporting question you got wrong in weeks 1 and 2 without notes, and confirm mastery
Complete a 40-question integrated mock spanning both accounting and audit and score it against the pass mark
Rehearse the audit evidence and internal control concepts that link financial statement assertions to substantive testing
Write a 300-word comparison of how an accounting error is treated by management versus how the auditor reports it
Your checkpoint
A timed 40-question integrated mock with a score sheet and a written remediation plan for any domain scoring under 60%
Taxation
Build a tax computation template covering income tax, capital allowances, and loss relief for a corporate entity and apply it to four case scenarios
Calculate value added tax, withholding tax, and transfer pricing adjustments in three multi-entity scenarios and state the compliance deadlines
Distinguish the tax treatment of capital versus revenue transactions and justify each classification with the relevant principle
Prepare a 10-point checklist of tax filing obligations and penalties for a fictional company operating in your jurisdiction
Your checkpoint
A completed corporate tax computation for a case with capital allowances and losses, plus a compliance deadline calendar
Corporate Strategy, Governance and Ethics & Management Accounting and Decision Making
Apply a governance framework to two case studies and identify board composition, committee, and disclosure weaknesses
Evaluate an ethical dilemma using a recognised decision model and recommend a course of action with justification
Construct a break-even, relevant costing, and limiting-factor analysis for a production decision and recommend the optimal plan
Prepare a variance analysis report that decomposes a profit shortfall into price, volume, and mix effects
Your checkpoint
A 1,000-word board briefing note recommending a strategic option, supported by a costing and variance analysis appendix
Financial Management & Business Law and Regulation
Compute weighted average cost of capital, evaluate an investment appraisal under NPV and IRR, and explain the treatment of risk and inflation
Assess working capital and financing options for a growth scenario and quantify the cost of each option
Summarise the core principles of contract formation, agency, and company law relevant to directors' duties in a one-page reference sheet
Analyse two regulatory or legal scenarios and identify the applicable rule, breach, and remedy
Your checkpoint
A capital investment appraisal memo with WACC calculation, NPV, sensitivity analysis, and a final recommendation
Information Technology and Data Analytics & Public Sector and Not-for-Profit Accounting & Financial Accounting and Reporting & Audit and Assurance & Taxation & Corporate Strategy, Governance and Ethics & Management Accounting and Decision Making & Financial Management & Business Law and Regulation
Explain how data analytics techniques such as sampling, trend analysis, and visualisation support audit and management decisions, with two worked examples
Distinguish public sector and not-for-profit reporting requirements from private sector practice, covering fund accounting and modified accrual bases
Complete two full-length timed mock examinations under exam conditions and mark them strictly
Consolidate every error from all eight weeks into a single revision sheet and re-test the weakest 30 items
Your checkpoint
Two completed full-length mocks with scores at or above the pass mark, plus a consolidated one-page revision sheet of recurring errors
Milestones
Week 2: Produce a full set of financial statements from a trial balance unaided and score at least 70% on the 25-question Financial Accounting and Reporting mock
Week 4: Score at least 60% on the integrated accounting and audit mock and have a written remediation plan for every domain below that threshold
Week 6: Deliver the board briefing note with a defensible recommendation and a costing appendix that reconciles to the stated profit impact
Week 8: Score at or above the pass mark on both full-length timed mocks and demonstrate that recurring errors from the consolidated revision sheet have been re-tested and cleared