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Accounting (CA Paper-1) CA Inter Group 1

Syllabus

PAPER 1 – ACCOUNTING (One paper – Three hours – 100 Marks)
 
Objective
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To acquire the ability to apply specific accounting standards and legislations to different transactions and events and in preparation and presentation of financial statements of various business entities.

Contents:
1. Process of formulation of Accounting Standards including Ind AS (IFRS converged standards) and IFRSs; convergence vs adoption; objective and concepts of carve outs.
2. Framework for Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements (as per Accounting Standards).
3. Applications of Accounting Standards:
    AS 1 : Disclosure of Accounting Policies
    AS 2 : Valuation of Inventories
    AS 3 : Cash Flow Statements
    AS 10 : Property, Plant and Equipment
   AS 11 : The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates
   AS 12 : Accounting for Government Grants
   AS 13 : Accounting for Investments
   AS 16 : Borrowing Costs
 4. Company Accounts
   (i) Preparation of financial statements – Statement of Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement;
  (ii) Managerial Remuneration;
  (iii) Profit (Loss) prior to incorporation;
  (iv) Accounting for bonus issue and right issue;
  (v) Redemption of preference shares;
  (vi) Redemption of debentures
 5. Accounting for Special Transactions:
   (i) Investment;
  (ii) Insurance claims for loss of stock and loss of profit;
  (iii) Hire- purchase and Instalment sale transactions.
6. Special Type of Accounting
  (i) Departmental Accounting;
  (ii) Accounting for Branches including foreign branches;
  (iii) Accounts from Incomplete Records.
Note : If either new Accounting Standards (AS), Announcements and Limited Revisions to AS are issued or the earlier ones are withdrawn or new AS, Announcements and Limited Revisions to AS are issued in place of existing AS, Announcements and Limited Revisions to AS, the syllabus will accordingly include / exclude such new developments in the place of the existing ones with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute.