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Ca final direct tax v.g gupta or manohran book ? self study

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hello friends my attempt is in may 14 , i can only devote 2-2.5 hours per day for 3 months.. i am giving both groups .. so i am hard pressed for time.. self study

so i have only 2 hours x 90 days =180 hours for preperation of direct tax now i am getting confused which book i should buy T.n maohran or Vinod gupta ?

vinod gupta has 7 books for 1 subject can they be completed in this amount of time ? or should 1 buy maohran ..

i have searched a lot .. people say you need to supplement maohran with case laws , rtp etc .. do we need to do that in vg modules also ?.. i will buy book tomorrow

i have checked Vg sirs module contents and there is no salary , house property , head do we need to study that from ipcc books ?

so which 1 will be best suited ?

thanks

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Yonnie (none) (79 Points)
Replied 29 November 2013

At this stage time is most crucial ... hence TN Manoharan. If you could devote more time then VG sirs modules was a better option.

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Originally posted by : chirag
	At this stage time is most crucial ... hence TN Manoharan. If you could devote more time then VG sirs modules was a better option.

thanks for the reply

i have less time . so i am thinking doing module 1,2,3, + 5(selected portion ) from main modules (capital,pgbp,wealth,assesment proced) and rest part from summary module do you think this is better than doing from t.n manohran ?

each module is 300 pages each , and tn manohran is also 1200 pages itself .. so i can do at most 4 modules + whole summary module .. is that a better stratergy than t.n manohran ?

Pooja Agrawal (Student CA Final ) (164 Points)
Replied 30 November 2013

Ya your strategy is good but do summary module thoroughly..also refer rtp n latest case laws.

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Krm91 (Student) (782 Points)
Replied 17 January 2014

is vinod gupta summary module available separately? and does it cover sums on latest amendments also?

srikanth (Service) (21 Points)
Replied 20 March 2014

My friend sent Direct Tax Laws - Quick Insight authored by Chakravarthi Murali from chennai for my Nov, 2013 attempt. Its really excellent book. entire DT compiled in appx 200 pages. First time i crossed 50 marks. easy to revise before exam and to complete syllabus in time. Check by sending mail to quickinsightdt @ gmail.com to know whether book is available for May 2014 attempt.

JUNAID MUKHTAR DHANSE (CA Inter) (50 Points)
Replied 25 March 2014

Hi Dg

I suggest use manoharan.

All the best

A D - Loving Life (none) (1234 Points)
Replied 06 June 2015

Is TN manoharan book sufficient for Direct tax with practice manual? Does it covers all cases? My attempt is in nov 15. Can dt be done self?

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TN Manoharan is not at all required. Its too lengthy.

VG material lacks in coverage.

Chakravarti Murali has atleast 5 mistakes per page. This book is worst.

Singhania is impossible.

Padhuka and Bangar for DT are too boring.

Just do Practice Manual twice + Latest RTP + Cases and Amendments by ICAI. Thats it !

The intention of ICAI is to make the students study, its own materials.

This is evident from the fact that earlier ICAI used to give a list of recommended books but this practice stopped some years ago. And parallel to that, we saw a great improvement in the quality of ICAI materials.

Everywhere and every time, the President stresses that if a student wants to clear CA Final, the only sure shot reliable source is the ICAI Material.

But, We, CA Finalist will prefer to give 2-3 attempts rather than study the ICAI materials.

We will spend 20K and will do anything but we will never trust ICAI materials. Hahaha

So please refer ONLY and ONLY ICAI Practice Manual + Other Materials.

I am again saying : Practice Manual is the key to pass !

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