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How useful is practice manuals

VARUN GUPTA (chartered accounttant) (202 Points)

06 August 2012

Hi friends I am giving my second group of ca final from past 3 attempts but could not make it.....I always fall short by 2o to 25 marks....I prepare well and do rtp's and compilers but never did practice manual....I want to know that are they useful in scoring more marks....my week areas is in DT and idt....though I did all case laws and questions from rtp well but still fail. should I refer practice manuals if I am short of time too???

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CA ADITYA SHARMA (CA IN PRACTICE ) (16719 Points)
Replied 06 August 2012

practice manuals are very useful. many times direct questions r asked from practice manuals

VARUN GUPTA (chartered accounttant) (202 Points)
Replied 06 August 2012

what I have heard from my friends is that for DT and idt there is no need to refer practice manuals.....is it true....and do we find questions chapterwise in practice manuals?

ayesha (mcom) (1185 Points)
Replied 06 August 2012

https://icai.org/post.html?post_id=5839

volume III IS THE PRACTICE MANUAL. SEE IT.

ASHUTOSH DAS (ACCOUNTS OFFICER) (35 Points)
Replied 06 August 2012

I have passed 2nd group in may,2012. I followed practice mannual for direct tax and indirect tax and i got 62 in indirect tax and 50 in direct tax. I think for scoring 60 plus in Indirect tax first u preapre for compulsory question of 25 marks in Q. no 1. and revise these with the help of practice mannual. Sometimes ditto questions are from PM specially the sum of Custom , SSI and VAT. Then go through the REcent case laws(30 marks are from recent case in IDT.) , then amendments , notification , circulars and RTP.

In direct tax first go through pgbp, capital gain and recent case laws(abt 30 marks or more) , then go through recent amendment, notification circular and wealth tax-(another 15 -20marks) practice mannual is must for all these chapters. Then go for other chapter.

AMA= i folowed only study mat and Pm.

ISCA= I follwed these chapters only- 5,6,7,8,9,10(full chapters) and some selected questions . from ch3 and ch1.

For isca you have to read daily for atleast 1 to 1.5 hrs for atleast 1 month otherwise you cant write in eaxm. In NOV ,11 i failed due to ISCA.

Wish u all the best for NOV,12 exam.

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