Many of U feel Institute material is not much necessary 

But for Practical subjects like Costing its very important 

so the books required for Costing are

1. Institute Material 

2. Scanner

3. Padhuka ( mostly suggested ) /paraggupta Sir Material  / any Other Material 

4. Last 4 RTP 's

5. Practice Manual

Step -1 

First do all the illustrations from ur Institute Material 

Dont ever leave even a single Question

n When ur doing the illustrations keep questions to urself lik how , Why,  when , where etc 

so that u can solve the problem in wat ever the questions was given to you 

SCANNER 

Now go through ur scanner 

u find many of the questions which u solved from ur institute will be appearing in the scanner 

It shows that the ICAI also gives the questionsfrom your Institute MAterial 

Step -3

Which chapter to start first 

first take the OR Part 

1. Simulation

2. Assignment Problem

3. Transportation

4. Linear Programming

5.  Learning Curve Theory

6. Critical Path Analysis & PERT

STEP -4 

in case of Costing

1.  Uniform Costing & inter Firm Comparison  - Compulsory onw theory question will be comin

2. Transfer Pricing 

3. Service Sector

4. Budgetary Control

5. Standard Costing

6. Pricing Decisions

7. Cost concepts , CVP Analysis , Decision Making

8. Developments in the Business Evvironment

Step – 5

After completing

Institute Material  +

Scanner +

Padhuka +

Go through Practice Manual  -  after referring above 3 u

feel practice manual is very easy 

Step – 6

Last but not least go through RTP

May 2010

Nov 2010

May 2011 ( u can expect questions from this RTP for NOV

2011)

Nov 2011

Dear  Friends,

Most of the questions in the exams will be coming from 

Institute Material

RTP

Previous Questions

If u follow these steps u can easily get through your Costing Subject 

Dont ever feel it is the toughest subject 

When u like the subject u feel how much easier the subject is 

Just fall in LOVE with the subject n you can feel the fruits of the success so easily 

FINANCIAL REPORTING

thnx 4 sharing.........:)

thanks a lot ... 

i was just wondering how to prepare for costing ... 

can u provide any inputs for Accounts and FM and DT as well ?? 

THanks a lot for such a nice tips

Nice tips!But no need to buy scanner if u r referring Padhuka which contains all  previous exam questions alongwith RTPs.

INSTI. Material Questions and Practice Manual is a must though..

nice work