IPCC Syllabus (OLD) Changes & IPCC New Syllabus 2018:
IMP NOTE: ICAI recently launched new IPCC Syllabus on 1st July 2017, so, the students who register for IPCC after 1st July ’17 will only get the new books and will have to follow and read as per the new syllabus only. Those students who registered earlier and are going to give for November 2017 exam will have to read the old syllabus only.
After passing CPT and registering for IPCC, you may be curious to know that what will be coming in CA IPCC, what will be the CA IPCC syllabus. 
A CPT pass out would have same questions, so, in this post, I will give brief details about IPCC syllabus for upcoming exams.
IPCC Syllabus
Below I have also given new revised syllabus for Information Technology applicable from November 2016 examination & Indirect Taxes revised ipcc syllabus applicable from November 2016 exam.
CA IPCC Syllabus for Nov 2017 (OLD)
Below I have given CA IPCC syllabus for Nov 2017 exam and few basic details about IPCC subjects, chapters are also given briefly so that a new comer CA students mind will be query free for the IPCC syllabus.
TO SEE THE CHANGES in IPCC syllabus for subjects, click below given links:
1. IPCC Tax Amendments Nov 2017
2. IPCC Nov 2016 Advanced Accounting Amendments
3. Company Law Amendments for CA IPCC Nov 2016
4. Information Technology New Chapters & IT SM Notes
Subjects in CA IPCC Syllabus (OLD)
In CA IPCC syllabus (OLD) you will have to study 7 subjects in total parted in 2 groups which are given in the table below. Click on the IPCC subject’s link to jump directly to the subject of your choice.
Subjects in IPCC Syllabus – Group I:
Paper – 1 : Accounting (100 marks)
Paper – 2 : Business Laws, Ethics and Communication (100 marks)
Business Law (30 marks)
Company Law (30 marks)
Ethics (20 marks)
Communication (20 marks)
Paper – 3 : Cost Accounting and Financial Management (100 marks)
Costing (50 marks)
Financial Management (50 marks)
Paper – 4 : Taxation
Income Tax (50 marks)
Service Tax (25 marks)
Vat (25 marks)
Subjects in IPCC Syllabus Group II:
Paper – 6 : Auditing and Assurance (100 marks)
Paper – 7 : Information Technology and Strategic Management (IT & SM)
Section A: Information Technology (50 marks)
Section B: Strategic Management (50 marks)
The above-given subject wise IPCC syllabus will apply for IPCC Nov 2017 exams. Changes in IPCC syllabus for Nov 2017 & May 2017 are also given below for the subjects of IT and Tax (Service tax & VAT.)
IPCC New Syllabus 2018
The revised IPCC syllabus for 2018 exams as released on 1st July 2017 contains the following subjects. It’s worth to note that in new IPCC syllabus total subjects are now 8. Earlier in old IPCC syllabus, these numbers were 7. The main difference in the ipcc syllabus old and new is the split of Costing & FM paper to two different papers, paper 3 and paper 8.
You can also download the full pdf of new ipcc syllabus, from the link given below.
| Paper 1 | Accounting | 100 Marks |
| Paper 2 | Corporate and Other Laws | 100 Marks |
| Paper 3 | Cost Accounting | 100 Marks |
| Paper 4A | Direct Tax Laws | 60 Marks |
| Paper 4B | Indirect Tax Laws | 40 Marks |
| Paper 5 | Advanced Accounting | 100 Marks |
| Paper 6 | Auditing and Assurance | 100 Marks |
| Paper 7A | Enterprise Information System | 60 Marks |
| Paper 7B | Strategic Management | 40 Marks |
| Paper 8A | Financial Management | 60 Marks |
| Paper 8B | Business Economic Environment | 40 Marks |
Detailed IPCC New Syllabus
Detailed chapters of IPCC New Syllabus can be got from IPCC New Syllabus.
Stay tuned till then.
Detailed IPCC Syllabus
Paper 1: Accounting 1 IPCC Syllabus
1. A General Knowledge of the framing of the accounting standards, national and international accounting authorities, adoption of international financial reporting standards.
2. Accounting Standards
AS 1: Disclosure of Accounting Policies
AS 2: Valuation of Inventories
AS 3: Cash Flow Statements
AS 6: Depreciation Accounting
AS 7: Construction Contracts (Revised 2002)
AS 9: Revenue Recognition
AS 10: Accounting for Fixed Assets
AS 13: Accounting for Investments
AS 14: Accounting for Amalgamations
3. Company Accounts
(a) Preparation of financial statements – Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement
(b) Profit (Loss) prior to incorporation
(c) Alteration of share capital, Conversion of fully paid shares into stock and stock into shares, Accounting for bonus issue
(d) Simple problems on Accounting for business acquisition, Amalgamation and reconstruction (excluding problems of amalgamation on inter-company holding)
4. Average Due Date, Account Current, Self-Balancing Ledgers
5. Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Organisations
6. Accounts from Incomplete Records
7. Accounting for Special Transactions
(a) Hire purchase and installment sale transactions
(b) Investment accounts
(c) Insurance claims for loss of stock and loss of profit.
8. … [missing in ICAI IPCC syllabus.. lol]
9. Issues in Partnership Accounts
Final accounts of partnership firms – Admission, retirement and death of a partner including treatment of goodwill;
10. Accounting in Computerised Environment
An overview of computerized accounting system – Salient features and significance, Concept of grouping of accounts, Codification of accounts, Maintaining the hierarchy of ledger, Accounting packages and consideration for their selection, Generating Accounting Reports.
Note :
If either old Accounting Standards (ASs), Announcements and Limited Revisions to ASs are withdrawn or new ASs, Announcements and Limited Revisions to ASs are issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in place of existing ASs, Announcements and Limited Revisions to ASs, the syllabus will accordingly include/exclude such new developments in place of the existing ones with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute.
Paper 2: IPCC Law Syllabus
Below I have given IPCC syllabus for Law, Ethics & Communication subject which is paper 2 for IPCC exams for May-Nov 2016. Company law is going to change in upcoming attempts for IPCC syllabus as new company’s bill has been passed already.
Business Laws (30 marks)
Acts to study in Business laws for CA IPCC are given below.
1. The Indian Contract Act, 1872
2. The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
3. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
4. The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
5. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
Company Law (30 marks)
The Companies Act, 1956 – Sections 1 to 197
(a) Preliminary
(b) Board of Company Law Administration – National Company Law Tribunal; Appellate Tribunal
(c) Incorporation of company and matters incidental thereto
(d) Prospectus and allotment, and other matters relating to use of shares or debentures
(e) Share capital and debentures
(f) Registration of charges
(g) Management and administration – general provisions – registered office and name, restrictions on commencement of business, registers of members and debentures holders, foreign registers of members or debenture holders, annual returns, general provisions regarding registers and returns, meetings and proceedings.
(h) Company Law in a computerized environment – e-filing.
Note: If new legislations are enacted in place of the existing legislations, the syllabus would include the corresponding provisions of such new legislations with effect from a date notified by the Institute.
Part II: Ethics (20 marks)
Chapter to study in IPCC Ethics are mentioned below.
1. Introduction to Business Ethics
2. Environment Issues
3. Ethics in Workplace
4. Ethics in Marketing and Consumer Protection
5. Ethics in Accounting and Finance
Part III: Communication (20 marks)
Chapters to study in IPCC communication subjects are mentioned below.
1. Elements of Communication
2. Communication in Business Environment
3. Basic Understanding of Legal Deeds and Documents
Must download:- CA IPCC RTP Nov 2016
Paper 3: Costing & FM IPCC Syllabus
Chapters to study in IPCC Costing & FM subject in IPCC Syllabus are mentioned in below . This subject is always tricky looking to most of the students. But as a part of IPCC syllabus, you must take it seriously.
Part I: Cost Accounting (50 marks)
Chapters for Cost Accounting for IPCC syllabus includes following chapters.
1. Introduction to Cost Accounting
2. Cost Ascertainment
(a) Material Cost
(b) Employee Cost
(c) Direct Expenses
(d) Overheads
3. Cost Book-keeping
4. Costing Systems
(a) Job Costing
(b) Batch Costing
(c) Contract Costing
(d) Process Costing
(e) Operating Costing System
5. Marginal Costing
6. Standard Costing
7. Budgets and Budgetary Control
Part II: Financial Management (50 marks)
Financial management part has following chapters as a imp part of IPCC syllabus. Generally this section of IPCC syllabus will require much, more concentration and practice to get confidence and attempt all the questions in paper.
1. Scope and Objectives of Financial Management
2. Time Value of Money
3. Financial Analysis and Planning
(a) Ratio analysis for performance evaluation and financial health
(b) Application of ratio analysis in decision making
(c) Analysis of cash flow statement.
4. Financing Decisions
(a) Cost of Capital – weighted average cost of capital and marginal cost of capital
(b) Capital Structure decisions – capital structure patterns, designing optimum
(c) Business risk and financial risk – operating and financial leverage, trading on equity.
5. Types of Financing
6. Investment Decisions
7. Management of working capital
(a) Working capital policies
(b) Funds flow analysis
(c) Inventory management
(d) Receivables management
(e) Payables management
(f) Management of cash and marketable securities
(g) Financing of working capital.
Paper 4: IPCC Taxation Syllabus
Chapters included in IPCC syllabus for Taxation in old IPCC Syllabus are as mentioned below.
Part I: Income-tax (50 marks)1. Important definitions in the Income-tax Act, 1961
2. Basis of charge; rates of taxes applicable for different types of assessees
3. Concepts of previous year and assessment year
4. Residential status and scope of total income; Income deemed to be received / deemed to accrue or arise in India
5. Incomes which do not form part of total income
6. Heads of income and the provisions governing computation of income under different heads
7. Income of other persons included in assessee’s total income
8. Aggregation of income; set-off or carry forward and set-off of losses
9. Deductions from gross total income
10. Computation of total income and tax payable; rebates and reliefs
11. Provisions concerning advance tax and tax deducted at source
12. Provisions for filing of return of income.
Part II: Service tax (25 marks) and VAT (25 marks)
[Applicable up to May, 2017 Examination]
Service tax (25 marks)
1. Service tax – concepts and general principles
2. Charge of service tax and taxable services
3. Valuation of taxable services
4. Payment of service tax and filing of returns
VAT (25 marks)
5. VAT – concepts and general principles
6. Calculation of VAT Liability including input Tax Credits
7. Small Dealers and Composition Scheme
8. VAT Procedures.
Note: If new legislations are enacted in place of the existing legislations the syllabus will accordingly include the corresponding provisions of such new legislations in the place of the existing legislations with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute. Students shall not be examined with reference to any particular State VAT Law.
Revised Part II: Indirect Taxes (50 marks) Syllabus – Applicable from November 2016 Examination onwards
1. Introduction to excise duty, customs duty, central sales tax and VAT – Constitutional aspects,
Basic concepts relating to levy, taxable event and related provisions
2. Significant provisions of service tax
(i) Constitutional Aspects
(ii) Basic Concepts and General Principles
(iii) Charge of service tax including negative list of services
(iv) Point of taxation of services
(v) Exemptions and Abatements
(vi) Valuation of taxable services
(vii) Invoicing for taxable services
(viii) Payment of service tax
(ix) Registration
(x) Furnishing of returns
(xi) CENVAT Credit [Rule 1 -9 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004]
Note: If new legislations are enacted in place of the existing legislations the syllabus will accordingly include the corresponding provisions of such new legislations in place of the existing legislations with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute. Students shall not be examined with reference to any particular State VAT Law.
Paper 5: IPCC Syllabus for Advanced Accounting
IPCC accounts syllabus for paper 5 includes following chapters. IPCC syllabus for advanced accounting (paper 5) is much advance than that of IPCC syllabus for accounting (paper 1).
1. Conceptual Framework for Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements
2. Accounting Standards:
AS 4 : Contingencies and Events occurring after the Balance Sheet Date
AS 5 : Net Profit or Loss for the Period, Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies
AS 11: The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (Revised 2003) AS 12: Accounting for Government Grants
AS 16: Borrowing Costs
AS 19: Leases
AS 20: Earnings Per Share
AS 26: Intangible Assets
AS 29: Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.
3. Advanced Issues in Partnership Accounts
4. Company Accounts
(a) Accounting for employee stock option plan, Buy back of securities, Equity shares with differential rights, Underwriting of shares and debentures, Redemption of debentures
(b) Advanced problems for business acquisition, Amalgamation and reconstruction (excluding problems of amalgamation of inter-company holding)
(c) Accounting involved in liquidation of companies, Statement of Affairs (including deficiency/surplus accounts) and Iiquidator’s statement of account of the winding up.
(d) Financial Statements of B@nking, Insurance and Electricity Companies
5. Accounting for Special Transactions
Departmental and branch accounts including foreign branches Note :
Note: If either old Accounting Standards (ASs), Announcements and Limited Revisions to ASs are withdrawn or new ASs, Announcements and Limited Revisions to ASs are issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in place of existing ASs, Announcements and Limited Revisions to ASs, the syllabus will accordingly include/exclude such new developments in place of the existing ones with effect from the date to be notified by the Institute.
Paper 6: Audit IPCC Syllabus
Following numbered chapters are in the ipcc syllabus for the Auditing subject.
1. Auditing Concepts –
2. Auditing and Assurance Standards – Overview, Standard-setting process, Role of International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and Auditing and Assurance Standards Board in India.
3. Auditing engagement – Audit planning, Audit programme, Control of quality of audit work- Delegation and supervision of audit work.
4. Documentation – Audit working papers, Audit files: Permanent and current audit files, Ownership and custody of working papers.
5. Audit evidence – Audit procedures for obtaining evidence, Sources of evidence, Reliability of audit evidence, Methods of obtaining audit evidence, Physical verification, Documentation, Direct confirmation, Re-computation, Analytical review techniques, Representation by management.
6. Internal Control – Elements of internal control, Review and documentation, Evaluation of internal control system, Internal control questionnaire, Internal control check list, Tests of control, Application of concept of materiality and audit risk, Concept of internal audit.
7. Internal Control and Computerized Environment, Approaches to Auditing in Computerised Environment.
8. Audit Sampling – Types of sampling, Test checking, Techniques of test checks.
9. Analytical review procedures.
10. Audit of payments – General considerations, Wages, Capital expenditure, Other payments and expenses, Petty cash payments, B@nk payments, B@nk reconciliation.
11. Audit of receipts – General considerations, Cash sales, Receipts from debtors, Other Receipts.
12. Audit of Purchases – Vouching cash and credit purchases, Forward purchases, Purchase returns, Allowance received from suppliers.
13. Audit of Sales – Vouching of cash and credit sales, Goods on consignment, Sale on approval basis, Sale under hire-purchase agreement, Returnable containers, Various types of allowances given to customers, Sale returns.
14. Audit of suppliers’ ledger and the debtors’ ledger – Self-balancing and the sectional balancing system, Total or control accounts, Confirmatory statements from credit customers and suppliers, Provision for bad and doubtful debts, Writing off of bad debts.
15. Audit of impersonal ledger – Capital expenditure, deferred revenue expenditure and revenue expenditure, Outstanding expenses and income, Repairs and renewals, Distinction between reserves and provisions, Implications of change in the basis of accounting.
16. Audit of assets and liabilities.
17. Company Audit – Audit of Shares, Qualifications and Disqualifications of Auditors, Appointment of auditors, Removal of auditors, Powers and duties of auditors, Branch audit, Joint audit, Special audit, Reporting requirements under the Companies Act, 1956.
18. Audit Report – Qualifications, Disclaimers, Adverse opinion, Disclosures, Reports and certificates.
19. Special points in audit of different types of undertakings, i.e., Educational institutions, Hotels, Clubs, Hospitals, Hire-purchase and leasing companies (excluding b@nks, electricity companies, cooperative societies, and insurance companies).
20. Features and basic principles of government audit, Local bodies and not-for-profit organizations, Comptroller and Auditor General and its constitutional role.
Note: Candidates are expected to have working knowledge of relevant Auditing and Assurance Standards issued by the ICAI with reference to above-mentioned topics.
In IPCC syllabus for audit, it’s worth to note that the language demanded by the ICAI is of the module, if you are prefering other hand book or material, then please be aware, the ipcc syllabus given in the module for auditing, is the one which ICAI give marks. I am saying this on my own experience, and ipcc syllabus of module give good mark with compare to other author books. IPCC syallbus of module is very important for all the theory subjects of IPCC.
Paper 7: IT & SM IPCC Syllabus
Chapter in IT & SM subjects for IPCC syllabus are displayed below. IPCC syllabus for Nov 2016 inclusions are also given below. IPCC syllabus changes for IT from IPCC Nov 2016 exam which is also given below. You can get new materials of new IT chapters from our site too. Go to : >IPCC Study material for IT and all other subjects.
Section A: Information Technology (50 Marks) [Applicable up to May, 2016 Examination]
Section A: Information Technology (50 Marks) Revised Syllabus – Applicable from November 2016 Examination onwards
To get latest IT study materials go to >IPCC Study material for IT and all other subjects
1. Business Process Management & IT
Introduction to various Business processes – Accounting, Finances, Sale, Purchase etc.,
Business Process Automation – Benefits & Risks, Approach to mapping systems : Entity
Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Systems Flow diagrams, Decision trees/tables, Accounting systems vs. Value chain automation, Information as a business asset, Impact of IT on business processes, Business Risks of failure of IT, Business Process Re-engineering
2. Information Systems and IT Fundamentals
Understand importance of IT in business and relevance to Audit with case studies, Understand working of computers and networks in business process automation from business information perspective, Concepts of Computing (Definition provided by ACM/IEEE and overview of related terminologies), Overview of IS Layers – Applications, DBMS, systems software, hardware, networks & links and people, Overview of Information Systems life cycle and key phases, Computing Technologies & Hardware – Servers, end points, popular computing architectures, emerging computing architectures & delivery models – example: SaaS, Cloud Computing, Mobile computing, etc., Example: Overview of latest devices/technologies – i5,
Bluetooth, Tablet, Wi-Fi, Android, Touchpad, iPad, iPod, Laptop, Notebook, Smartphone, Ultra- Mobile PC etc.)
3. Telecommunication and Networks
>Fundamentals of telecommunication, Components and functions of Telecommunication
>Systems, Data networks – types of architecture, LAN, WAN, Wireless, private and public networks etc., Overview of computing architectures – centralised, de-centralised, mainframe, client-server, thin-thick client etc., Network Fundamentals – Components, Standards and protocols, Network risks & controls – VPN, Encryption, Secure protocols,
>Network administration and management – concepts and issues, How information systems are facilitated through telecommunications, How Internet works, Internet architecture, key concepts, risks and controls, e-Commerce and M-commerce technologies
4. Business Information Systems
Information Systems and their role in businesses, IT as a business enabler & driver – ERP, Core B@nking System, CRM, SCM, HRMS, Payment Mechanisms, The relationship between organisations, information systems and business processes, Accounting Information Systems and linkages to Operational systems, Business Reporting, MIS & IT, Organisation Roles & responsibilities and table or authorities, importance of access controls, privilege controls, Specialised systems – MIS, DSS, Business Intelligence, Expert Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Management systems etc.
5. Business process automation through Application software
Business Applications – overview and types, Business Process Automation, relevant controls and information systems, Information Processing & Delivery channels and their role in Information Systems, Key types of Application Controls and their need, Emerging concepts – Virtualisation, Grid Computing, Cloud delivery model.
Section B: Strategic Management (50 marks)
CA IPCC syllabus for SM subject includes following chapters.
1. Business Environment
General environment – demographic, socio-cultural, macro-economic, legal/political, technological, and global; competitive environment.
2. Business Policy and Strategic Management
Meaning and nature; strategic management imperative; vision, mission and objectives; strategic levels in organisations.
3. Strategic Analyses
Situational analysis – SWOT analysis, TOWS matrix, portfolio analysis – BCG matrix.
4. Strategic Planning
Meaning, stages, alternatives, strategy formulation.
5. Formulation of Functional Strategy
Marketing strategy, financial strategy, production strategy, logistics strategy, human resource strategy.
6. Strategy Implementation and Control
Organisational structures; establishing strategic business units; establishing profit centers by business, product or service, market segment or customer; leadership and behavioural challenges.
7. Reaching Strategic Edge
Business process re-engineering, benchmarking, total quality management, six sigma, contemporary strategic issues.
So, all of the above mentioned chapters and subjects, you will have to face in IPCC. Any updates and changes in IPCC syllabus will be updated on our site.
So, stay tuned with CAcracker to get updated about IPCC Syllabus changes for upcoming IPCC exams like Nov 2016 and May 2017.
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how many sections (taxation sections )are applicable to IPCC direct tax subject
can a graduate (commerce) student join ipcc directly?
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Respected Sir/Madam,
I passed cpt in jan 2014 and I want to give ipcc exam in may 2015 and I also want to do registration for ipcc in february 2014 . can I get revised syllabus study material of taxation & I.T. and study material relevant for may 2015 exam.
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whether there is any changes for nov 2014 exam in accounting provisions in group 1, advanced accounts provisions and company audit I & II in auditing regarding the changes in companies bill passed???
are there any changes in syllabus regarding Business law , auditing and ITSM for this november 2014 attempt?
you can bought any study materials in institute only.
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