CMA Final Exam Pattern for December 2020
ICMAI | CMA Final Exam Pattern: ICWAI | CMA Final exam are held in every year twice in the month of June and December. Here in this article we have covered the CMA Final marks weight age for Dec 2020 exam. ICMAI CMA Final December 2019 comprises of two groups consisting of 12 papers (including both groups).
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ICMAI | CMA Final Exam Pattern for December 2020 exam
Group 1
PAPER 13: CORPORATE LAWS & COMPLIANCE
Section A : Companies Act 60% | |
1. The Companies Act, 2013 | 50% |
2. Insolvency and Bankrupcy Code, 2016 (Annexure 1) | 10% |
Section B: Other Corporate Laws 25% |
2. SEBI laws and Regulation |
3. The Competition Act, 2002 and its role in Corporate Governance |
4. Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 |
5. Laws related to Banking Sector |
6. Laws related to Insurance Sector |
Section C: Corporate Governance 15% |
7. Corporate Governance |
8. Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business |
PAPER 14: STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Section A : Investment Decisions 25 % |
1.Investment Decisions, Project Planning and Control |
2.Evaluation of Risky proposal for Investment decisions |
3. Leasing Decisions |
Section B : Financial Markets and Institutions |
4. Institutions in Financial Markets |
5. Instruments in Financial Markets |
6. Capital Markets |
7. Commodity Exchange |
Section C : Security Analysis and Portfolio Management |
8. Security Analysis & Portfolio Management |
Section D : Financial Risk Mangement |
9.Financial Risks & Management |
10. Financial Derivatives –Instruments For Risk Management |
11.Financial Risk Management in International Operations |
PAPER 15: STRATEGIC COST MANAGEMENT – DECISION MAKING
Section A : Cost Management 20% |
1. Cost Management |
Section B : Strategic Cost Management Tools and Techniques 50% |
2. Decision Making techniques |
3. Standard Costing in Profit Planning |
4. Activity Based Cost Management – JIT and ERP |
5. Cost of Quality and Total Quality Management |
Section C : Strategic Cost Management – Application of Statistical Techniques in Business Decisions 30% |
6. Application of Operation Research and Statistical Tools in Strategic Decision Making. |
PAPER 16: DIRECT TAX LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL TAXATION
Section A : Advance Direct Tax Laws [50 Marks] |
1. Assessment of income and Computation of tax liability of Various Entities |
2. Tax Management, Return and Assessment Procedure |
3. Grievance Redrassal |
4. Penalties and Prosecutions |
5. Business Restructuring |
6. Different aspect of Tax Planning |
7. CBDT & Other Authorities |
8. E-commerce Transaction and liability in special cases |
9. Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) |
10. Black Money Act, 2015 |
Section B : International Taxation [30 Marks] |
. Double Taxation and Avoidance Agreements [Sec. 90, 90A and 91] |
12. Transfer Pricing |
Section C : Case Study Analysis [20 Marks] |
Group 1
PAPER 17: CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING (CFR)
Section A : GAAP and Accounting Standards 20 % |
1. Accounting Standards |
Section B : Accounting of Business Combinations & Restructuring 20% |
2. Accounting of Business Combinations & Restructuring (Ind AS) |
Section C : Consolidated Financial Statements 20% |
3. Group Financial Statements (Ind AS) |
Section D : Developments in Financial Reporting 25% |
4. Recent Trends in Financial Reporting |
5. Valuation, Accounting and Reporting of Financial Instruments and others (Ind AS) |
6. Share based payments (Ind AS) |
7. Reporting through XBRL (Extended Business Reporting Language) |
Section E : Government Accounting in India 15% |
8. Government Accounting Procedure and Standards |
PAPER 18: INDIRECT TAX LAWS AND PRACTICE
Section A : Advanced Indirect Tax and Practice 80% | ||
1. Goods and Services Tax Act & Rules | 50% | |
2. Customs Law | 20% | |
3. Foreign Trade Policy | 10% | |
Section B: Tax Practice and Procedures 20% | ||
4. Case Study Analysis |
PAPER 19: COST AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT
Section A : Cost Audit 35% |
Natue, Scope, utility and Advantages of Cost Audit |
Companies (Cost Records & Audit) Rules, 2014 |
Professional Ethics, Misconduct, Offences and Penalties |
4. Cost Accounting Standards |
5. Cost Auditing and Assurance Standards |
Format of Cost Audit Report – XBRL – Salient Features |
Section B: Management Audit 15% |
Management Reporting issues under Cost Audit |
Manaement Audit – Meaning, Nature, Scope etc |
9. Energy Audit, Efficiency Audit, Propriety Audit and System Audit |
10. Evaluation of Corporate Image – Corporate Development Audit- |
11. Impact of environmental pollution |
Section C: Internal Audit, Operational Audit and other related issues 25% |
12. Concept of Internal Audit |
. Provisions of Internal Audit under Companies Act, 2013 |
. Audit Planning, Audit Programme, Audit working papers |
. Receivables Audit, Audit of Services and Local Bodies |
Section D: Case Study on Performance Analysis 25% |
PAPER 20: STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS VALUATION
Section A: Strategic Performance Management 50% |
1. Conceptual Framework of Performance Management |
2. Performance Evaluation & Improvement Tools |
3. Economic efficiency of the firm – Performance analysis |
4. Enterprise Risk Management |
Section B : Business Valuation 50% |
5. Business Valuation Basics |
6. Valuation in Mergers and Acquisitions |
7. Fair Value in Accounting Measurement |
8. Valuation of Intangibles |
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