CA CPT Syllabus

CA CPT is 1^st level exam in the series of 3 levels before you become a qualified Chartered Accountants.

Level 1 – CA CPT also called CA Foundation ( Past CPT result trend and how to register)

Level2- IPCC also called CA Inter

Level3- CA Final

This article deals with CA CPT

It has four subjects

Accounts - CA is expected to be a master of accounts, hence objective of this subject is to ensure students get good fundamentals knowledge of accounting.
Law – CA during his practice or in job has to deals in many laws either –income tax, factory laws etc. hence the objective of this chapter is to familiarize students with the building blocks of law. Legal language and legal terms are to be mastered.
Economics- This chapter help you understand various forces which works in an economy both at micro level and at county or macro level. Economics factors effects all business and has enormous impact on business , hence knowledge gained here help one immensely through out his career.
QA (Maths & Statistics)- CA’s are expected to deal with numbers all the time. They have to interact with Other Professionals like Engineers, Statistician etc. hence the basic concepts of maths and statistics needs to be understood which equip them to understand many complex subjects which they may encounter during such interaction.

Subject wise chapters are as below :

Sl No	Accounts
1	Acts Intro Unit1-5
2	Journal- Cash Book
3	Cont- ROE
4	BRS
5	Inventory
6	Depreciation
7	Final A/c
8	Consignment
9	JV
10	BOE
11	Sales Return
12	Partnership Introduction,PSR and Goodwill
13	Partnership Admission, Retirement and Death
14	Company Accounts Introduction & Reissue
15	Company Account Redemption of Preference Share & Issue of Debentures

Sl No	Law
1	Nature of Contract
2	Consideration
3	Other Essential Elements of a Valid Contract
4	Performance of Contract
5	Breach of Contract
6	Contingent and Quasi Contract
7	Formation of Contract of Sale
8	Conditions and Warranties
9	Transfer of ownership and Delivery
10	Unpaid Seller
11	General Nature of Partnership
12	Relation of Partners
13	Registration & Dissolution of a Firm

Sl No	Economics
1	Introduction to Micro Economics
2	Law of Demand and Elasticity of Demand
3	Theory of Consumer Behaviour
4	Supply
5	Theory of Production
6	Theory of Cost
7	Meaning and types of Market
8	Price determination in these markets.
9	Nature of the Indian Economy
10	Role of different sectors
11	National Income of India
12	Basic understanding of tax system of India
13	Population
14	Poverty
15	Unemployment
16	Infrastructure Challanges
17	Inflation
18	Budget and Fiscal deficits
19	Balance of payments
20	External debts.
21	Economic reforms since 1991
22	Liberalisation, Privatisation and Disinvestment
23	Globalisation.
24	Money – Meaning and functions
25	Commercial Banks – Role and functions
26	Reserve Bank of India – Role and functions, Monetary policy.

Sl No	Maths
1	Ratio and Proportion
2	Indices and Logarithm
3	Equations
4	Inequalities
5	Simple and Compound interest including Annuity Applications
6	Basic Concepts of Permutations and Combinations
7	Sequence and Series Arithmetic and Geometric Progression
8	Sets Functions and Relations
9	Limits and Continuity Intuitive Approach
10	Basic Concepts of Differential
11	Integral Calculus
12	Statistical Description of Data
13	Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
14	Correlation and Regression
15	Probability and Expected Value by Mathematical Expectations
16	Theoretical Distributions
17	Sampling Theory
18	Index Numbers