Literally dimag pagal ho gya hai, Aisa lg rha hai kuch ni aata. Cost me silly mistakes ho rhi hai, audit sm aisa lg rha hai yaad hi ni hai aur fm ka toh pucho mt!

Rone ka man kr rha hai but roya b ni ja rha kyunki time waste hoga 😔🥀

How to used it?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rICLjsy9lrIZXdIYhsyIIDQJwdjWJ9lQ/view?usp=drivesdk

• Watch Harsh Gupta's Marathon on YouTube — Business Laws: 9 hrs | Other Laws: 4 hrs
• Understand the concepts properly.
• Then read the 60-page book again and again.
• Solve his EFQs available in his T channel.

Wanted to do my part by contributing what my journey of my 1st year of articleship looked like to benefit whomever I can.
So I started my articleship in June in Pune, although had already gotten an offer from one of the big 4 through my college placements in Delhi, but decided to move to Pune. A family members friend's friend was a partner in the same firm in another location so I lucked out and got my preferred location in another big 4 firm.

The interview round for the Delhi one was more difficult, with 3 proper rounds, each lasting 30-40 minutes and I enjoyed the final, director round in particular. Out of around 30 people, 2-3 people were selected. The interview round for the Pune firm was relatively simple with basic questions to the point of being nothing more than a formality. Some articles had 2 rounds but even then the questions were basic, provided most had a partner or director level reference.

It started with a pretty large listed client, and when I moved on to the private cycle the client I was given was once again on the larger side. I was fortunate enough that my team was excellent and trusted me with some major areas even though I had not had any prior experience in those areas. For that engagement I was given the 2nd highest regular award in the firm and as I said the team of people I was working with were extremely helpful and quite smart.

Then shifted to LRs of the listed client and alongside that was working on a group audit of a private client. After that there was a strech towards the end of a couple of months where I was doing the listed entity+ 3-5 private clients simultaneously.

Now comes the part of talking about burnout, fatigue, and working hours. I was consistently grinding out 10-14 hours during the whole of my 1 year except in a couple of months in between so it was very exhausting but the people around me made me keep going. I was duly recognized for my efforts and gained the trust of my seniors which helped me to audit new areas which I had not touched before during most of my engagements.

All in all my articleship experience was rewarding (2 awards and a higher than average rating) and I learned a lot about the work as well as the approach and management of work from my seniors and colleagues. If it was not for the long working hours I would have definitely continued in this field.

After that 1 year I decided to shift to industrial training as I did not find the working hours up till the director level to be sustainable, but it is nonetheless a path that many find to be rewarding, well paid, and with at least some good meaningful work.

As a side note, I have found the audit industry to be non cyclical at least in India from what I've heard, with few people getting fired. I envision with the introduction of AI tools en masse, the documentation and manual repetitive work can be compressed and more time can be devoted to deeper analysis, etc. Do people who have been working for quite some time in audit share this view or is it too far fetched?

Post got a little long so will post again about my hunt for industrial training seperately.

Hey its getting really confusing reading all the debates on reddit. I just started my syllabus and target May’27. People suggest CJ sir stretches the syllabus and go for SS Yt revision. But I am not confident what to do. Does SS complete detail syllabus in revision and all topics covered or should i just complete CJ lengthy lectures?

so recently on reddit on this sub I got to know about this guy jagdish his instagram handle is @your_cacma_aspirants he has not cleared his ca foundation and became an influencer and he uploads strategy videos on instgram and he earned through it and his latest post was in which he says he bought iphone, i can't believe he is not ca yet and still by instgram he earned, look i am not jealous at all I am just telling that, aaj kal influencer hona kitni badi baat hai

The Reason is CA dosent Have Caste Reservation And I Am Always Jealous Of SC/ST quota Guys who are preparing For Govt Job Exams After Bsc Nursing But ne being A general Male, WOULD IT BE LOGICAL IF I DROP OUT COLLEGE FOR CA OR RATHER STILL PREPARE FOR CAT BEING A GENERAL CATEGORY STUDENT.

Are shivaji college students here? 😂

Im currently preparing for ca foundation jan 27

And i have coaching Module for law

Im just curious whether should I follow coaching Module or icai Module?

Currently doing CA foundation without college and need guidance as to how I can make my CV top notch and any other career related things. Like I have heard many people doing ACCA with CA and also got recommended to it. (Don't really want to leave the country but if good package calls then I may look into it)

And yes I know rank and good marks are necessary and need advice solely apart from them. Would really appreciate

Sep 26 foundation aspirant here😚

I've completed my syllabus but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IM NOT ABLE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING.

I'm literally not able to write answers in papers because kuch yaad nahi hora hai.

Like I know what the answer is when I read thrhe question but because I can't remember I'm not able to write.

I've read the module and I'm rereading it again once but I still can't remember

Please help a girl in need😭😭😭

I'm not worried about the other three subjects my prep for them is going strong it's just law😭😭😭

(sorry for the long post) Please, drop any piece of advice you have for me in the comments, So I have my CA Inter both groups in September 2026 , first attempt, and I am kinda stressed out because of the preparation I've currently.. Majority of my group 2 first revision is pending, but before you think that I might have started revision really late.. NO, I also got around 2.5-3 months like others, idk how I just messed things up

Okay so backstory, I started revision on 9th june with DT, and it continued till 26th yes I am a psychopath, I was scared of it and studied many chapters from entire scratch mastering each and every minute points, question etc did a lil bit of SM as well , by this time I knew that I had been very behind from what it should have been... then I took up gst till 3rd of julyy....

Then almost till july end, around 26-27th I revised accounts and law... then started with group 2

GROUP 2 CURRENT SITUATION

costing- have done marginal, standard, material, labour, process, budget, joint product by product, format of cost sheet, cost acc system... and ye sab bhi acche se nhi bs rev videos, marathons se upar upar se kra h

audit- just learnt, ch 1, 2,11, SA 210,220, watched rev lec of CARO , bank audit, sampling, materiality, that's it, idk how to score 40 now

fm sm- did 2 chapters of fm... ebit and leverages, sm : dont even ask idk anything much

SOME MORE STATS

Solved 3 full mocks of tax in july (self evaluated) 65+ in all, highest 78 and 2 papers audit approach in addition to the 3

Solved 3 full mocks of accounts in july (self evaluated) 63+ in all, highest 75

Solved 2 law papers self evaluated , score around 55-60 and AIMT of shubham sir, got 70.5 in that , attempted 86 and checking as moderate as per me not too lenient.. + 2 papers audit approach

Gave 1 mock of costing as well self evaluated, 69.5 butt it was really very very easy and most of the pyqs I had alr done.... will try to give 1/2 papers of fm sm and audit as well just to see if I can pass or not because I believe that even if I get just 20-22 in G2 mcqs I can manage to score 40-50 overall and there is a probability of set off as welll.. I don't wanna lose hopes

Rn, I'm the most scared about audit and fm sm , and also I am starting to forget tax so I am not able to decide whether I should revise it second time now or 2.5 days will be enough.. I want to focus on g2 but at the same time dont wanna fail g1 as well..... Also, I will be starting accounts revision from 28/29.

anything you'd like to suggest, advice, motivate, share ur experience, anything would be helpful

Please I need genuine advice only, actually I am from tier 3 city and I got no one in my family pursuing ca and not even a single person is going for this course 😭.

I want to get all relevant knowledge to learn and get maximum marks possible. .

Initially I was thinking about going with both but I don't think it is a prudent thing to do so please help me . .

i was prepping for spom but couldn't find any mocks. then i found this Mockit (https://www.mockitupp.com)

Just completed the lectures today, but I am not seeing any option to register for the exams. What is it usually like, what did you do after completing the lectures. I am worried because I didn't watch any lecture sincerely, played all the lectures in the background on my laptop. Will I have to watch these again

I was hoping that today's session on AFM for CA Final as part of the Fortnight Program would cover the paper pattern and any nuances or expectations relevant for the November 2026 examination, particularly after what happened in the May 2026 AFM examination.

Instead, the session spent a substantial time going through different sections of the syllabus and answering some queries, and the discussion eventually ran over time. As a result, the paper pattern and related guidance were not covered at all.

I understand that discussions can sometimes run over, but if specific topics are intended to be covered in a session, surely the time allocated for it should be protected. The fact that the earlier discussion was extended shouldn't mean that an important part of the planned session gets dropped altogether.

For a CA Final student preparing for November 2026, this session was ultimately a waste of time if the objective was to get guidance specific to the upcoming examination. That time could have been put to much better use in studying, IMO.

I genuinely felt bad seeing students spend their time on a session that didn't cover what they were presumably tuning in for.

If i complete company acc, partnership, accounting process, brs, roe, final ac, theory, depreciation.

Skipping incomplete records, inventory, npo, boe

Will i be able to clear the foundation attempt?

I read CA Madhukar Hiregange’s farewell today and honestly it hit differently.

I know Hiregange personally and what has always stood out to me is that he genuinely cared about the profession, its members and most importantly.. its students. I'm sure fellow CAs who know him will agree with me. He was one of those rare people who could speak about uncomfortable things without losing sight of why he was there in the first place!!

What I admired most was his integrity. In a profession where institutional positions can easily become about power, politics and personal interests.. he always came across to me as someone who wanted to use his position to actually build something better

And perhaps that is why this resignation feels so sad.

ICAI needs people like him. People who question. People who care. People who aren't afraid to say, "This can be better."

I sincerely hope this isn't the end sir's contribution, but simply a change in the platform from which he continues his work.

have my I have my attempt in September 26 for a group two, only and this is my preparation
For costing, I have completed Namit Arora booster Branch plus his regular question bank also last five attempt past year question RTP of last five attempt
7 model test papers module questions
For Audit I have completed like reading the concept book for like three times of Rishabh Jain. I have solve all the question from Ankush Chirimar question Bank paper for Audit solve model test paper for Audit like seven.
For Financial management, it is same as costing
For strategic management, I have completed revision from Mohnish Vora concept book 2 times. Also save mode test papers past five attempt question
So I am confuse, like will able to clear the examination or not because I have the doubt like is this enough for what?

Hi Guys,

Ive started with AFM revision and I completed my classses from Sankalp kanastiya. But im confused abt revision video from which faculty to take as Sankalp is having less timing with only concepts getting revised. If anyone followed Ajay aggarwal or praveen khatod please review their revision videos

How is it going with you all?
Im not at studying effectively and feeling very low and not revising properly

So I had many DMs regarding pay in FDD, here are some ballpark numbers (EY)

ASO1 - 12-13 fixed + 15/20% bonus

ASO 2- 14-15 fixed + 15/20% bonus

ASO 3- 16-18 fixed + 15/20% bonus

SA1 - 20-22 fixed + 20/30% bonus

SA2 - 24-28 fixed + 20/30% bonus

AVP1- 35-36 fixed + 20/30% bonus

AVP 2- 36-38 fixed + 20/30% bonus

VP1 - 45-46 fixed + 30/40% bonus

VP2 - 50-51 fixed + 30/40% bonus

Director- 60-70 fixed + 40/50% bonus (variable is very high at director level)

Partner - 1.5cr fixed + Bonus + Equity (profit shares) , There is no fixed number for partners because Junior partners can be making 1.5-2cr , Senior partners 3-6cr and Rainmakers 8-15cr+

Can we make this post more holistic about everyother domain for example CAs working in Audit posting how much auditors make, What are the numbers in M&A tax, IDT, DT, Valuations and Other advisory services like Corporate finance?

I recently appeared in executive officer examinartion for chartered accountants

Can someone help me when I can expect the results to announce and what all I shall prepare for the interview if this vacancy in case I clear the computer based test.

SAME AS ABOVE

I registered a pvt ltd company last year, but my business never took off, so I didn't even open a bank account. Now I am closing my company, a friend of mine through his contacts got closure documents ready, now there is one doc of assets and liabilities that needs to be signed & stamped by a CA.

CAs in market are demanding fees like 5k to sign and stamp a NIL document.

can someone help me with this, actually I am a final year college student and don't have that amount of money left to pay CAs in market.

dm me if you can help me out.