The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) is a statutory body set up under an Act of Parliament in the year 1959. The Institute as a part of its obligation regulates the profession of Cost and Management Accountancy, enrolls students for its courses, provides coaching facilities to the students, organizes professional development programmes for the members and undertakes research programmes in the
field of Cost and Management Accountancy.
The Institute is bringing this future-ready curriculum for the aspiring Cost & Management Accountants in the emerging global business eco-system. This new curriculum shall be effective from August 2022 to appear June 2023 term of examinations on onwards.
CMA Syllabus Review Advisory Group (CSRAG) was set up under the aegis of Training and Educational Facilities Committee of the Institute. The mandate was for comprehensively reviewing the existing structure of the CMA Curriculum – 2016 and developing a robust, industry relevant and future-ready curriculum aligned with global trends for overall development of today’s students to tomorrow’s CMA professionals who will lead entities across all industry sectors and practitioners who will provide management and audit expertise to all such sectors
CMA COURSE STRUCTURE – SYLLABUS 2022
FOUNDATION COURSE [TOTAL MARKS: 400]
PAPER 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS LAWS AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (FBLC)
PAPER 2: FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL AND COST ACCOUNTING (FFCA)
PAPER 3: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS (FBMS)
PAPER 4: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (FBEM)
INTERMEDIATE COURSE [TOTAL MARKS: 800]
GROUP–I
PAPER 5: BUSINESS LAWS AND ETHICS (BLE)
PAPER 6: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (FA)
PAPER 7: DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAXATION (DITX)
PAPER 8: COST ACCOUNTING (CA)
GROUP–II
PAPER 9: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (OMSM)
PAPER 10: CORPORATE ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING (CAA)
PAPER 11: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS DATA ANALYTICS (FMDA)
PAPER 12: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (MA)
FINAL COURSE [TOTAL MARKS: 800]
GROUP–III
PAPER 13: CORPORATE AND ECONOMIC LAWS (CEL)
PAPER 14: STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (SFM)
PAPER 15: DIRECT TAX LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL TAXATION (DIT)
PAPER 16: STRATEGIC COST MANAGEMENT (SCM)
GROUP–IV
PAPER 17: COST AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT (CMAD)
PAPER 18: CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTING (CFR)
PAPER 19: INDIRECT TAX LAWS AND PRACTICE (ITLP)
ELECTIVES
PAPER 20A: STRATEGIC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS VALUATION (SPMBV)
PAPER 20B: RISK MANAGEMENT IN BANKING AND INSURANCE (RMBI)
PAPER 20C: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND START UP (ENTS)
Official Announcement: