Wolter Kluwer Padhuka's Student Handbook on Strategic Cost Management & Performance Evaluation for CA Final New Syllabus by CA B Saravana Prasath Applicable for May 2019 Exams
This Edition of “Students’ Handbook on Strategic Cost Management & Performance Evaluation” For Paper-5 CA Final New Syllabus comes to you with the following special features & highlights
New Syllabus Full Coverage: Entire Requirements of New Syllabus has been organized into appropriate Chapters, for ease of study, preparation and revision. Past Main Exam and RTP Questions are given, classified into appropriate Chapters
Student-Friendly Format: All principles! Procedures! techniques/ concepts and ideas have been arranged neatly in an easy to-read format, so that the student can correlate the Questions with the Answers, more easily in the examinations.
Presentation: More Charts, Diagrams, Graphs and Practical Examples have been provided at appropriate places to clarify the Concepts. A Chapter Overview is given in the beginning of each Chapter, to provide a bird’s eye view of the topics discussed in the Chapter, and also for rapid revision, a day before the exams.
Illustrations: About 500 Practical Concept Illustrations have been incorporated along with detailed Working Notes and Alternative Solutions, wherever applicable
Fast Track Referencer – For Quick Revision of all the Chapters, and to remember important Formulae, Principles and Concepts
Case Study: Case Studies have been added in every Chapter, relevant to various issues
This Book and its Editions have been possible only due to the constant motivation and support Provided by Shri G Sekar, FCA, and also the timely and quality-oriented assistance provided by An excellent team of Students, Academicians and Professionals. My sincere thanks to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for their permission to use questions from previous examinations and Revision Test Papers (RTP)
Highlights of this Book
Full Coverage of New Syllabus in Student-friendly style.
Concept Clarification through Charts & Graphs.
About 500 Practical Concept Illustrations with Full Workings.
Past Main Exams and RTPs Questions included.
Fast Track Referencer of Formulae & Concepts.
Chapter Overview for Easy navigation of topics
Table of Contents:
Basics of Strategic Cost Management
Value Chain Analysis
Quality Management
Theory of Constraints
Lean System
Just in Time
Target Costing and Cost Reduction Aspects
Life Cycle Costing
CVP Analysis & Decision-making
Relevant Cost Analysis
Pricing Strategies and Decisions
Performance Measurement
Transfer Pricing
Strategic Analysis of Operating Income
Budgetary Control
Standard Costing & Variance Analysis
Linear Programming
Learning Curve
About the Author
B. Saravana Prasath is a graduate in Commerce and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He secured Fourth Rank in the Madras University in his Graduation Examinations. He did his Chartered Accountancy Articleship training under the tutorship of Shri G. Sekar FCA. He secured the First Rank in the Chartered Accountancy Final Examinations, securing 76% in the aggregate. He also secured the Third Rank in the Intermediate Examinations and Tenth Rank in the Foundation Examinations.His academic performance includes 99% in CA Final Accounting Paper and 96% in CA Intermediate Auditing Paper.