CA Inter Jan 2027 revision planner: day-by-day to 12 Jan
A CA Inter revision planner for January 2027 should tell you which chapters to revise on which date: the chapters ICAI asks most in every paper first, the rest after, and only the most-asked chapters again in the last weeks and on the gap days between papers. The planner below starts on Thursday 8 October 2026 and runs to Paper 6 on Tuesday 12 January 2027, with a dated table for Group I, one for Group II and a week-by-week plan for both groups.
CA Inter Jan 2027 time table: the fixed points of your planner
Group I is on 2, 4 and 6 January 2027; Group II on 8, 10 and 12 January 2027. Every paper runs from 2 to 5 PM (IST), with 15 minutes of reading time from 1:45 PM, as per ICAI's announcement of 23 September 2026 (PDF) (opens in a new tab).
| Date | Paper (expected) | Gap day before the next paper |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 2 Jan | Paper 1: Advanced Accounting | Sun 3 Jan |
| Mon 4 Jan | Paper 2: Corporate and Other Laws | Tue 5 Jan |
| Wed 6 Jan | Paper 3: Taxation | Thu 7 Jan |
| Fri 8 Jan | Paper 4: Cost and Management Accounting | Sat 9 Jan |
| Sun 10 Jan | Paper 5: Auditing and Ethics | Mon 11 Jan |
| Tue 12 Jan | Paper 6: Financial Management and Strategic Management | – |
The paper-wise dates are not yet official: ICAI's announcement gives only group dates, and the January 2027 Guidance Notes are not out (7 October 2026). In September 2026 ICAI held the papers in number order (Guidance Notes, PDF (opens in a new tab)); this planner assumes the same. All dates in one place: CA exam dates 2026–27.
From 8 October you have 86 days before Paper 1 and 92 before Paper 4: enough for a full pass in priority order, a second pass of the most-asked chapters and two mocks per paper. If your first revision will be done by mid-November, follow the three-mock calendar in our CA Inter Jan 2027 mock test plan and keep this planner's chapter order.
How this CA Inter revision plan picks chapters
Each chapter is placed by how often and how heavily ICAI asked it in its recent papers (September 2025 to September 2026): High chapters first, Medium next, Low last. The marks behind these ratings, chapter by chapter for all six papers, are in our CA Inter chapter wise weightage for Jan 2027. Some of those patterns are fixed enough to plan around:
| Paper | What ICAI's recent papers show |
|---|---|
| Advanced Accounting | Amalgamation and consolidation carry 14 marks in every paper; AS 3 appears every time |
| Corporate and Other Laws | Part II's six printed questions (you answer five): company law 50 marks, LLP 10, FEMA 8, General Clauses Act 8, Interpretation of Statutes 8 |
| Taxation | Section A (income tax) 50, Section B (GST) 50; Q1 is a 15-mark total income and tax computation |
| Cost and Management Accounting | Cost sheet, standard costing, budgets and marginal costing asked in almost every paper |
| Auditing and Ethics | No chapter rated Low; one CARO clause in every attempt; audit of banks rated High |
| FM and SM | FM 50 and SM 50; FM Q4 is always theory, SM Q5 is three caselets |
How each paper is set is explained in our CA Inter exam pattern for January 2027.
If you run out of days, what you drop is a Low chapter worth the fewest marks, not whatever happened to come last.
CA Inter Group 1 revision planner, day by day
Group I in 86 days: High chapters of Advanced Accounting by 3 November, Taxation by 22 November, Law by 4 December, then Medium chapters, a second pass and mocks.
| Dates | Paper | Revise |
|---|---|---|
| 8–14 Oct | Adv Acc (High) | Amalgamation; internal reconstruction |
| 15–20 Oct | Adv Acc (High) | Consolidated statements (AS 21, 23); Schedule III statements and dividend rules |
| 21–25 Oct | Adv Acc (High) | Buy-back of securities; branches, including foreign branches |
| 26–28 Oct | Adv Acc (High) | AS 1, 3, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25: cash flow, EPS, segments |
| 29 Oct–1 Nov | Adv Acc (High) | AS 2, 10, 13, 16, 19, 26, 28: borrowing costs, leases, impairment |
| 2–3 Nov | Adv Acc (High) | AS 15, 29; AS 12, 14 |
| 4–8 Nov | Tax A (High) | PGBP and total income with tax liability (the 15-mark Q1) |
| 9–12 Nov | Tax A (High) | Salaries, house property, capital gains, other sources |
| 13–15 Nov | Tax A (High) | Residence, clubbing, set-off and carry forward, advance tax, TDS, TCS, returns |
| 16–19 Nov | Tax B (High) | Supply, charge and reverse charge, exemptions, value, input tax credit |
| 20–22 Nov | Tax B (High) | Place of supply, time of supply, registration |
| 23–26 Nov | Law (High) | Prospectus and allotment, share capital and debentures, deposits, charges |
| 27–30 Nov | Law (High) | Management and administration, dividend, accounts and CSR, audit and auditors, foreign companies |
| 1–4 Dec | Law (High, Medium) | LLP, FEMA, General Clauses Act, Interpretation of Statutes; definitions, incorporation |
| 5–6 Dec | Adv Acc (Medium–High to Low) | AS 4, 5, 11, 22; AS 7, 9; Framework and introduction |
| 7–8 Dec | Tax (Medium, Low) | Basic concepts, deductions; GST invoices, e-way bill, payment, TDS/TCS, returns |
| 9 Dec | Buffer | Whatever slipped; your error log |
| 10–15 Dec | Adv Acc | Second pass of High chapters; one full mock at 2 PM |
| 16–20 Dec | Law | Second pass of High chapters; one full mock |
| 21–25 Dec | Tax | Second pass of High chapters; one full mock |
| 26–28 Dec | All three | Second mock of each: Law 26, Tax 27, Adv Acc 28 |
| 29 Dec–1 Jan | Adv Acc | Formats (amalgamation, consolidation, Schedule III), AS list, error log |
From 2 January, follow the gap-day table below.
CA Inter Group 2 revision planner, day by day
Group II in 92 days: High chapters of Cost by 29 October, FM-SM by 17 November, Audit by 4 December, then a second pass and mocks in exam order.
| Dates | Paper | Revise |
|---|---|---|
| 8–12 Oct | Cost (High) | Cost sheet; material (EOQ, stock levels, pricing); employee cost and incentives |
| 13–17 Oct | Cost (High, Medium–High) | Overheads (machine hour rate, reciprocal, absorption); job and batch; process costing |
| 18–22 Oct | Cost (High) | Standard costing variances; marginal costing, CVP and decisions |
| 23–26 Oct | Cost (High) | Budgets; service costing; reconciliation of cost and financial accounts |
| 27–29 Oct | Cost (Medium–High) | Activity based costing; joint and by-products |
| 30 Oct–3 Nov | FM (High) | Cost of capital, leverages, investment decisions (NPV, IRR, replacement) |
| 4–7 Nov | FM (High) | Working capital; ratio analysis; types of financing (theory) |
| 8–10 Nov | FM (Medium, Medium–High) | Capital structure; dividend decisions; scope and objectives |
| 11–15 Nov | SM (High) | Introduction; external and internal environment; strategic choices |
| 16–17 Nov | SM (Medium–High) | Implementation and evaluation; caselet practice for Q5 |
| 18–21 Nov | Audit (High) | Ethics and terms of engagement; audit report, CARO, s.143 |
| 22–25 Nov | Audit (High) | Risk assessment and internal control; audit evidence |
| 26–29 Nov | Audit (High) | Audit of items of financial statements; audit of banks |
| 30 Nov–2 Dec | Audit (High) | Strategy and planning; documentation; completion and review |
| 3–4 Dec | Audit, Cost (Medium, Medium–High) | Nature and scope; different types of entities; cost introduction (always in Q6 theory) |
| 5 Dec | Buffer | Whatever slipped; your error log |
| 6–12 Dec | Cost | Second pass of High chapters; one full mock at 2 PM |
| 13–19 Dec | Audit | Second pass of High chapters; one full mock |
| 20–26 Dec | FM-SM | Second pass of High chapters; one full mock |
| 27–30 Dec | All three | Second mock of each: Cost 27, Audit 28, FM-SM 29; fix them on 30 |
| 31 Dec–2 Jan | FM-SM | FM formula sheet; SM frameworks |
| 3–4 Jan | Audit | SA numbers with titles; CARO clauses |
| 5–7 Jan | Cost | Formula sheet, cost sheet format, variances |
From 8 January, follow the gap-day table below.
CA Inter study plan for both groups, week by week
Writing both groups, finish all six papers' High chapters by mid-December: from 2 January you get only one gap day between papers.
| Week | Revise |
|---|---|
| 8–14 Oct | Adv Acc: amalgamation, reconstruction, consolidation, Schedule III |
| 15–21 Oct | Adv Acc: buy-back, branches, the AS groups |
| 22–28 Oct | Tax A: PGBP and tax computation, the heads, residence, clubbing, set-off, TDS |
| 29 Oct–4 Nov | Tax B: supply, charge, exemptions, value, ITC, place and time of supply, registration |
| 5–11 Nov | Law: company law chapters |
| 12–18 Nov | Law: LLP, FEMA, GCA, IoS (12–14); Cost: cost sheet, material, employee, overheads (15–18) |
| 19–25 Nov | Cost: process, standard, marginal, budgets, service, reconciliation, ABC |
| 26 Nov–2 Dec | Audit: ethics, report, risk, evidence, items of FS, banks |
| 3–9 Dec | Audit: planning, documentation, completion (3–4); FM High chapters (5–9) |
| 10–16 Dec | SM (10–12); Medium and Low chapters of all six (13–16) |
| 17–23 Dec | Group I mocks: Adv Acc, Law, Tax, each followed by a fixing day |
| 24–30 Dec | Group II mocks: Cost, Audit, FM-SM (24–26); second pass of Group I: Law 27, Tax 28, Adv Acc 29–30 |
| 31 Dec–12 Jan | Adv Acc formats (31 Dec–1 Jan); exams; gap days as below |
What gets cut: with both groups, Group II's second pass happens mostly on gap days, and Low chapters get one quick pass, so the cut falls on the fewest marks.
How to use this CA Inter study planner
Revise in the morning, write in the afternoon, log errors at night. Mornings: the day's chapters, then one question per chapter without looking. From 2 PM, when every Inter paper starts: a full mock or timed RTP, MTP or past-paper questions. Evenings: check what you wrote and log every lost mark. Attending ICAI's LVRC for CA Inter January 2027? Its classes run 7 to 9:30 AM or 6 to 8:30 PM from 12 October, so plan each day's blocks around your class slot; how LVC and LVRC work is in ICAI LVC and LVRC explained.
Fit ICAI's papers in as they come. ICAI's Inter MTPs for January 2027 run Series I from 19 to 30 November and Series II from 3 to 14 December 2026, 10 AM to 1 PM (ICAI notice, PDF (opens in a new tab)): paper-wise dates are in our CA Inter MTP Jan 2027 schedule, and see how to use them in the last 6 weeks with RTPs and MTPs. Free ICAI material is on our CA Intermediate free resources page.
Don't forget the exam form: it opens on 3 November 2026, and the last date without a late fee is 16 November 2026 (ICAI announcement, PDF (opens in a new tab)).
If you fall behind, don't push every date back: drop a Low chapter of your strongest paper, use the buffer day, and keep the second pass of High chapters.
What to revise on the gap days between papers
On a gap day, revise only the next paper's High chapters, formats and error log; no new chapter, no mock.
| Gap day | Next paper | Revise |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 3 Jan | Law | Time limits and thresholds (deposits, charges, CSR), LLP, FEMA limits, GCA sections |
| Tue 5 Jan | Tax | Total income format, set-off rules, blocked credits, place of supply rules |
| Thu 7 Jan | Cost | Variance formulas, EOQ, equivalent units, CVP; cost sheet format |
| Sat 9 Jan | Audit | SA numbers with titles, CARO clauses, ethics, bank NPA provisioning |
| Mon 11 Jan | FM-SM | FM formula sheet; five forces, BCG, Ansoff, generic strategies |
Frequently asked questions
Is there a CA Inter study planner PDF or Excel?
This page is the planner. Print it, or copy your group's table into a notebook or spreadsheet.
What is the CA Inter Jan 2027 time table?
Group I on 2, 4 and 6 January 2027 and Group II on 8, 10 and 12 January 2027, 2 to 5 PM. ICAI hasn't yet published which paper is on which date; in September 2026 it went in paper-number order.
Can I revise both groups of CA Inter in 3 months?
Yes, if you have studied every paper once: the week-by-week plan covers all six papers' High chapters by mid-December. If much is new, give the High chapters your time first.
When should I start CA Inter mock tests for January 2027?
Once a paper's High chapters are revised: in this planner, the first mock from 10 December (Group I) or 6 December (Group II), the second in late December. Finished your first revision by mid-November? Start earlier, as in our three-mock plan.
Revise with this planner, then test it on paper
Our CA Inter mock tests for January 2027 are full-syllabus papers on ICAI's latest pattern: you write by hand, upload one PDF and get your copy back with ICAI-style step-wise marks. Pick CA Inter Group 1 or Group 2, and see all our CA test series and CA mock tests.