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PIPFA Syllabus
Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants qualification spanning accounting, costing, taxation, law, audit and financial reporting across its four-level Corporate Sector scheme. The full PIPFA syllabus: 9 subjects, 66 chapters and 174 topics, with 534 flashcards written against it.
PIPFA subjects
PIPFA has 9 subjects. Each one is listed below with its chapters in syllabus order; open a subject for every topic and sub-topic inside them.
Quantitative Methods
- Basic Mathematics · 4 topics
- Financial Mathematics · 3 topics
- Descriptive Statistics · 3 topics
- Probability and Distributions · 3 topics
- Index Numbers and Time Series · 3 topics
- Correlation and Regression · 2 topics
Basic Accounting
- Introduction to Accounting · 3 topics
- Double Entry Book Keeping · 3 topics
- Books of Prime Entry · 2 topics
- Bank Reconciliation · 2 topics
- Trial Balance and Errors · 3 topics
- Adjustments and Closing Entries · 3 topics
- Final Accounts · 2 topics
- Non-Trading Concerns · 2 topics
Business Economics
- Introduction to Economics · 3 topics
- Demand and Supply · 3 topics
- Production and Cost · 3 topics
- Market Structures · 3 topics
- National Income · 3 topics
- Money, Banking and Inflation · 3 topics
- International Trade and Public Finance · 3 topics
Cost Accounting
- Introduction to Cost Accounting · 2 topics
- Material Costing · 3 topics
- Labour Costing · 3 topics
- Factory Overheads · 3 topics
- Job and Batch Costing · 2 topics
- Process Costing · 3 topics
- Marginal and Absorption Costing · 3 topics
Financial Accounting
- Conceptual Framework · 3 topics
- Partnership Accounts · 3 topics
- Company Accounts · 2 topics
- Preparation of Financial Statements · 3 topics
- Statement of Cash Flows · 2 topics
- Property, Plant and Equipment · 3 topics
- Inventories and Receivables · 2 topics
- Incomplete Records · 2 topics
Business Laws and Taxation
- Law of Contract · 3 topics
- Sale of Goods Act · 3 topics
- Negotiable Instruments · 2 topics
- Partnership and Companies Law · 2 topics
- Introduction to Taxation · 3 topics
- Income Tax · 3 topics
- Sales Tax and Federal Excise · 3 topics
Financial Reporting
- Regulatory and Conceptual Framework · 2 topics
- Consolidated Financial Statements · 3 topics
- Revenue Recognition · 2 topics
- Leases · 2 topics
- Provisions and Events after Reporting Date · 2 topics
- Income Taxes and Deferred Tax · 2 topics
- Intangibles and Impairment · 2 topics
- Analysis and Interpretation · 2 topics
Management Accounting
- Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis · 2 topics
- Relevant Costing and Decision Making · 3 topics
- Budgeting and Budgetary Control · 3 topics
- Standard Costing and Variance Analysis · 3 topics
- Pricing and Transfer Pricing · 3 topics
- Capital Budgeting · 3 topics
- Working Capital Management · 2 topics
- Performance Measurement · 2 topics
Audit, Assurance and Ethics
- Introduction to Auditing · 3 topics
- Regulatory Framework and Standards · 3 topics
- Audit Planning and Risk · 2 topics
- Internal Control · 2 topics
- Audit Evidence and Procedures · 3 topics
- Audit Completion and Reporting · 3 topics
- Professional Ethics · 3 topics
PIPFA flashcards
534 question-and-answer cards across 9 subject decks, each shown in full on its subject page.
PIPFA syllabus FAQ
What subjects are in the PIPFA syllabus?
PIPFA covers 9 subjects: Quantitative Methods, Basic Accounting, Business Economics, Cost Accounting, Financial Accounting, Business Laws and Taxation, Financial Reporting, Management Accounting and Audit, Assurance and Ethics.
How many chapters and topics are in the PIPFA syllabus?
66 chapters and 174 topics, across 9 subjects. Business Economics is the largest subject, with 21 topics in 7 chapters.
Are there PIPFA flashcards?
Yes — 534 question-and-answer flashcards in 9 subject decks. Each deck is printed in full on its subject page here, and the same cards are in the Examius app with spaced repetition. The free plan covers one exam of your choice, including its flashcards; Examius Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks every other exam and deck.
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