90-Day CA Foundation Study Plan for May 2026 (Week-by-Week)
22 April 2026·12 min·By CA Saarthi
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# 90-Day CA Foundation Study Plan for May 2026
This assumes you're starting **today** and have ~6 hours a day on weekdays, 10 hours on weekends.
The split
Weeks 1–4 (Days 1–28) — Foundation Phase
| Week | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Paper 3 | Paper 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Framework + Process | Contract Act (essentials) | Ratio + Indices | Demand & Supply |
| 2 | Depreciation + BRS | Contract Act (remedies) | Logarithm + SI/CI | Elasticity + Consumer |
| 3 | Bills + Subsidiary Books | Sale of Goods Act | Annuities + PV/FV | Production & Cost |
| 4 | Partnership (basics + admission) | Partnership Act | Permutations + Combinations | Market Forms |
End each week with a 30-question MCQ on each paper.
Weeks 5–8 (Days 29–56) — Practice Phase
| Week | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Paper 3 | Paper 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Partnership (retirement/death) | Negotiable Instruments | AP + GP + Series | Business Cycles |
| 6 | Partnership (dissolution) | LLP Act + Companies Act | Central Tendency + Dispersion | Forms of Business |
| 7 | Company Accounts — Shares | Companies Act (class) | Correlation + Regression | BCK — Communication |
| 8 | Company Accounts — Debentures | Companies Act (meetings) | Index Numbers + Logical Reasoning | BCK — Ethics + Current Affairs |
Solve 50 MCQs per paper per week. Start maintaining a wrong-answers notebook.
Weeks 9–12 (Days 57–84) — Mock Test Phase
Days 85–90 — Final Revision
Ground rules
Follow this to the letter and you will enter the exam hall prepared. 80% of students never build a plan this specific — which is precisely why 80% of them don't clear.
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