Direct tax is the most extensive subject of CA Final in terms of volume andsometimes it seems to be intimidating as well. You may follow the followingtips to score exemption in DT You should ensure that you have given atleast 5 consistent reading of the entire course VG summary book if you are studying from VG modules Consistent reading will enable you to remember almost all the major sections of the Income Tax Act which you can comfortably quote in the paper. You have to mandatorily do the recent case law book released by ICAI applicable for your attempt which can be bought or downloaded from ICAIu2019s website since you get a full 16 marks question based on case law and sometimes you may even get more questions based on case law. You have to mandatorily do the PM applicable for your attempt atleast 3 times because if youre lucky you may find few questions directly from the PM in your paper May 2022 few questions directly from PM and they didnt even care to change the figures given in the PM Try to follow the same presentation for practical case law based as well as other questions as given in the PM. You have to do the recent RTP as well as previous RTP. You should ensure effective use of reading time. Question 2 is a full 16 marks question requiring computation of total income and tax liability thereon. You should try to attempt this question with full working notes even if you dont know the treatment of all the adjustments given since step marking will be done and its easier to score here. You should try to solve this question on the question paper itself during reading time using a pencil so that its easy for you when you are attempting this question and make sure you dont take even a minute more than half an hour to attempt this question otherwise it will destroy your entire paper. You have to revise from the VG summary book. Dont even think of revising it from the modules once you are done with the entire course. Summary book is concise and you can solely rely on that book. Dont waste time on making any notes for DT it would not serve any purpose. During the 1.5 days that you get to revise flip through the pages of Capital gains PGBP Assessment of various entities clubbing dividends. Try doing these topics on the day you return home after ISCA exam. The next day can be left for doing assessment TDS and foreign taxation and other chapters not taking more than half of the day. Rest half of the day you have to flip through the entire practice manual and go over those questions which you had earlier marked as important. Now you have to go through the entire case law from the recent case law book. Now go through all the amendments separately to ensure that enough importance is given to them since sometimes direct questions are asked from amendments. Now you are done with everything possible to appear for the exam so take proper sleep. On the exam day try to stay calm composed and focused and dont panick because if you become nervous then you will have to suffer in the paper. Stay away from the last moment discussion at the exam centre just before entering the exam hall leading to undue confusion. Try quoting small hints like section no provisions or anything that enables you to easily attempt the question on the question paper during the reading time itself. So the reading time has major role to play in DT to enable you to comfortably crack this paper and score exemption. As soon as you get the paper take a deep breath and then start looking over the questions without loosing your calm. Maintain proper speed and dont give more than the required time to any question as you will be loosing time on other questions reducing your chances of attempting the entire paper.All the best