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CSS Accountancy and Auditing Paper I Past Papers
11 CSS Accountancy and Auditing Paper I papers from 2016 to 2026, as text, each with its instructions, questions and marks as FPSC printed them.
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About the paper
CSS Accountancy and Auditing Paper I is an optional paper in Group I of the CSS written exam, worth 100 marks. The 2026 paper allowed 3 hours. The 11 papers here, 2016 to 2026, set 77 questions between them.
Topics in the syllabus
- Fundamental Accounting Principles, Concepts, Assumptions and Conventions
- Accounting Cycle/Process and Financial Statements
- Attributes, and Significance of Accounting Information
- Accounting for common Legal Forms of a Business
- Accounting for Associations Not-for-profit, and for Public Sector
- Accounting for Non-current Tangible Assets
- Fundamental and Technical Analysis of various Forms of Organizations
- Fundamental Cost Accounting Principles and Concepts
- Accounting for Material, Labour and Factory Overheads (FOH)
- Costing for Specific Jobs, and Process Costing
- Management Accounting for Planning, Decision-making and Control