CS Executive Syllabus: Core Law, Tax and Finance
ConferenzaCS Executive is the middle stage of the Company Secretary course with ICSI - where you move from the basics into real company law, taxation and corporate finance. The papers are grouped into modules you clear as sets. This page maps the subject areas in plain terms. Note that the scheme has been revised and entry is through the CSEET, so confirm the current module split, paper list and scheme on the official ICSI website.
1The subjects at a glance
The broad areas the Executive stage tests, grouped by theme.
Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws
The legal foundation of the stage: how laws are made and interpreted, and the general laws every company secretary is expected to know.
Company Law
The heart of the CS course: forming a company, its management, meetings and the administration a company secretary runs day to day.
★ Core of the CS roleSetting Up of Business, Industrial & Labour Laws
Starting and running a business, plus the industrial and labour laws that govern the workplace and the people in it.
Corporate Accounting & Financial Management
Company accounts and managing money: preparing and reading corporate financial statements and the fundamentals of financial management.
Tax Laws
Direct taxes (income-tax) and indirect taxes (GST) as they apply to individuals and businesses - a living, frequently amended area.
Capital Market & Securities Laws
How the securities markets work and the SEBI-led framework that regulates listing, trading and investor protection.
Economic, Commercial & Intellectual Property Laws
The commercial and economic laws businesses operate under, plus intellectual property - patents, trademarks and copyrights.
2What to focus on - and what to avoid
The stage rewards depth in the law core and discipline on tax.
Make Company Law your spine
It runs through the whole CS role. Master it and much of the stage falls into place.
Keep tax current
Direct and indirect tax change often. Study the applicable, up-to-date position, not last year's notes.
Cramming law without the wording
The examiner rewards precise sections and terms. Learn to state the law, not paraphrase it loosely.
Assuming the old module structure
ICSI has revised the scheme. Confirm the current papers and module grouping on icsi.edu before you plan a group.
3How to prepare
A module-by-module rhythm that keeps the law core in front.
- 1
Confirm the scheme
- Check the current module split and papers on ICSI.
- Checkpoint: you know which papers sit in which module.
- 2
Build the law core
- Start with company law and general laws - the connective tissue.
- Checkpoint: you can explain how a company is formed and governed.
- 3
Layer tax and finance
- Add the tax and corporate accounting papers, keeping tax current.
- Checkpoint: you can work a basic computation and read a financial statement.
- 4
Practise and revise
- Work past papers module by module and sit mocks.
- Checkpoint: you can attempt a full module to time.
Tap to reveal - a quick self-check on the stage.
Which paper is the spine of the CS Executive stage?Reveal
Company Law - forming, governing and administering companies. It connects to most of the other papers.
Why must you study tax from an up-to-date source?Reveal
Direct and indirect tax are amended frequently; the exam tests the applicable position, so old material quietly loses marks.
How are the papers organised, and where do you confirm the split?Reveal
They are grouped into modules you clear as sets. The scheme has been revised, so confirm the current module and paper list on icsi.edu.
Written by the Conferenza Study Desk to help students - a friendly overview, not the official document. The CS Executive scheme, module grouping, papers, marks and exemption rules are set and revised by ICSI; always confirm the current syllabus and scheme on the official ICSI website (icsi.edu).
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