Start again with the updated and latest material and never ever skip the amendments especially in Law and Taxation. ICAI is expecting you to remain updated with the finance and laws.
Accounting Standards and Standards of Accounting cover a warm weightage in your paper and also dam easy to prepare so completely AS and SA as soon as possible. IND AS, carve-out, carve and IFRS are also part of Accounting Standards so prepare them thoroughly.
There is always a question from case studies in papers like Direct Taxes and Indirect Taxes. However, it is typical to remember the names of thousands of case studies but you can go through the decision and related provisions with that.
Never ever skip Practice Manual. It is the most important part of your syllabus especially when we talk about presentation.
A big mistake done by most of the candidates is skipping Allied Laws. In terms of syllabus, Allied Law covers a big portion but when we talk about the weightage of marks then Company Law covers a major part as well as it is easy and interesting compared to Allied Law.
Some of the subjects like ISCA needed to learn along with understanding. Many of the students are scared of this subject. This may be because of the time it takes to learn this subject and the difficulty recalling the points in the exam even after studying a lot.
The students with the old syllabus are also going to face International Taxation in Direct Taxes (30 Marks) and Goods and Service Tax in Indirect Taxes in Nov 2019. This is new for the old students so try to complete that part first which gives you a big relief.
At the IPCC level examiner is not accepting from you to write each and every section number but when we talk about Finals then Section number is considered important.