Chartered Accountancy- Different levels of Examination and Syllabus.

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The subject which I'm going to talk to you about is CA Different levels of examination and it's overview.

We all know Chartered Accountancy is a professional course that is certified by ICAI which gives permission to handle any accounting services to the company or businesses legally.

A chartered accountant is considered to be one of the valuable bodies of the Indian economy and considered to be a prestigious job. But there is a lot of hard work, dedication and patience required for becoming a successful Chartered Accountant.

There are different levels of examination that should be given as per guidelines of ICAI:

1. Foundation or Common Proficiency Test (CPT)
2. Intermediate or Integrated Professional Competence Course(IPCC)
3. Final course (FC)

1.Foundation or Common Proficiency Test (CPT):

1. Students who are willing to start their CA programme after their 12th examination are eligible for giving the Foundation or CPT exam.

1. Criteria: Students should pass their 12th examination with minimum 50% aggregate marks for commerce students and minimum 60% aggregate for the non-commerce students.

1. Registration: Students need to register with the Board of studies (BoS) after appearing class 12th examination till June 30.

1. Exam period: The exam is held during June and December every year.

1. Paper pattern: There are a total of 4 papers in CPT. Each paper carries 100 marks with a time duration of 3 hours each paper. 

1. Negative Marking scheme and 1/4th of the marks will be deducted only for paper 3 and 4.

1. Students must score a minimum of 40% in each paper and a minimum 50% aggregate in all papers.

1. Subjective papers are paper 1 and paper 2.

1. Objective papers are paper 3 and paper 4 ( these have negative marking)

CA Syllabus of Foundation or CPT:

Paper 1: Principal and Practice of accounting ( 100 marks)

Paper 2: Business Law and Business Correspondence( 100 marks)

Paper 3: Business Mathematics, Logical Reasoning and Statistics(100 marks)

Paper 4: Business Economics and Commercial knowledge(100marks) 

2. Integrated Professional Competence Course(IPCC)

1.   After clearing the CPT the next level of examination is IPCC. 

1. A graduate or a postgraduate gets a direct entry for this examination there is no need to give CPT. 

1. An IPCC examination is conducted twice a year once in May and another in November.

1. Criteria: Graduates getting more than 55% of marks can appear for IPCC.

1. Registration: A student can appear for IPCC after 8 months of having submitted the IPCC registration form.

1. Syllabus: IPCC is divided into 2 groups which in total consist of 7 papers.

Group 1:

Paper 1: Accounting ( 100 marks)

Paper 2: Business law, Ethics and communication (100 marks)

Paper 3: Cost Accounting and Financial Management

Paper 4: Taxation

Group 2:

Paper 5: Advanced Accounting

Paper 6: Auditing and Assurance

Paper 7: Information Technology and Strategic management.

 Passing for each subject should be minimum 40% score and aggregate 50% for each group.

Articleship:

1. After completing group 1 of IPCC the student is eligible to undergo an article ship for 3 years under a Chartered Accountant.
2. A student who has cleared both the groups can undergo articleship with practical training.
3. A student can appear for final CA examination after 2.5 years of articleship.

3.Final Course

1. CA final is divided into 2 groups. Each group consists of 4 papers.
2. Each paper contains 100 marks, from which you need to score a minimum of 40% of marks.
3.  A student can appear for final CA examination after 2.5 years of articleship.

Group 1:

Paper 1: Financial Reporting(100 marks)

Paper 2: Strategic Financial Management(100 marks)

Paper 3: Advanced ethics (100 marks)

Paper 4: Corporate and Economic Laws(100 marks)

Group 2:

Paper 5: Strategic Cost Management and Performance Evaluation,(100 marks)

Paper 6: 6A: Risk Management (100 marks)

              6B: Financial Services and Capital Market (100 marks)

               6C: International Taxation (100 marks)

               6D: Economics Laws (100 marks)

               6E: Global Financial Reporting Standards(100 marks)

               6F: Multidisciplinary Case Study (100 marks)

Paper 7:Direct Tax Law and International Taxation (100 marks)

Paper 8:Indirect Tax Laws (100 marks)

Chartered Accountancy is one of the best accounting programs in India. It requires a lot of patience and hard work to achieve success in this course. If you have passion and dedication to be a Chartered accountant, you must surely go for it. Candidates are advised to check the CA Exam date and related details to get a better understanding of the exam. Good Luck!