COVID-19 Impact: ICAI May 2020 Examinations Rescheduled! Check here

ICAI has postponed CA May 2020 examinations due to COVID-19 and, now the examinations will be held from June 19 onwards. Check here the complete new schedule for CA courses. 

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has postponed the CA course examinations to be held in May 2020 for all courses. The decision has come after the entire nation is under lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic. The institute has shared new dates for CA examinations 2020, which is scheduled to be held from June 19 to July 4, 2020. 

The official notification read:

It is hereby notified for general information that in view of the ongoing spurt of the COVID-19 pandemic and, in the interest of the wellbeing of students, the Chartered Accountant Examinations initially scheduled from 2nd May 2020 to 18^th May 2020 stand rescheduled and the said examinations shall now be held from 19th June 2020 to 4^th July 2020 as per details given below.

CA May 2020 New Exam Dates

The examinations for CA Foundation, Intermediate IPC/ Intermediate New, Final (Old and New) courses will be as under:

CA Courses	ICAI May 2020 New Schedule
CA Foundation course	27-Jun-2020
	29-Jun-2020
	01-Jul-2020
	03-Jul-2020
CA Intermediate IPC (Old Syllabus) Group I	20-Jun-2020
	22-Jun-2020
	24-Jun-2020
	26-Jun-2020
CA Intermediate IPC (Old Syllabus) Group II	28-Jun-2020
	30-Jun-2020
	02-Jul-2020
CA Intermediate IPC (New Syllabus) Group I	20-Jun-2020
	22-Jun-2020
	24-Jun-2020
	26-Jun-2020
CA Intermediate IPC (New Syllabus) Group II	28-Jun-2020
	30-Jun-2020
	02-Jul-2020
	04-Jul-2020
CA Final course (Old and New Syllabus) Group I	19-Jun-2020
	21-Jun-2020
	23-Jun-2020
	25-Jun-2020
CA Final course (Old and New Syllabus) Group II	27-Jun-2020
	29-Jun-2020
	01-Jul-2020
	03-Jul-2020

Moreover, ICAI has clarified that there will be no change in the examination schedule, and the timings of CA examinations will be as under:

Papers	Exam Schedule
Foundation paper 1 and 2	2 pm to 5 pm (3 hours)
Foundation paper 3 and 4	2 pm to 4 pm (2 hours)
Intermediate (IPC) All papers	2 pm to 5 pm (3 hours)
Intermediate New Scheme –All papers	2 pm to 5 pm (3 hours)
Final (Old Scheme) All papers	2 pm to 5 pm (3 hours)
Final (New) paper 1 to 5, 7 and 8	2 pm to 5 pm (3 hours)
Final (New) paper 6	2 pm to 6 pm (4 hours)