ICAI Exam

The CA admit card will be available for download on the official websites of ICAI only. Candidates need to visit icaiexam.icai.org OR  https://eservices.icai.org to download their CA admit cards before the exam day. No other website is authorised by the ICAI to host the admit cards, so candidates must not log in to any link which is not hosted at the official website of ICAI. Admit cards for CA Foundation, Intermediate and Final will be hosted on the same website. The CA Intermediate and CA Final admit cards are released on the same date whereas the CA Foundation admit card is released on a separate date. For downloading the CA admit card, candidates will have to use their login credentials created at the time of exam form submission.

The ICAI CA admit card of every candidate will contain personal information and test centre details which include candidate’s name, candidate’s address, candidate’s roll number, exam group, test city, medium of examination, candidate’s registration number, candidate’s mobile phone number, test centre address, candidate’s photo and signature. Every candidate should check the information printed on the CA admit card for errors and misprint and in case of any, they must get it rectified by the testing agency before the commencement of the exam.Incase, the photograph and signature of the candidate are not there on the ICAI CA admit card, they need to get their photograph & signature attested by a member of the Institute on his letterhead, indicating inter alia the name, registration number, exam, month and year of exam, roll number, medium, group, centre and postal address and carry the same to the examination centre, in duplicate, as proof of his/her identity.

The minimum eligibility criteria for pursuing CA course is class 12 pass or equivalent from a recognised institute or university. Candidates who have completed graduation can directly take admission at CA Intermediate level. Check below:CA Foundation Eligibility CriteriaCandidates who have passed Class 12 or equivalent examination from a recognised board are eligible. Candidates who have:Registered with Board of Studies on or before 30 June of the examination yearChanged to CA Foundation Course with Board of Studies of ICAI on or before September 7 of the examination year.CA Intermediate Eligibility Criteria Candidates who have passed CA Foundation examination or equivalent examination are eligibleCandidates who have registered for previous CA Intermediate exam as per syllabus under paragraph 2 or 2A of Schedule B or Professional Education (Course-II), Professional Competence Course and converted into Intermediate (IPC) Course/ Accounting Technician Course (ATC) are eligibleCandidates who have completed graduation or post-graduation in any stream from a recognised institute of India are also eligibleCA Final Eligibility CriteriaCandidates who have passed the CA Intermediate examination or Professional Education Examination – II/PCC/IPCC, are eligible to apply for the CA Final examThey must also have completed 3 years or 3½ years or must be due to complete, as the case may be, of article training as on the date of filling the formFor PE-II stream student and PE-II stream students converted to IPCC – Also, they must be serving the last twelve months of articled training including excess leave, if any, and due to complete 3 years on or before October 31 of the examination year.For PCC stream students - The candidate must be serving the last six months of articled training including excess leave if any, and due to complete 3½ years on or before 30th April of the examination yearFor Intermediate IPCC students – The candidate must be serving the last six months of training including excess leave if any, and due to complete 3 years on or before April 30 of the examination year.For students converted from PE-II to PCC as well as for students converted from PE-II to PCC and then to IPCC - The candidate must be serving the last twelve months of training including excess leave if any, and due to complete 3½ years articles on or before October 31 of the examination year.Candidates who have taken termination are advised to re-register for the balance period of training

The difficulty level of CA Final exams is the highest among all the as the course is vast and extensive. The CA Final exam includes papers such as Corporate & Economic Laws Part I: Corporate Law, Economic Laws, Strategic Cost Management and Performance Evaluation, Direct Tax Laws & International Taxation, Goods and Services Tax, Direct Tax Laws & International Taxation, etc. which are tough to crack. The pass percentage of CA Final exams is low as low as 25 per cent in a particular session and students need multiple attempts to clear this level. Even after completing the CA Foundation and CA Intermediate levels, candidates find it tough to clear the CA Final level.

The Integrated Professional Competence Course or IPCC examination is an improvised version of the PCC examination for Chartered Accountants in India. A student can register for IPCC after completing the CA CPT (Foundation) exam, without article registration.After clearing the Group-I papers of the IPCC, the aspirant can register for the articles. Under the new scheme of IPCC, the student is eligible to appear for the final year examination during their last six months of their article ship.All the candidates who had registered for the PCC examination on or before January 2009 were eligible to appear in the new version of the IPCC examination. They have to complete the nine months of the study course and a hundred hours of orientation course and Information Technology Training before taking up the final Group-II examination of CA Intermediate course.  

PCC or IPC is the first stage of the Chartered Accountancy course curriculum wherein only working knowledge of core and allied subjects is covered.The objective of the PCC course is to lay a strong foundation for Chartered Accountants in the preparation and presentation of financial statements. In PCC, candidates also learn the computerized accounting system. The course curriculum includes the following subjects:Advanced Accounting (100 Marks)Auditing and Assurance (100 Marks)Law, Ethics, and Communication (100 Marks) Cost Accounting and Financial Management (100 Marks)Taxation (100 Marks)Information Technology and Strategic Management (100 Marks)

ICAI CA syllabus 2023 for Foundation, Intermediate and Final is prescribed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The ICAI CA syllabus also consists of the marking scheme and the weightage and can be downloaded from the official website. ICAI CA Syllabus 2023 is released by ICAI. ICAI CA syllabus is prescribed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The CA syllabus includes topics related to taxation, auditing and busines law. The CA course comprises three levels - CA Foundation, CA Intermediate and CA Final. Candidates who wish to pursue the ICAI CA course have to clear the examinations of all the three levels to get the professional certification.  

The time duration of CA exams varies for each paper. Some CA exam papers are of two hours duration whereas some are of three hours duration. The ICAI CA exams are conducted from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The exam timings of every paper will be mentioned in the date sheet and the CA admit card of each candidate. Given below is the table indicating CA Foundation, Intermediate and Final exam timings:CA ExamPaper (s)Exam TimingsCA FoundationPaper 1 & 22:00 PM to 5:00 PMCA FoundationPaper 3 & 42:00 PM to 4:00 PMCA Intermediate (IPC) (Old Scheme)All papers2:00 PM to 5:00 PMCA Intermediate (New Scheme)All Papers2:00 PM to 5:00 PMCA Final (Old Scheme)All Papers2:00 PM to 5:00 PMCA Final (New Scheme)Paper 1 to 5 & Paper 7 & 82:00 PM to 5:00 PMPaper 6 (Elective)2:00 PM to 6:00 PMIRM and (INTT– AT)All2:00 PM to 5:00 PM