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Can you please tell me how many years that a CA course would take after bcom please and what is the criteria of ca course after completion of bcom?

The duration for CA course through CPT route after passing 12th is 5 years and 4 years for direct entry to IPCC course after B.Com. It takes 3 years to complete articleship training under CA programme. It includes period of 9 months of training before appearing for IPCC in the total duration of 3 years of articleship training.

It is important to complete Information Technology Training (ITT) and Orientation Program conducted by ICAI before starting Articleship.

Institute of Cost Accountants of India offers C.A. course.

C.A. stands for Chartered Accountant.

There are three stages in Chartered Accountancy course;

*Foundation course

*Intermediate course or IPCC, and

*Final Course.

To register for CPT,the candidate must have passed 12th class from any recognized board.

The candidate who have passed CPT can get admission for IPCC course.And, a Graduate student (B.com, B.Sc., BBA,etc) is eligible to join the IPCC course directly without appearing for CA-CPT Exam.

The eligibility criteria for the graduates to write IPCC directly is 55% for a Commerce Graduate and 60% for a Non-Commerce Graduate.

To register for final level, the candidate must have passed IPCC level and should have completed Articleship .

There is two process by which you can go for the CA course. Either you can go on the basis of 12th Marks or on the basis of B.Com Marks. But if you are going on the basis of 12th then you will have to clear any one of the mentioned exams for admission.

1- Common Proficiency Test (CPT) : CPT is the first stage to go for CA course and its just a written test conducted to short-list candidates for next round. This exams will be of 200 marks and Minimum 100 marks is needed to clear this entrance exams.

2- Integrated Professional Competancy Test (IPPC) : This is another way to get admission in CA course. This changes was mad few years back. With the help of this exams a candidates can skip the CPT exam and seek direct admission in CA course through marks in IPPC exams.

Or if you are going on the basis of graduation degree then you will have to clear the second exam which is known as IPPC and the minimum eligibility the minimum percentage required for the IPPC to have 55% & if Candidates is from Non B.com Background then he/she should have 60% marks in his graduate course.

Actually it take 3 1/2 years to complete CA. After completion of graduation you have to satisfy with some eligibility criteria and the details related these are given below.

>> You should have completed graduation (commerce) with minimum 55% of marks from the recognized university.

>> Other graduates/ post graduates you have to complete with minimum 60% of marks from the recognized university.

>> But beore that you have to register with IPCC.

IPCC --- Integrated professional Competence course

>> There by you will have Information Technology Training (ITT).

>>Practical Training for 3 years

>> General Management and Communication skills

>> After completion all short term training you will have final examination.

Chartered Accountancy is the full form of CA.

CA course has three stages:

CPT

IPCC

Final

Students who have qualify CPT, Graduate/Post graduates in commerce with 55% marks

Other graduates or post graduates with 60% can apply

Candidate has to register 9 month s before the exam. After that student has to complete 100 hours of Information Technology Training.

After completion of B.Com , You will require more 3 years to complete CA course. CA course has three stages namely (1) Foundation Course (2) Intermediate Course (3) Final Course. As you are a commerce graduate candidate , You can apply for intermediate course directly.

How to Become a CA Aftet B.Com
- Register for IPCC course.
- After completion of IPCC course , Register for practical training as a "Articled Clerk".
- After that , Register for CA final course.

IPCC Course Syllabus
Accounting , Cost Accounting , Company Laws , Advance Accounting , Direct & Indirect Tax Laws , Auditing & Assurance , Business Economics , IT & Strategic Management , Financial Management

Career Prospects
You have a great career opportunities in the private as well as government sectors. You can work as a Financial Manager , Financial Controller & Financial Advisor etc.

Employment Areas
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Cost Accounting
- Taxation
- Investigation
- Consultancies

CA stands for Chartered Accountancy course. Graduates and post graduates can directly apply for Integrated Professional Competence Course. But for direct IPCC, candidate must have minimum of 55% of marks in graduation.

*If you have 55% or more marks in Bachelor of commerce then you can directly apply for IPCC stage otherwise you will have to apply for Common Proficiency test and clear this exam.

*Duration of CA course after Bachelor of commerce is 3 and half years.

It takes 2 years to become CA after completing the bcom you have to finish CPT(COMPETENCY PROFESSIONAL TEST) and PCC(PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY COURSE) and CPT is the main exam