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What are the steps to be followed for becoming an charted accountant? Can someone please provide me the complete information on the same? It will be really helpful if you can answer me on the same as soon as possible. Thank you!

Chartered Accountancy course is one of the most preferred course for the commerce candidates. There are different stages of this course.

1. Common Proficiency test.

2. Integrated Professional Competence Course.

3. Final course.

You can get enrolled in this course after completion of 10+2 from a recognized university. You can apply for the CPT exam which is conducted twice every year by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in June and December respectively.

Once you clear this test, you get enrolled in this course after that you need to clear each stage for becoming Chartered Accountant. To clear the CPT a candidate must score at least 30% marks in each subject like accountancy, mercantile law, economics and aptitude and the overall aggregate must be 50%.

For any more details, you can visit www.icai.org.

Charted Accountant is considered as toughest profession all over the world.
To get success, student need to labor very-very hard.
Commerce stream after 10th and in higher secondary is very important for students to make their career in Charted Accountant.
With regular 10+2 course, student should prepare for the entrance examination known by CPT to get entry in CA.
CPT stands for Common Proficiency Test ,conducted after higher secondary certificate examination every year.
The students qualified in CPT gets admission in IPCC.
Then after students have appear and pass in Group I of IPCE after completion of 9 months study course which include 35 hours of orientation program and 100 hours of ITI.
After qualifying in Group I examination, students become eligible to join 3 year of practical training after they have to appear and qualify in Group II of IPCE .
The students qualified in Group II of IPCE will be eligible to join CA final course where they have to go through 15 days course of General Management and Communication skill and 2 year of article training.
While in the final 6 months of article training, students need to appear and qualify in CA final examination to get membership of ICAI which means Institute of Charted Accountant of India .

There are three stages in CA (Chartered Accountant).
CPT
IPCC
CA Final Examination

There are two stages in IPCC (Group-I & Group-II)

Eligibility Criteria for CA :- Any Arts,Commerce or science stream students can apply for Chartered Accountancy.The minimum 50% marks required in graduation for apply CA.

First of all you will have to appear CPT exam.After clearing CPT you can enter in IPCC exam.If you have appeared both groups of IPCC then you can apply for final examination for CA.

The duration period for CA is 3 & half years of articled training.

Fee Structure:-Total fee of CA is around Rs 40,000.

charted accountant seat is the seat where a person does all the duties of an accountant either as an organization or as an independent .

functions of charted accountant:-

1)prepare financial reports.

2)analyse the reports.

3)make the financial decision.

4)prepartion of budgets

5)dealing with investment project.

for all this one should have logical,thinking power ,good at calculations,make decision on investment.

With globalization, the role of a Charted Accountant has become more and more important. Hence, they are the most demanded professionals in any industry. At this point, when there are an increasing number of companies and organizations coming up everyday.

so each company required CA,who work efficiently

Firstly you will have to clear CPT exam .Common Proficiency Test which is conducts by ICAI .It is the first step to enter in CA.

CA stands for chartered accountant.It is a three & half year course with articled training.

The second stage of CA is IPCC exam.It includes two groups.After clearing both groups of IPCC you can enter in final stage of CA.

Qualification Required for CA:- You must be graduate in any stream with minimum 50% marks from any recognized university.

Here you will get great learning about "How to Become Chartered Accountant".

Contracted Accountant (CA) Course Details :-

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi conducts Chartered Accountancy Course and Profession in India.

C.A. course includes 4 Important Levels:-

* Common Proficiency Test(CPT).

* Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC)/(IPCE).

* Three years Articleship/Training under a Practicing C.A

* C.A. Last

Eligibility criteria required for CA:-

* Register with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for Common Proficiency Test (CPT) subsequent to passing class tenth examination.

* Show up for CPT examination subsequent to showing up in 10+2 examination and after culmination of time of no less than 60 days from the date of enlistment for CPT with the Board of Studies as on the first day of the month in which examination is to be held, viz., understudies enrolled at the latest first April/first October will be qualified to show up in June/December examination, as the case may be.

* Candidates should have 30% minimum marks to clear the CPT examination.