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I am studying in 11th and I want to do CA therefore, would like to know the procedure to get admission in CA? How and when to apply?

CA refers to Chartered Accountancy and same is a professional degree course with a very good career scope.

The whole CA course is divided into three stages which includes CPT( Common Proficiency Test ) also known as foundation course, IPCC ( Integrated Professional Competence Course ) and the final stage course.

Further the minimum educational qualification required for appearing in CPT (which is held twice every year) i.e; to start CA course is a higher secondary school degree in any discipline from a recognized board.

One can even go for CA course by going directly for IPCC by exempting CPT but for that one has to qualify its graduation degree course with at least 60% marks ( or 55% in case of commerce stream graduate ) from a recognized university.

For more details regarding CA admission process and for filling an application for same you can refer to the link www.icai.org .

Procedure to take admission in CA:-

There are three levels in CA course:-

Common Proficiency Test

IPCC

Final Examination

Eligibility criteria:-

The candidate needs to complete 12th class from a recognised board in India.

You can apply online for the course and get into the course soon.

There are three stages in CA course:

CPT: You can register to the stage after clearing class 10th and you can get an application form from any branch office of ICAI, which is mostly there in every city of India.

After clearing CPT, one has to register for IPCC stage and application forms are available on the website of ICAI.

After clearing IPCC, one has get through articleship with any CA.

To join CA course you have to apply for the CPT examination. One who has passed class 12th in any stream can join the CA course after qualifying in the CPT examination.
You can apply for CPT through online mode through this website :

http://www.icai.org

To take admission in CA after completion of your 12th standard, you have to apply for Common Proficiency Test (CPT) examination which is conducted by ICAI. The CPT examination is an entrance test for offering admission in CA course. The CPT examination is conducted twice a year in the month of June and December. Candidates who have passed 12th standard or an equivalent examination from a Government recognised board are eligible to pursue CA course.

CA stand for Chartered Accountancy.

The entrance exam for CA course is conducted by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

The first stage of CA course is Common Proficiency Test.

For this exam, eligibility criteria is that candidate must have completed 10+2 from a recognized board.

CPT consists of two hundred objective questions from subjects like Fundamentals of Accounting, Economics, Mercantile law and aptitude.

To clear this exam, you must have score 30% marks in each subject and aggregate of 50% marks.

The procedure to get enrolled in Chartered Accountancy course is very simple.

You need to clear Common Proficiency Test which is the first stage of CA course. CA CPT is an objective examination consisting of questions from accountancy, mercantile law, economics and aptitude.

CA CPT is conducted twice in June and December. The notification for June examination is yet to be published. For latest updates, visit official websites of Click here .

The acronym CA stands for Chartered Accountancy course.

The different stages of CA course:

Common Proficiency Test.

Integrated Professional Competence course.

Final course.

Academic qualification: Minimum qualification required to apply for first stage of CA course is 10+2.

Graduates and post graduates can directly apply for IPCC stage of CA course if they have 55% marks in bachelor's degree.

ICAI conducts CPT examination two times in June and December. You need to wait for notification of CPT exam of June 2018.

Process for CA admission

CPT Exam - Common Proficiency Test
IPCC - 9 months
Articleship with CA
CA Final

CPT Exam can be applied after 10+2.

If you complete Graduation, directly you are eligible for IPCC.

You need to wait for 9 months after registering for IPCC.

After that 3 years articleship should be done with CA. During last 6 months of which you can write CA Final exams.