Register with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) after passing the 10th class exams and take the exam after completing High School (Grade 12).For CPT there are four subjects which you have to test for : Accounts, Law, Economics and Quantitative Analysis. A 200 marks exam in which you have to score a 100 to be eligible to proceed means you have to achieve 50%.
In order to register for the Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC), the candidate should pass both CPT and 12th class. Registration for the IPCC should be done nine months prior to the first day of the month in which examination is held. IPCC is a 700 marks subjective exam which has 7 subjects and to clear that you have to score 40 marks in each and get an overall aggregate of 50% or above. IPCC has 2 groups of subjects, group 1 having four papers Accounts, Law, Taxation and Costing&FM and group 2 has three papers which are Audit, IT&SM and Advanced Accountancy. If you get more than 60 in any subject, you get an exemption which means that if you fail, you don't have to repeat that paper in the next attempt.
After slogging and clearing the IPCC exam came the Articleship. Articleship is a 3-year long internship which you have to complete along with the Final CA exam. In this, you have to work under a qualified CA for 3 years
The candidate can appear for the CA final examination during the last 6 months of 3 years of articled training.Enrol as a member of ICAI and designate as "Chartered Accountant".
