How i apply for CA and CMA examination.

Hello Shubham,

After class 12th, in order to pursue a CA course you have to undergo the following four stages:

CA - CPT ( ENTRANCE EXAM FOR CA)

CA - IPCC (CA INTER)

CA - ARTICLESHIP (TRAINING PERIOD)

CA - FINAL

CPT exam will be conducted twice a year in the month of June & December.

As per the revised scheme of ICAI, any student who has registered himself before 1st July is eligible to give CPT. Now you can register for CA Foundation and give exam in 2019. And for November 2019 attempt - on or before 30th June 2019.

CA CPT June 2019 Notification will be released in the last week of January 2019 and the last date of registration is 1st week of April 2019.

The eligibility criteria for appearing in CA CPT 2019 is as follows -

1) Candidates must pass 12th level qualifying examination from a recognized board of education or equivalent examination.

2) Candidates who have completed undergraduate and postgraduate degree with the commerce stream with the score of at least 55% marks are eligible.

3) Candidates holding bachelor or masters degree in any other stream than commerce must obtain at least 60% marks in aggregate of all subjects.

4) Candidates holding UG/PG degree from Open University are also exempted from appearing in CA CPT, 2019.

After getting qualified in the CPT exam, you should register for CA-IPCC, this IPCC exam is held twice in a year in May & November. It consists of 2 groups. Candidates may give the exam of any one group or both, after 9 months of registration under IPC course.

After clearing exam of any group or both group, a candidate has to clear 3 years training under a CA.

Given below is the procedure to apply online -

Click the link below to go to ICAI official website for CPT Online Registration Form - http://online.icai.org/cptform.html

You should fill the required details.

For CPT online registration, you should pay the amount through ICICI bank only.

Print out your registration form and attach the documents which are required documents and send it to ICAI.

However, before Joining Article ship candidate and before sitting for Final examinations the advance version of such course also needs to attend.

Now, for CMA examination following are the steps to apply -

1) Join IMA http://www.imaonlinestore.com/personifyebusiness/Membership.aspx through this link.

2) Pay the CMA Entrance Fee through http://www.imaonlinestore.com/personifyebusiness/OnlineStore/ProductListing/tabid/56/category/ENTRANCE/Default.aspx.

3) Register for the exam through this link http://www.imaonlinestore.com/personifyebusiness/OnlineStore/ProductListing/tabid/56/category/EXAMS/Default.aspx

4) Receive confirmation of your registration, which provides your authorization number(s), testing window(s), and the Instructions for Candidates.

5) Schedule your exam appointment(s) with Prometric, the IMA testing partner at www.prometric.com.

Finally, show up for your scheduled exam appointment(s) with the required identification documents.

Good luck!

CA exams are conducted by Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI) and require one to clear 3 Examinations over the period of time that are CPT, IPCC and Final CA.

If you're done with your graduation, you can directly appear for the IPCC which consists of two groups. After clearing one of the groups, a student is required to register for articles with experienced CA’s for a period of two and a half years. After clearing both groups of IPCC and successfully completing your articles you can appear for Final CA.

To become a CMA, a student is required to clear two examinations.

Hope this helps!