Chartered Accountants Foundation, Intermediate (IPC), Intermediate, Final (Old & New Scheme) Examinations, and the Post Qualification Course Examinations i.e. International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL & WTO) and International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) is scheduled to be held from May 2nd – 18th, 2020.-(01-01-2020)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
[Set up by an Act of Parliament]
Post Box No.7112, ‘ICAI BHAWAN’, Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi – 110002
1st January, 2020
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 13-CA (EXAM)/M/2020: In pursuance of Regulation 22 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is pleased to announce that the next Chartered Accountants Foundation Course {Under New Scheme}, Intermediate (IPC) {Under Old Scheme}, Intermediate {Under New Scheme} and Final {Under Old & New Scheme} Examinations will be held on the dates given below at the following places provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each centre.
Similarly, Examinations in Post Qualification Course under Regulation 204, viz.: International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL & WTO) and International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) (which is open to the members of the Institute) will be held on the dates and places (centres in India only) which are given below provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each of the below mentioned places.
FOUNDATION COURSE EXAMINATION – Under NEW SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 25 F (3) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| 11th, 13th, 15th & 17th May 2020 |
INTERMEDIATE (IPC) COURSE EXAMINATION – Under OLD SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 E (3) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988]
| Group-I: 3rd , 5th, 8th & 10th May 2020 |
| Group-II: 12th, 14th & 16th May 2020 |
INTERMEDIATE COURSE EXAMINATION – Under NEW SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 G (4) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| Group-I: 3rd , 5th, 8th & 10th May 2020 |
| Group-II: 12th, 14th, 16th & 18th May 2020 |
FINAL COURSE EXAMINATION – Under OLD SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 31 (ii) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| Group -I: 2nd, 4th, 6th& 9thMay 2020 |
| Group -II: 11th, 13th, 15th& 17thMay 2020 |
FINAL COURSE EXAMINATION – Under NEW SCHEME
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 31 (iv) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
| Group -I: 2nd, 4th, 6th& 9thMay 2020 |
| Group -II: 11th, 13th, 15th& 17thMay 2020 |
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAWS AND WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
(ITL & WTO), Part I EXAMINATION
| Group A | 3rd & 5th May 2020 |
| Group B | 8th & 10th May 2020 |
INTERNATIONAL TAXATION – ASSESSMENT TEST (INTT – AT)
| 11th & 13th, May 2020 |
It may be emphasized that there would be no change in the examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination schedule being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government / Local Holiday.
Candidates may note that two of the papers viz. Paper(s) 3 & 4 of Foundation Examination are of 2 hours duration. Similarly, Elective Paper – 6 of Final Examination (under New Scheme) is of 4 hours. However, all other examinations are of 3 hours duration, and the examination wise timing(s) are given below:
| Examination | Paper(s) | Exam. Timings (IST) | Duration |
| Foundation | Paper 1 & 2 | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| Paper 3 & 4* | 2 PM to 4 PM | 2 Hours | |
| Intermediate (IPC) | All Papers | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| Intermediate (New Scheme) | All Papers | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| Final (Old Scheme) | All Papers | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| Final (New Scheme) | Paper 1 to 5 & Paper 7 & 8. |
2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
| Paper 6 (Elective) | 2 PM to 6 PM | 4 Hours | |
| Post Qualification Course Examinations i.e. (ITL & WTO), Part I and (INTT – AT) | ALL | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
*In Paper 3 and 4 of Foundation Examination and all papers of Post Qualification Course Examinations there will not be any advance reading time, whereas in all other papers / exams mentioned above, an advance reading time of 15 minutes will be given from 1.45 PM (IST) to 2 PM (IST).
Foundation Course Examination is to be held along with Final Group –II Examinations on 11th, 13th, 15th & 17th May, 2020 and the Post Qualification Course Examination i.e. INTT – AT is to be held along with Final Group – II Examination on 11th and 13th May, 2020 whereas ITL & WTO examination is to be held along with 4 papers, Group – I of Intermediate (IPC) / Intermediate Examinations.
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CENTRES IN INDIA:
The Chartered Accountants examinations in May 2020 will be held in the following cities:
| 1 | AGRA | 2 | AHMEDABAD | 3 | AHMEDNAGAR |
| 4 | AJMER | 5 | AKOLA | 6 | ALAPPUZHA |
| 7 | ALIGARH | 8 | ALLAHABAD (PRAYAGRAJ) | 9 | ALWAR |
| 10 | AMBALA | 11 | AMBIKAPUR* (CHHATTISGARH) | 12 | AMRAVATI |
| 13 | AMRITSAR | 14 | ANAND | 15 | ANANTAPUR |
| 16 | ASANSOL | 17 | AURANGABAD | 18 | BADLAPUR |
| 19 | BAHADURGARH | 20 | BALOTRA* | 21 | BANSWARA |
| 22 | BAREILLY | 23 | BATHINDA | 24 | BEAWAR |
| 25 | BEED | 26 | BELGAUM | 27 | BELLARY |
| 28 | BENGALURU | 29 | BERHAMPORE (ODISHA) | 30 | BHAGALPUR |
| 31 | BHARATPUR | 32 | BHARUCH | 33 | BHAVNAGAR |
| 34 | BHILWARA | 35 | BHIWANDI | 36 | BHIWANI |
| 37 | BHOPAL | 38 | BHUBANESWAR | 39 | BHUJ |
| 40 | BIKANER | 41 | BILASPUR | 42 | BULANDSHAHR |
| 43 | BURHANPUR | 44 | CHANDIGARH | 45 | CHANDRAPUR |
| 46 | CHENNAI | 47 | CHHINDWARA | 48 | CHITTORGARH |
| 49 | CHURU | 50 | COIMBATORE | 51 | CUTTACK |
| 52 | DARBHANGA | 53 | DAVANGERE | 54 | DEHRADUN |
| 55 | DELHI / NEW DELHI | 56 | DHANBAD | 57 | DHULE |
| 58 | DIBRUGARH | 59 | DURG | 60 | DURGAPUR |
| 61 | ELURU | 62 | ERNAKULAM | 63 | ERODE |
| 64 | FARIDABAD | 65 | FATEHABAD | 66 | FIROZABAD |
| 67 | GANDHIDHAM | 68 | GANDHINAGAR | 69 | GHAZIABAD |
| 70 | GONDIA | 71 | GORAKHPUR | 72 | GUNTUR |
| 73 | GURGAON | 74 | GUWAHATI | 75 | GWALIOR |
| 76 | HALDWANI | 77 | HARIDWAR | 78 | HISAR |
| 79 | HUBLI | 80 | HYDERABAD | 81 | ICHALKARANJI |
| 82 | INDORE | 83 | JABALPUR | 84 | JAIPUR |
| 85 | JALANDHAR | 86 | JALGAON | 87 | JALNA |
| 88 | JAMMU | 89 | JAMNAGAR | 90 | JAMSHEDPUR |
| 91 | JHANSI | 92 | JHARSUGUDA | 93 | JHUNJHUNU |
| 94 | JIND | 95 | JODHPUR | 96 | JUNAGADH |
| 97 | KADAPA | 98 | KAITHAL | 99 | KAKINADA |
| 100 | KALABURGI* (GULBARGA) |
101 | KANCHEEPURAM | 102 | KANNUR |
| 103 | KANPUR | 104 | KARIMNAGAR | 105 | KARNAL |
| 106 | KISHANGARH | 107 | KOLHAPUR | 108 | KOLKATA |
| 109 | KOLLAM | 110 | KOTA | 111 | KOTTAYAM |
| 112 | KOZHIKODE | 113 | KUMBAKONAM | 114 | KURNOOL |
| 115 | KURUKSHETRA | 116 | LATUR | 117 | LUCKNOW |
| 118 | LUDHIANA | 119 | MADURAI | 120 | MALAPPURAM |
| 121 | MANDSAUR | 122 | MANGALORE | 123 | MAPUSA (GOA) |
| 124 | MARGAO (GOA) | 125 | MATHURA | 126 | MEERUT |
| 127 | MORADABAD | 128 | MUMBAI | 129 | MUZAFFARNAGAR |
| 130 | MUZAFFARPUR | 131 | MYSORE | 132 | NAGPUR |
| 133 | NANDED | 134 | NASHIK | 135 | NAVI MUMBAI |
| 136 | NAVSARI | 137 | NEEMUCH | 138 | NELLORE |
| 139 | NIZAMABAD | 140 | NOIDA | 141 | ONGOLE |
| 142 | PALAKKAD | 143 | PALGHAR | 144 | PALI MARWAR |
| 145 | PANIPAT | 146 | PANVEL | 147 | PARBHANI |
| 148 | PATIALA | 149 | PATNA | 150 | PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD |
| 151 | PONDICHERRY | 152 | PORT BLAIR* | 153 | PUNE |
| 154 | RAIGARH* (CHHATTISGARH) | 155 | RAIPUR | 156 | RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM |
| 157 | RAJKOT | 158 | RANCHI | 159 | RANIGANJ |
| 160 | RATLAM | 161 | RATNAGIRI | 162 | REWA |
| 163 | REWARI | 164 | ROHTAK | 165 | ROURKELA |
| 166 | SAHARANPUR | 167 | SALEM | 168 | SAMBALPUR |
| 169 | SANGLI | 170 | SANGRUR | 171 | SATARA |
| 172 | SATNA | 173 | SHIMLA | 174 | SHIMOGA |
| 175 | SIKAR | 176 | SILIGURI | 177 | SIROHI |
| 178 | SIRSA | 179 | SIVAKASI | 180 | SOLAPUR |
| 181 | SONEPAT | 182 | SRI GANGANAGAR | 183 | SRINAGAR |
| 184 | SURAT | 185 | SURENDRA
NAGAR |
186 | THANE |
| 187 | THIRUVANAN
THAPURAM |
188 | THRISSUR | 189 | TINSUKIA |
| 190 | TIRUCHIRAPALLI | 191 | TIRUNELVELI | 192 | TIRUPATI |
| 193 | TIRUPUR | 194 | TUTICORIN | 195 | UDAIPUR |
| 196 | UDUPI | 197 | UJJAIN | 198 | VADODARA |
| 199 | VAPI | 200 | VARANASI | 201 | VASAI |
| 202 | VELLORE | 203 | VIJAYAWADA | 204 | VISAKHAPATNAM |
| 205 | WARANGAL | 206 | YAMUNA NAGAR | 207 | YAVATMAL |
* Kindly note that only Foundation Examination will be conducted at these cities.
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CENTRES OVERSEAS:
[FOR FOUNDATION, INTERMEDIATE (IPC), INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS ONLY]
The May – 2020 examinations will also be held at the 5 (Five) overseas examination centres, namely
| 1. | ABU DHABI | 2. | DOHA | 3. | DUBAI | 4. | KATHMANDU | 5. | MUSCAT |
The Examination commencement timings at Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat Centres will be 12.30 PM i.e. Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat local time corresponding / equivalent to 2.00 PM. (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Doha Centre will be 11.30 AM i.e. Doha local time corresponding / equivalent to 2.00 PM. (IST). The Examination commencement Timing at Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre will be 2.15 PM Nepal local time corresponding / equivalent to 2.00 PM (IST).
The Council reserves the right to withdraw any city / centre at any stage without assigning any reason.
Online filling up of examination forms:
Applications for admission to Foundation, Intermediate (IPC), Intermediate & Final Examinations; Candidates are required to apply on-line at https://icaiexam.icai.org from 5th February, 2020 to 26th February, 2020 and remit the examination fee on-line by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO Credit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking / Bhim UPI. They shall however, be required to remit additional ₹ 600/- towards late fee (for Domestic & Kathmandu centres) and US$ 10 (for Overseas centres) in case the application on-line is made after 26th February, 2020 and upto 4th March, 2020 [up to 5.30 PM (IST)]
Whereas the Examination application form for Post Qualification Course Examinations i.e. International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL & WTO) and International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) (which is open to the members of the Institute) is to be filled up in the downloadable paper based form (hard copy) only and is priced at Rs.100/- per examination application form. The forms can be downloaded from our website www.icai.org on or after 5th February 2020.Rs. 100 may be added to the examination fees payable for the relevant post qualification course. It may be noted that the application forms duly completed for the Post Qualification Course Examination will be received only at the New Delhi office of the Institute. The last date for application is 26th February, 2020 without late fee and 4th March, 2020 with late fee of Rs. 600/- Payment of fees for the Post Qualification Course i.e. International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL & WTO) and International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) should be made by Demand Draft only. The Demand Draft may be of any Scheduled Bank and should be drawn in favour of The Secretary, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, payable at New Delhi only.
The examination fees payable for various courses are as under:–
| Intermediate (IPC) & Intermediate Course Examinations {Old and New Scheme} |
|
| For Indian Centre(s) | |
| Single Group / Unit 1 to 10 (except Unit 9) / Unit 4A to 7A | Rs. 1500/- |
| Both Groups / Unit 9 / Unit 8A / Unit 9A | Rs. 2700/- |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu Centre | |
| Single Group / Unit 1 to 10 (except Unit 9) / Unit 4A to 7A | US$ 325 |
| Both Groups / Unit 9 / Unit 8A / Unit 9A | US$ 500 |
| For Kathmandu Centre | |
| Single Group / Unit 1 to 10 (except Unit 9) / Unit 4A to 7A | INR Rs. 2200 |
| Both Groups / Unit 9 / Unit 8A / Unit 9A | INR Rs. 3400 |
| Final Course Examinations {Old and New Scheme} |
|
| For Indian Centre(s) | |
| Single Group | Rs. 1800/- |
| Both Groups | Rs. 3300/- |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu Centre | |
| Single Group | US$ 325 |
| Both Groups | US$ 550 |
| For Kathmandu Centre | |
| Single Group | INR Rs. 2200 |
| Both Groups | INR Rs. 4000 |
| ITL & WTO | Rs. 2000/- per group |
| INTERNATIONAL TAXATION – ASSESSMENT TEST | Rs. 2000/- |
| Foundation Course Examination | |
| For Indian Centre(s) | Rs. 1500/- |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu Centre | US$ 325 |
| For Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre | INR Rs. 2200 |
The late fee for submission of examination application form after the scheduled last date would be ` 600/- (for Indian / Kathmandu Centres) and US $ 10 (for Abroad Centres) as decided by the Council.
OPTION TO ANSWER PAPERS IN HINDI:
Candidates of Foundation, Intermediate (IPC), Intermediate and Final (Old & New Scheme) Examinations will be allowed to opt for English / Hindi medium for answering papers. Detailed information will be found in guidance notes hosted at https://icaiexam.icai.org. However the medium of Examinations will be only English in respect of Post Qualification Course viz.: International Trade Laws and World Trade Organisation (ITL & WTO) and International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT).
(S. K. GARG)
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (EXAMINATIONS)
