The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), through its Examination Department, has issued an Important Announcement dated 23 September 2026 regarding the Chartered Accountants Foundation and Intermediate Examinations to be held in January 2027. TaxGuru previously published the January 2026 CA examination timetable. Intermediate Group I examinations are scheduled for 2, 4 and 6 January 2027, while Group II examinations will be held on 8, 10 and 12 January 2027. Foundation examinations are scheduled for 3, 5, 7 and 9 January 2027. Students preparing for this sitting may also see the January 2027 Foundation live classes and Intermediate live classes. Foundation Papers 3 and 4 will be of two hours’ duration from 2 PM to 4 PM, while Foundation Papers 1 and 2 and all Intermediate papers will be of three hours’ duration from 2 PM to 5 PM. The examinations will be conducted at specified cities across India and at Bahrain, Dubai and Kathmandu overseas. Online examination application forms will open on 3 November 2026. The last date without late fee is 16 November 2026 and with late fee is 19 November 2026. A correction window for change of examination city or medium will remain available from 20 to 22 November 2026. The announcement also specifies examination fees for Indian and overseas centres, applicable late fees, online payment modes and the option for Foundation and Intermediate candidates to answer papers in English or Hindi.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
(Set up by an Act of Parliament)
Examination Department
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
23rd September 2026
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 13-CA (EXAM)/JANUARY/2027: 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 and Intermediate Examinations will be held on the dates and places which are given below provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each of the below mentioned places.
INTERMEDIATE COURSE EXAMINATION
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 F of the
Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
Group -I: 2nd, 4th & 6th January 2027
Group -II: 8th, 10th & 12th January 2027
FOUNDATION COURSE EXAMINATION
[As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 25 F of the
Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.]
3rd, 5th, 7th & 9th January 2027
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 Bodies.
Paper(s) 3 & 4 of Foundation Examination are of 2 hours duration. 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 | All Papers | 2 PM to 5 PM | 3 Hours |
*In Paper 3 and 4 of Foundation Examination 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).
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CITIES:
The Chartered Accountants Examinations, January 2027 will be held in the following Indian cities:
| Name of the State |
(No. ofCities) |
Name of the Examination City |
|---|---|---|
| Andaman
and Nicobar |
1 | Port Blair |
| Andhra Pradesh | 14 | Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole,
Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram |
| Assam | 6 | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur and Tinsukia |
| Bihar | 12 | Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Siwan |
| Chhattisgarh | 6 | Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon |
| Chandigarh | 1 | Chandigarh |
| Delhi / New Delhi | 1 | Delhi / New Delhi |
| Goa | 2 | Mapusa and Margao |
| Gujarat | 23 | Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Morbi, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad and Vapi |
| Haryana | 19 | Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | Shimla |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 2 | Jammu and Srinagar |
| Jharkhand | 7 | Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi |
| Karnataka | 23 | Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura |
| Kerala | 14 | Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur |
| Madhya Pradesh | 17 | Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur,Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain |
| Maharashtra | 37 | Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Badlapur, Baramati, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal |
| Manipur | 1 | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | 1 | Shillong |
| Mizoram | 1 | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | 1 | Dimapur |
| Odisha | 10 | Balangir, Balasore, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur |
| Puducherry | 1 | Puducherry |
| Punjab | 8 | Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot,
Patiala and Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | 25 | Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bhiwadi,
Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, |
| Sikkim | 1 | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | 28 | Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur,
Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, |
| Telangana | 8 | Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda,
Nizamabad and Warangal |
| Tripura | 1 | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh |
21 | Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad, Ghaziabad,
Gorakhpur, Hapur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Modinagar, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | 4 | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur |
| West Bengal | 7 | Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri |
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CITIES OVERSEAS:
[FOR FOUNDATION AND INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS ONLY]
The January 2027 Examinations will also be held at 3 (Three) overseas examination cities, namely:
| Overseas | Bahrain, Dubai (UAE) and Kathmandu (Nepal) |
The Examination commencement timing at Dubai Centre will be 2.30 PM i.e., Dubai local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Bahrain Centre will be 11.30 AM i.e., Bahrain local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre will be 2.15 PM Nepal local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST).
The ICAI reserves the right to withdraw any city / centre at any stage without assigning any reason. Online filling Up of Examination Forms:
All candidates in respect of Foundation and Intermediate Examinations will be required to apply online at https://eservices.icai.org (Self Service Portal – SSP) for January 2027 Examination and also pay the requisite examination fee online. These forms are based on the eligibility of the course based on announcements and regulations. These forms will be available on SSP, the students be requested to login with their credentials (Username <[email protected]> and password). These Exam forms will be available in SSP effective designated dates as announced on www.icai.org.
Kindly Note: If the students had never registered as a user in SSP, they have to open the following URL: https://eservices.icai.org. They have to use forgot password option in case they have forgotten or lost the password. Students are also requested to Create Username, Register Course, Convert Course, Revalidate, Update Photo, Signature and Address on SSP only.
OPENING & CLOSING OF ONLINE WINDOW FOR SUBMISSION OF EXAMINATION APPLICATION FORMS.
The Following dates(s) may be noted: –
| Details | Dates |
|---|---|
| Commencement of submission of online examination application forms | 3rd November 2026 [Tuesday] |
| Last date for submission of online examination application forms (without late fee) | 16th November 2026 [Monday] |
| Last date for submission of online examination
application forms (with late fee of ₹ 600/- or US $ 10) |
19th November 2026 [Thursday] |
| Students seeking change of examination city /
medium, the correction window for the examination forms already filled will be available during the dates mentioned |
20th November 2026 [Friday] To 22nd November 2026 [Sunday] |
Examination Fee
The examination fee(s) for various courses are as under:
| Intermediate Course Examination | |
| For Indian Centre(s) | |
| Single Group / Unit (All except 2) | ₹ 1500/- |
| Both Groups / Unit 2 | ₹ 2700/- |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre(s) | |
| Single Group / Unit (All except 2) | US$ 325 |
| Both Groups / Unit 2 | US$ 500 |
| For Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre(s) | |
| Single Group / Unit (All except 2) | INR ₹ 2200 |
| Both Groups / Unit 2 | INR ₹ 3400 |
| Foundation Course Examination | |
| For Indian Centre(s) | ₹ 1500/- |
| For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre(s) | US$ 325 |
| For Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre(s) | INR ₹ 2200 |
The late fee for submission of examination application form after the scheduled last date would be ₹ 600/- (for Indian / Kathmandu (Nepal) Centres) and US $ 10 (for Abroad Centres) as decided by the Council.
Examination fee can be remitted online by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO Credit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking / Bhim UPI.
OPTION TO ANSWER PAPERS IN HINDI:
Candidates of Foundation and Intermediate Examinations will be allowed to opt for English / Hindi medium for answering papers. Detailed information will be found in guidance notes hosted at https://eservices.icai.org.
The Candidates are advised to note the above and stay in touch with the website of the Institute, www.icai.org.
(CA. ANAND KUMAR CHATURVEDI)
JOINT SECRETARY (EXAMINATIONS)
