What are all the qualifications to become a chartered accountant?

If you are looking for a business career that offers prestige, respect, great prospects and excellent financial rewards, becoming a CA is the perfect place to start. The designatory letters 'CA' are an exclusive privilege in the UK for members of ICAS.

There's never been a better time to train to become a CA. The services of a CA are always in demand and you can look forward to an interesting and varied career. In addition to this career, students who achieve their CA obtain a qualification that is credit rated at Level 11 by the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF), leading to the qualification sitting at the same level as a Masters degree. This adds further value and recognition to becoming a CA.

The CA qualification is broken down into the following levels:

Test of Competence

In this first level, we'll teach you the basics and technical skills in the following subjects:
•Business Law
•Business Management
•Finance
•Financial Accounting
•Principles of Auditing and Reporting
•Principles of Tax

Exemptions are available from some or all of the five out of six papers of the Test of Competence.

Test of Professional Skills

The second level is about applying your technical knowledge, communication skills and working with your clients.

We'll teach you how to respond to specific client needs, how to prioritise issues and communicate effective solutions in a concise and professional manner. The TPS subjects are:
•Advanced Finance
•Assurance and Business Systems
•Financial Reporting
•Taxation

Test of Professional Expertise

Combining your knowledge and skills from the previous levels, you will work on a multi-disciplinary case study, providing business advice to people in real life situations. By this point you will have gained the confidence and expertise to exercise your own professional judgement.

Business Ethics

In addition to including ethics within the three levels, Business Ethics forms a stand-alone subject and assessment.

Relevant practical experience

To qualify as a CA, you must obtain a minimum of 450 days relevant practical experience. This excludes time spent at classes, in-house training, study leave, and represents purely practical work experience. You must additionally complete an Achievement Log to record achieved competencies

Routes to becoming a CA

To study for the CA qualification you enter into a training contract with an ICAS authorised employer. This contract is in addition to your terms and conditions of employment and is an agreement between you, ICAS and your employer.

There are different routes to becoming a CA which include:
•School leavers route
•University route
•Professional entry route

Your route to becoming a CA and the type of authorised training employer you chose will determine your study programme. It generally takes up to three years to qualify as a CA, with the training involving a combination of work experience and exams..

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A person is to apply for membership either by passing all three levels of examinations prescribed by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and completing three years of practical training or by availing themselves of exemptions under mutual recognition agreements
The Chartered Accountancy examinations are divided into three levels. They are

Common Proficiency Test (CPT)
Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC)
Final Examination

CPT Subjects According To New Syllabus 2016 Form 2016 new syllabus cpt course will be called as Foundation course.[9] It will have six subjects i.e two subjects are added to previous course. The two new subjects are Business communication and General English. Six subjects of foundation course.

Paper 1 : Fundamentals OF Accounting
Paper 2 : Quantitative aptitude
Paper 3 A: Mercantile Law
Paper 3 B: General Economics
Paper 4 : General English
Paper 4 B: Business Communication
[10] IPCC or Integrated Professional Competence Course is the second level of Chartered Accountancy examinations. A person can take the IPCC Examination after passing CPT and nine months of study. IPCC has two groups of seven subjects. Group – I consists of four subjects and Group – II of three subjects.

Group I:

Paper 1 : Accounting
Paper 2 : Business Laws, Ethics and Communication
Paper 3 : Cost Accounting and Financial Management
Paper 4 : Taxation

CA Final Examination is the last and final level of Chartered Accountancy Examinations. It is considered as one of the toughest exam in the world.[11] Any person who has passed both the groups of IPCC, during the last six months of articleship can take the Final Examination. This exam consists of two groups of four subjects[12] each.

Group I:

Paper 1 : Financial Reporting,
Paper 2 : Strategic Financial Management,
Paper 3 : Advanced Auditing and Professional Ethics,
Paper 4 : Corporate and Allied Laws,

C. A. Course comprises of 4 Important Levels

1) Common Proficiency Test (CPT)
2) Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC)/IPCE
3) Three years Articleship/ Training under a Practicing C.A
4) C. A. Final

The requirements for becoming a chartered accountant are as follows:

Register for CPT:
Register with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for Common Proficiency Test (CPT) after passing class 10th examination.

Appear and Pass CPT:
Appear for CPT examination after appearing in 10+2 examination and after completion of period of at least 60 days from the date of registration for CPT with the Board of Studies as on the first day of the month in which examination is to be held, viz., students registered on or before 1st April/1st October will be eligible to appear in June/December examination, as the case may be.

IPCC Registration:
Register for Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC). Candidate should pass both CPT and 10+2 before registering for Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC). Registration for IPCC should be done 9 months before the first day of the month in which exam is held. IPCC has total 7 papers(Group 1+Group 2). Group I is composed of four papers and Group 2 is composed of three papers. Passing Group I is necessary for commencing Articleship.

ITT and Orientation :
Successfully complete 100 hours Information Technology Training (ITT). Orientation and ITT are to be completed before registering for Articleship.Successfully complete Orientation Course of one week spanning 35 hours and covering topics, such as, personality development, communication skills, office procedure, business environment, general commercial knowledge, etc.

Note : You can complete ITT and Orientation at any time before registering for Articleship .

Appear and Pass IPCC Group I Exam:
You can appear and pass Group I or Both Groups of Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE).

Appear and Pass IPCC Group II Exam:
You can attempt Group 2 in next attempt(After Group 1 attempt) or during Articleship.

Note : You can Register for Articleship after passing only Group 1 also .

Register for Articleship:
Register as Articled Assistant for a period of 3 years with Practicing Chartered Accountant, on passing either Group I or both the Groups of IPCE.

Register for C.A Final Course:
Register for C.A Final Course on passing both groups of IPCC.

Appear and Pass CA Final Exam:

Appear in CA Final Examination during last 6 months of 3 years of articled training. Pass Group I as well as Group II of CA Final Examination.

Complete Articleship:

Complete 3 years period of articled training.

GMCS:

Successfully complete the Course on General Management and Communication Skills (15 days).

Membership:

Enroll as a member of ICAI and designate as a Charted Accountant.

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