1) The next Final Examination as per
syllabus as specified by the Council under Regulation 31 (2), since
revised as 31 (i) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 as
published in September, 2001 issue of the Institute's journal "The
Chartered Accountant" and "The Chartered Accountant Student" will be
held in May, 2014. The following categories of candidates of Final
Examination as described below who wish to appear in the forthcoming
examination are required to fill up the relevant column in the
application form in respect of groups they intend to appear:
(a) A Candidate who has till the examination held in
November 2002 appeared or required to appear in either group or both
groups of Final examination under the then syllabus as per para 3A of
Schedule B to the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 and has not
passed the Final Examination is now required to appear and pass the
Final Examination under the new syllabus as per Regulation 31 (2) since
revised as Regulation 31 (i) of the CA Regulations, 1988 as published
in the September 2001 issue of "The Chartered Accountant" and "The
Chartered Accountant Student".
Illustration: A candidate has passed first
group under the syllabus as per para 3A of Schedule B to the CA
Regulations, 1988 or under erstwhile syllabus as per para 3 of schedule
B to Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, or schedule BB to the
Chartered Accountants Regulations 1964 (applicable after 1st January,
1985 under two group scheme) in the Final Examination held in May, 1985 or thereafter up to November, 2002
and has not yet passed the second Group will now be required to appear
in the remaining group i.e. Second group under the new syllabus as per
Regulation 31 (ii) in the Final Examination to be held in May, 2014.
(b) A candidate who appeared in either group or both groups
of Final Examination held in November 2002 or thereafter under the
new syllabus as per Regulation 31 (2) of the CA Regulations, 1988 and
has not passed the Final Examination will be required to appear in the
remaining/either group or both groups, as the case may be, under
syllabus as per said Regulation 31 (ii).
(c) A candidate who was covered under the 'unit' category
under the syllabus as per para 3A of Schedule B to the CA Regulations,
1988 and had not passed the Final Examination will now be required to
appear and pass in both the groups in the new syllabus afresh in order
to complete the Final Examination.
2) IMPORTANT DATES :
Last Date For Submission of Online Application
Without Late fee: 24th February, 2014
With Late fee of Rs. 500/- (US Dollars $11) : 3rd March, 2014
Last Date For Receipt of Online Application Forms:
Last Date for Receipt of Printout of Exam Application form (PDF) filled Online Without Late Fee
after affixing photograph and specimen signature and signing the
declaration duly countersigned by a member of the Institute/Principal
: 28th February, 2014
Last Date for Receipt of Printout of Exam Application form (PDF) filled Online With Late Fee
after affixing photograph and specimen signature and signing the
declaration duly countersigned by a member of the Institute/Principal :
7th March, 2014
Applications
received after 7th March, 2014 will not be entertained under
any circumstances. Therefore, candidates are advised to fill up
the exam forms online at an early date to avoid last minute technical
glitches and send the PDF form generated at least 3-4 days in advance
of the last date.
3) Dates and Timings of the Examination:
Group I |
| Paper No |
Subject |
Date |
Day |
Timings(IST) |
| 1 |
Financial Reporting |
26.05.2014 |
Monday |
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| 2 |
Strategic Financial Management |
28.05.2014 |
Wednesday |
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| 3 |
Advanced Auditing and Professional Ethics |
30.05.2014 |
Friday |
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| 4 |
Corporate and Allied Laws |
01.06.2014 |
Sunday |
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| Group II |
| Paper No |
Subject |
Date |
Day |
Timings(IST) |
| 5 |
Advanced Management Accounting |
03.06.2014 |
Tuesday |
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| 6 |
Information Systems Control and Audit |
05.06.2014 |
Tursday |
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| 7 |
Direct Tax Laws |
07.06.2014 |
Saturday |
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
| 8 |
Indirect Tax Laws |
09.06.2014 |
Monday |
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. |
Note: Examination Timings at Abu
Dhabi and Dubai Centres will be 12.30 P.M. to 3.30 P.M. Abu Dhabi and
Dubai local time equivalent to 2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. (IST).Examination
Timing at Kathmandu Centre will be 02.15 P.M. to 05.15 P.M., Nepal
local time equivalent to 2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M. (IST). Examination
timings at Muscat centre will be 12.30 P.M. to 3.30 P.M. Oman local time
equivalent to 02.00 P.M. to 05.00 P.M. (IST).
Note: There will be no change in
the examination schedule in the event of any day of examination
schedule being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or
any State Government.
4) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA : Eligibility criteria for the Final Examination to be held in May, 2014 :
4.1 (i) The candidate should have passed the Intermediate
Examination or Professional Education Examination - II./PCC/IPCC and
(ii) The candidate should have obtained Final Registration
number from Board of studies of the concerned Regional office of the
Institute
( iii) As decided by the Council, the Registration to the Final
Course is valid for a period of five years and the student is required
to revalidate the same from the concerned Regional Office on expiry of
the said period. Further in order to be eligible for the Examinations,
the student must be having a valid Registration number on the date of
application to the Examination.Accordingly, please ensure that your
registration to Final Course is valid as on date of filling Examination
application form. Please visit http://icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=9260 for details.
4.2 (i) The candidate must have completed prescribed
period of 3 years or 3½ years, as the case may be, of article training
as on the date of filling the form;
or
(ii) The candidate must be due to complete the prescribed
period of 3 years or 3½ years, as the case may be, of article training
including excess leave, if any, on or before 30-04- 2014; or
(iii) The candidate must be in service as on 01-05-2014 and
serving the last twelve months of articled training including excess
leave.,If any, and due to complete 3 years on or before 30-04-2015.
(for PE-II stream student and PE-II stream students converted to IPCC)
or
(iv) The candidate must be in service as on 01-05-2014 and
serving the last six months of articled training including excess
leave, If any, and due to complete 3½ years on or before 31-10-2014.
(for PCC stream student) (Certificate of service to this effect should
be sent to Additional Secretary (Exam) by 15th June, 2014) or
(v) The candidate must be in service as on 01-05-2014 and
serving the last six months of training including excess leave. If any,
and due to complete 3 years on or before 31-10-2014. ( for
Intermediate IPCC student) (Certificate of service to this effect should
be sent to Additional Secretary(Exam) by 15th June, 2014 or
(vi) The candidate must be in service as on 01-05-2014 and serving the last twelve
months of training including excess leave. If any, and due to complete
3½ years articleship on or before 30-04-2015. (for students converted
from PE-II to PCC as well as students converted from PE-II to PCC and
then to IPCC) (Certificate of service to this effect should be sent to
Additional Secretary(Exam) by 15th June, 2014). or
Candidates who have taken termination are advised to
re-register for the balance period of training so as to be in service as
on 01-05-2014 and to complete 3 years or 3½ years of training
(including excess leave taken, if any) on or before 31-10-2014 or
30-04-2015 as the case may be.
Further conditions, if any, applicable, will be hosted on the website.
5) (a) Examination Fee:
Fee for both groups Rs. 2250/-
Fee for one group Rs. 1250/-
The fee for candidates opting for Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat
Centres will be US $ 400 or equivalent Indian Currency irrespective of
whether a candidate appears in a single Group or Both Groups.
The fee for candidates opting for Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre
will be Rs. 3000/- (Indian Currency or its equivalent relevant Foreign
Currency) irrespective of whether a candidate appears in a single Group
or Both Groups.
Late Fee of INR 500/- (US $ 11) is applicable from 25th February, 2014
Mode of Payment of Fee:
The payment has to be made online using
Master/Visa/Maestro Credit/Debit card . Payment through NetBanking is
not accepted. The status of payment (ie; successfully captured by the
portal or not ) can be checked at the link Check Application Status
Refund of Fees:
The fee once paid by candidate shall not be refunded /
adjusted under any circumstances and no correspondence in this regard
shall be entertained. However failure in electronic transmission,
double payments, lost transaction (after payment) will be considered
for refund. Multiple payments, if any,that are received by us for the
same student registration number, will be identified by the system and
are refunded for the credit of the respective accounts from where they
originated, by the office, within 45 days of the last date for
submission of forms.
In case you have made payment of exam fees more than once and
do not get a refund within 45 days from the last date for submission of
forms, you can claim a refund of the excess amount paid by you, by
writing to us at final_examhelpline@icai.in within 60 days from the
last date for submission of forms, along with documentary evidence,
such as bank/credit card statement, of having paid the exam fees more
than once. ICAI will verify the same and refund the excess amount, if
any, paid by you.
b) Examination Centres : List of examination centers is available on the home page under the link Exam Centres.
For convenience, the cities of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi/New
Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Mumbai and Kolkata are divided into different
zones. All efforts will be made to allot the candidates who opted for a
specific zone to an exam centre in that zone itself. However, in case
of shortage of accommodation, in a specific zone, candidates would be
allotted to some other zone, where accommodation is available. In such
cases, requests for change of centre will not be entertained under any
circumstances.
6) Exemption(s) in a paper(s)
(1) A candidate who has passed in
any one but not in both the groups of the Final Examination under the
syllabus as specified by the Council under items (i) and (ii) of
regulation 31 or of the Final Examination as per syllabus under
paragraph 3 or paragraph 3A of Schedule ‘B’ to the Chartered Accountants
Regulations, 1988 or paragraph 3 of Schedule ‘BB’ to the Chartered
Accountants Regulations, 1964 (two groups scheme after January 1,
1985) enforced at the relevant time shall be eligible for exemption in
that particular group and shall be required to appear and pass in the
remaining group in order to pass the Final Examination.
(2) The Council may frame guidelines
to continue to award exemption in a paper or papers to a candidate,
granted earlier under the syllabus as specified under items (i) and
(ii) of regulation 31 for the unexpired chance or chances of the
exemption in the corresponding paper or papers for the paper or papers
in which he had secured exemption, if the corresponding paper or papers
exists in the new syllabus of the Final Examination as may be
specified by the Council. On appearing in the examination of the
corresponding paper or papers for the paper or papers in which he had
failed, he shall be declared to have passed the examination if he
secures at one sitting a minimum of 40 percent. in the corresponding
paper or papers for the paper or papers in which he had failed earlier
and a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the aggregate of all the papers
of the group including the marks of the paper or papers in which he had
earlier been granted exemption by the Council.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in
(1) and (2) above, a candidate who has appeared in all the papers
comprised in a group and fails in one or more papers comprised in a
group but secures a minimum of 60 percent of the marks in any paper or
papers of that group shall be eligible to appear at any one or more of
the immediately next three following examinations in the paper or
papers in which he secured less than 60 percent marks. He shall be
declared to have passed in that group if he secures at one sitting a
minimum of 40 percent marks in each of such papers and a minimum of 50
percent of the total marks of all papers of that group including the
paper or papers in which he had secured a minimum of 60 percent marks
in the earlier examination referred to above. He shall not be eligible
for any further exemption in the remaining paper(s) of that group until
he has exhausted the exemption already granted to him in that group.”;
Candidates may also visit the Frequently Asked Questions
Section on the Institute website www.icai.org for more details on this
subject.
Surrender of exemption.
It has been decided to allow the candidates to give option for
surrendering the valid exemption already secured in toto in a paper/s on
the basis of 60 percent marks, on the conditions that (i) exemption
surrendered once shall be effective for all times to come for all the
chances (i.e. upto a maximum of three immediate next examinations or all
remaining chance/s) and under no circumstances the candidate shall be
allowed to claim the surrendered exemption in future and (ii) on
furnishing an affidavit to this effect on a non-judicial stamp paper of
the value as applicable in the respective States. Candidates can
exercise the option to surrender the exemption at any time during the
currency Of the validity of exemption but before the date prescribed for
doing so i.e. 3rd March, 2014 in case of May, 2014 examinations.
A candidate who wants to surrender the valid exemption, in toto
secured in a paper or papers on the basis of 60 percent marks in any of
the immediate last three examinations (i.e. November 2012 , May 2013
& November 2013) is advised in his own Interest to write separately
to the Additional Secretary (Examinations) informing of his decision to
surrender the exemption in toto along with a photocopy of the relevant
mark sheet to enable the office to send further details in this regard
and the proforma of the affidavit to be executed by the student.
Candidates should note that the surrender of exemption shall become
effective only after furnishing the requisite affidavit and on issue of confirmation letter to this effect by the Institute.
Candidates are advised in their own interest to send the
letter for surrender of exemption alongwith affidavit separately by
REGISTERED POST/ SPEED POST to the Additional Secretary (Exams) so as
to reach on or before 3rd March, 2014 and should not be enclosed along with the examination form. The
Institute shall not accept the responsibility for any such request not
received upto 3rd March, 2014 or sent along with the examination form
in the same envelope. Candidates are also advised not to write about
their intention/decision to surrender the exemption in the examination
form and no cognizance of such writing/noting/request in the
examination form will be taken into consideration.
7) Option to Answer Papers in Hindi:
Candidates of the Final examination are allowed to opt for
Hindi Medium for answering question papers. Candidates desirous of
answering papers in Hindi shall exercise their option at the very
outset while making application for admission to the examination by
filling the relevant columns. The option is available for all the
papers of a group or both groups in entirety, as may be applicable. In
other words, if a candidate appears in a single Group, he/she can opt
for Hindi medium only for that group. If he/she appears in both the
Groups then he/she has to exercise option for both the groups and not
for a single group. No paper-wise option is allowed. If a candidate,
who has not exercised his/her option to answer the papers in Hindi,
however answers them in Hindi, he/she will not get any credit for
his/her answer. The option once exercised shall be final and cannot be changed subsequently. In
the absence of a clear indication by the candidate about the medium
opted by him/her, English medium will be taken as medium of option. If a
Hindi medium candidate answers all questions or a question or part
thereof in English, he will not get any credit for such answer.
However, Hindi medium candidates can write Numbers, Figures, Technical
phrases/terms in English and can also solve numerical questions in
English. Similarly if a English medium candidate answers all questions
or a question or part thereof in Hindi, he will not get any credit for
such answer.
8) Procedure for providing assistance of a writer/extra time to physically challenged candidates
Physically challenged candidates who wish to apply for grant of
extra time/writer’s help, on account of permanent
physical/neurological/visual disability, may apply to the Institute, in
own hand writing. Where a candidate cannot write, on his behalf, his/her
representative may write the application.
The application should be accompanied by the following:
- Certified true copy of the certificate issued by a Doctor
of the level of not less than Civil Surgeon of a Government Hospital to
the effect that the disability is of permanent nature and specifying
clearly the nature and extent( i.e. %) of permanent
disability.
- Certified true copies of permission, if any, granted by the State Higher Secondary Board/University/ICAI in candidate’s 10+2
or degree examination or earlier examination of ICAI in which he/she had earlier appeared
.
- Attested full sized (post card size) latest photograph indicating the name of the candidate on the photograph itself.
- Two copies of colour passport sized photographs (4.5*3.5 cm) for issuing Photo Identity Card.
- Any other document in support of request for grant of the facility of a writer and/or extra time.
Cases of injuries or disablement of a temporary
nature such as fracture of the right or left arm, forearm, or
dislocation of a shoulder, elbow or wrist etc., are not eligible for
extension of the facility of writer/extra time.
Please note that the application in this regard along with the enclosures should be sent at the following address:
The Additional Secretary (Exams)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICAI Bhawan
Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi 110 002.
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Please note that the application in this regard along with the enclosures should be sent separately and not along with
the exam application form. Physically challenged candidates who are holding Photo Identity Card issued by the Exam
Dept. of ICAI, need not apply separately for assistance of writer/extra time, during the validity of the card
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9) How the applications should reach the Institute?
The Candidate may fill up the examination form online at
http://icaiexam.icai.org from 3rd February, 2014 to 3rd March, 2014 and
remit the fee and late fee as applicable online by using Credit/Debit
Card, either Visa/Master/Maestro card. After online submission of the
application, candidates are required to take print of the form (PDF) and
affix their photograph and signature in the relevant column, get the
same attested by a member of the Institute/principal and thereafter
send/submit the printout of form. The last Dates for receipt are as
under:
Last Date for Receipt of Printout of Exam Application
form (PDF) filled Online Without Late Fee after affixing photograph and
specimen signature and signing the declaration duly countersigned by the
member of the Institute/principal : 28th February, 2014
Last Date for Receipt of Printout of Exam Application
form (PDF) filled Online With Late Fee after affixing photograph and
specimen signature and signing the declaration duly countersigned by the
member of the Institute /principal: 7th March, 2014
By Hand:
Special arrangements for receipt of application have been made at
Mumbai, Kolkata, Kanpur, New Delhi, Chennai,
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Jaipur. The Head Office of the
Institute at New Delhi and its Regional Offices
at Mumbai, Kanpur, Kolkata and Chennai and Branch Offices at Ahmedabad,
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Jaipur and
Northern Region office at 52-54, Vishwas Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi - 110032
will receive applications within the dates as given above on all
working days between 10am to 5:00pm.
By Post: You may send printout of the form by
SpeedPost/Registered Post (not courier) without folding and
Superscribing the envelope as “Exam Application Form – Final May, 2014”
so as to reach us before the cut-off dates given above. Candidates
are advised not to send the application through any courier & to
retain the receipt issued by post office till the time of receipt of
admit card. The address for posting is as under:
Additional Secretary (Exams)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICAI Bhawan, Indraprastha Marg,
New Delhi - 110 002.
10) Check-List for Candidates:
Candidates are requested to ensure that all columns of the PDF
file generated are appearing correctly. The barcode and fee payment
particulars may be checked for correctness.
.
11) Issue of Admit Cards:
Physical admit cards in respect of those candidates who are found
eligible will be sent to the candidates, generally 21 days prior to the
commencement of the examination.
Admit cards with photographs and signatures of the candidates
will also be hosted on http://www.icai.nic.in generally 21 days prior
to the commencement of the examination. Candidates may print their admit
cards from the website, which will be valid for
admission to the examination.
For downloading/printing of the admit cards from the above
mentioned website, candidates will have to enter the following:
- Student registration number or bar code on the examination form and
- Personal Identification Number (PIN)
PIN is like a password. It is a four digit number of
your choice entered in the relevant column in the examination form.
Candidates will not be able to download/print the admit card without
this PIN. Hence, they are advised to memorise and keep the PIN safe for
future reference.
Physical admit cards will be sent by post to only those who
had submitted physical OMR exam forms and are found to be eligible. No
physical admit cards will be sent to those who applied online. They will
be required to print their admit cards from the above mentioned
website.
So also, candidates are advised to keep a photo
copy of the exam application duly filled in, for reference, so that
they can use the bar code number contained therein, whenever they
correspond with ICAI Exam Dept.
Candidates whose eligibility is in doubt, will be addressed,
for clarification, normally 25 days prior to the commencement of the
examination.
Upon printing of admit cards, candidates are advised to verify
the name, registration number, centre, medium, Group opted, etc.
In case of difficulty in downloading or printing of admit
card, or in case of discrepancy in the data contained in the admit card
printed, contact the Helpline numbers 0120-3054 851, 3054 852, 3054
853, 3054 835 or Fax No 0120 3054 841, 3054 843 immediately, by quoting
the registration number, Bar code number of the examination form,
receipt number issued by the regional office(s), if any, Centre opted
with Zone applicable, telephone number, fax number etc for prompt
action.
12) The passing requirement In accordance
with Regulation 38C of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 as
published by Notification No. 1-CA (7)/123/2008 dated 2nd Dec. 2008 are
as under:
“38C. Requirements for Passing the Final Examination
[Applicable to candidates appearing in Final Examination under
the syllabus as may be specified by the Council under regulation 31(ii)
and (iii)]
(1) A candidate may appear in both the groups simultaneously
or in one group in one examination and the remaining group at any
subsequent examination and shall ordinarily be declared to have passed
the Final Examination if he passes in both the groups.
(2) A candidate shall ordinarily be declared to have passed in both the groups simultaneously, if he-
(a) secures at one sitting a minimum of 40 percent marks in
each paper of each of the groups and a minimum of 50 percent marks in
the aggregate of all the papers of each of the groups; or
(b) Secures at one sitting, a minimum of 40 percent marks in
each paper of both the groups and a minimum of 50 percent marks in the
aggregate of all the papers of both the groups taken together.
(3) A candidate shall be declared to have passed in a group
if he secures at one sitting a minimum of 40 percent marks in each
paper of the group and a minimum of 50 percent marks in the aggregate of
all the papers of that group.
13) Verification Fee
The fee for verification of answer books is Rs. 100/- per
paper subject to a maximum of Rs. 400/- for all the papers of a
group/both groups. The application necessarily in the candidate's own
handwriting indicating the Roll No and paper(s) to be verified should
be submitted within a month from the date of declaration of result. Typewritten applications are not entertained. Candidates can also submit their verification requests online at http://icaiexam.icai.org
and pay the fees online by using Master/Visa/Maestro debit/credit
card. There is no provision for re-valuation of papers. There is no
standard application form. Request for verification will be considered
only if the application in his/her own handwriting in Hindi language if
the medium of examination was Hindi else in English language duly
signed with requisite fee has been received within one month from the
date of declaration of result.
Though, it will be our Endeavour to inform the outcome of
verification exercise in respect of November, 2013 exam, as sought by
the candidate latest by 15th April, 2014 to the candidates, yet the
same cannot be assured. However all such candidates who do not receive
the response by 15th April, 2014 are advised to write e-mail to
Additional Secretary (Exams) at final_examhelpline@icai.in for necessary
action.
Candidates are advised to submit their examination form for
the forthcoming examination, if they so wish, pending receipt of
outcome of the verification of answer books of the earlier examination
i.e. November, 2013 examination.
14) HELP DESK: Help Desk will be
functional from 1st May, 2014 to 9th June, 2014 to attend to Admit
Card related queries. Telephone Nos. 0120-3054851, 3054852, 3054853,
3054835 Fax No.0120-3054841, 3054843
E-mail id: final_examhelpline@icai.org. Admit Card : www.icai.nic.in; Result : www.caresult.nic.in
15) In the event of furnishing any wrong information / declaration, the admission shall automatically become invalid.
16) For any/all dispute(s) relating to examinations
conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the
Courts at Delhi shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
 FOR ATTENTION OF STUDENTS – MAY, 2014 EXAMINATION
MISTAKES GENERALLY COMMITTED IN FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
While processing the examination application forms filled-in by
the candidates, certain mistakes are usually found in a large number of
forms leading thereby avoidable delays at our end and avoidable
correspondence with the candidates. The end result is delay in release
of admit card to the students, causing thereby to unwanted anxiety at
both the ends .Candidates intending to appear in the ensuing May, 2014
examination are therefore individually urged to take some time off from
their routine while filling up the form and keep in mind the following
critical columns in order to help us to serve you better.
DO NOT OPEN MORE THAN ONE
SESSION AT THE SAME TIME ON THE SAME COMPUTER WHILE FILLING THE ONLINE
FORM. ie; do not fill more than one form at the same time on the same
computer even if you are filling the two applications using different
browsers or different tabs of the same browser.
Clear the temporary internet files and cookies before filling up each form.
Fill up the form at a
suitable time and from a location where you have a good bandwidth
available using browsers Internet Explorer versions (7.0 onwards),
Mozilla Firefox(4.0 onwards), Google Chrome(8.0 onwards) or Safari(3.2
onwards). Do NOT fill the form using mobile phones.
1. NAME: You should check that the name is
appearing correctly at the time of registering for filling up the
online form. In case the login has been created provisionally then take
care to enter the name correctly as given in your registration letter
issued by the Board of Studies.
Suppose your name is VIJAY PRATAP
SINGH RATHORE, you have to write exactly as given in the registration
letter. Do not write RATHORE VIJAY P. SINGH or in any other manner.
2. MEDIUM: You must carefully select
the medium as either ENGLISH or HINDI and ensure its correctness at the
confirmation page before proceeding to make online payment. Else,
English will be taken as the medium and no request for change will
be entertained thereafter.
3. EXAMINATION CENTRE: You
must pick up the correct centre of you choice and ensure its
correctness at the confirmation page before proceeding to make online
payment. Please be careful and be doubly sure as no request for change
of centre will be entertained subsequently under any circumstances.
List of examination centers is available on the home page under the link
“Exam Centres”
4. GROUP APPLIED: You must mark the
correct option relating to Group in which you intend to appear in the
ensuing examination and ensure its correctness at the confirmation page
before proceeding to make online payment. No request for change of group
shall be entertained subsequently.
5. REGISTRATION NUMBER: While creating the login, please enter your new unique registration. Numbers exactly as you have been intimated by the Institute.
e.g.:ERO0046241
NRO0090073
CRO0030123
WRO0016321
SRO0021634
Please note that the character after the alphabet ‘R’ in
the above samples is the capital alphabet ‘O’ and not 0 (zero). Hence
the first three character of the student registration number are
alphabets and the remaining seven are numbers.
The candidates who have not been allotted the new unique Registration number may kindly contact the concerned Regional office of ICAI for the issuance of the same. In the meanwhile the students may write their old Article Registration number.
6. WHILE THE SYSTEM IS PROCESSING FEE PAYMENT, DO
NOT PRESS THE RESRESH BUTTON OR THE BACK BUTTON AS THIS MAY CAUSE
YOUR SESSION TO EXPIRE AND THE FEE AMOUNT GETS DEDUCTED WITHOUT
GENERATION OF THE PDF FORM.
7. Candidates are advised in
their own interest to retain the "Notes for Information and
Guidance of Applicants" and a photocopy of the application form
for reference till the admit card is received by them.
8. ELIGIBILITY
8(a) While selecting the option circle in
respect of eligibility column , you must first satisfy yourself as
regards the category you belong to as on the date of filling the form
and only then, you should select the applicable option. A wrong
selection will only cause correspondence and delay/non-issue of admit
card.
Please note that if you are not scheduled to
complete the prescribed period of 3 years / 3½ years of training
including excess leave, if any, on or before 31st October, 2014/30th
April, 2015 as the may be you are not eligible to appear in the May,
2014 examination.
If you have taken termination of training due
to any reason, kindly ensure you re-register for training immediately in
order to be in service as on 1st May, 2014 else you will not be
eligible to appear in May, 2014 Final Examination.
It is clarified that a candidate who is otherwise eligible to
appear in the Final Examination shall not be required to be in service
of articles/audit training on the first day of the month in which the
final examination is held. However, such relaxation shall be confined
only to first of such permissible examination (i.e., the Final
Examination in which a student shall become eligible to appear in the
Final Examination for the first time only but not thereafter),
irrespective of whether he is from the stream of Professional Education
Examination – II (PEE-II) or Professional Competence Examination (PCE)
or Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) under the
provisions of Regulation 29 C of the Chartered Accountants Regulation
1988.
8(b) As per Regulation 29A. (ii), the candidates of
Final examination can appear in the last 12 months of their training
period. Hence, the candidates eligible to appear in the Final
Examination to be held in May, 2014, subject to other requirements, need
to have completed 2 years of training without any excess leave as on
30th April, 2014 and be in service as on 1st May, 2014. (for PE-II
stream)
8(c) As per Regulation 29B(i), (and in accordance
with the resolution of the Council under Regulation 205 the candidates
of Final Examination can appear in the last 6 months of their article
training period of 3½ years. Hence such candidates eligible to appear in
the final examination to be held in May, 2014, subject to other
requirements, need to have completed 3 years of article training without
any excess leave as on 30th April, 2014 and be in service as on 1st
May, 2014.
8(d) As per Regulation 29(C) the candidates of Final
Examination can appear in the last 6 months of their training period.
Hence, the candidates eligible to appear in the Final Examination to be
held in May, 2014, subject to other requirements, need to have completed
2 ½ years of training without any excess leave as on 30th April, 2014
and be in service as on 1st May, 2014 (For IPCE & Intermediate
Stream).
Note : Further conditions, if any, applicable will be hosted on the website.
8(e) As decided by council, the Registration to the
Final Course is valid for a period of five years and the student is
required to revalidate the same from the concerned Regional Office on
expiry of the said period. Further in order to be eligible for the
Examinations, the student must be having a valid Registration number on
the date of applcation to the Examination. Accordingly,please ensure
that your registration to Final Course is valid as on date of filling
Examination application form.Please visit http://www.icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=9260 for details.
Please note that there will 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.
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