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
14th February, 2019
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 13-CA (EXAM)/M/2019: 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.
POSTPONEMENT OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT EXAMINATIONS, MAY 2019
It is hereby notified for general information that in view of Elections to the 17th Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituencies across the country, the Chartered Accounta nt Examinations initially scheduled from 2nd May 2019 to 17th May 2019 stand rescheduled and the said examinations shall now be held from 27th May 2019 to 12
th June, 2019 as per details given below.
DATES OF EXAMINATIONS:
1.0.0 STUDENTS’ EXAMINATIONS
1.1.1 FOUNDATION COURSE EXAMINATION – Under New Scheme
1.1.2 INTERMEDIATE (IPC) COURSE EXAMINATION – Under Old Scheme
1.1.3 INTERMEDIATE COURSE EXAMINATION – Under New Scheme
1.1.4 FINAL COURSE EXAMINATION – Under Old Scheme
1.1.5 FINAL EXAMINATION – Under New Scheme
1.1.0 MEMBERS’ EXAMINATION
INTERNATIONAL TAXATION – ASSESSMENT TEST (INTT – AT)
No examination is scheduled on 5th June 2019 (Wednesday) on account of Id-ul-Fitr, being a Gazetted central government holiday as per F. No. 12/2/2018-JCA-2 dated 11.07.2018 issued by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Government of India.
However, it may be noted that there would be no change in the examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination schedule mentioned above, being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government / Local Authority.
Further, the last date for submission of exam forms stands amended as follows:
Last date for submission of exam forms without late fee: 16th March 2019
Last date for submission of exam forms with late fee: 23rd March 2019
However, it is clarified that the other particulars / details as announced vide Important Announcement dated 14th February 2019 hosted on www.icai.org shall remain unchanged.
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. 3 & 4 of Foundation Examination are of 2 hours duration each. Similarly, Elective Paper – 6 of Final Examination (under New scheme) is of 4 hours duration. However, all other examinations are of 3 hours duration each, and the examination wise timings are given below:
*In Paper 3 and 4 of Foundation Examination and in Post Qualification Course Examination – International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) 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 CENTRES IN INDIA: (FOR ALL EXAMINATIONS)
The Chartered Accountants examinations in May – 2019 will be held in the following cities:
PLACES OF EXAMINATION CENTRES OVERSEAS:
(FOR FOUNDATION, INTERMEDIATE (IPC), INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS ONLY)
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 http://icaiexam.icai.org from 20th February, 2019 to 12th March, 2019 and remit the examination fee on-line by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO Credit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking. 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 12th March, 2019 and upto 19th March, 2019.(up to 5.30 PM.(IST))
Whereas the Examination application form for Post Qualification Course Examination i.e. International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) is to be filled up in the downloadable paper based form( hard copy) only and is priced at ₹ 100/- per examination application form . The forms can be downloaded from our website www.icai.org on or before on 19th March 2019. ₹ 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 12th March, 2019 without late fee and 19th March, 2019 with late fee of ₹ 600/-
Payment of fees for the Post Qualification Course i.e. i.e. 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:–
The late fee for online submission of examination application form after the scheduled last date would be Rs 600/- (for Indian / Kathmandu Centres) and US $ 10 (for Overseas 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 http://icaiexam.icai.org. However the medium of Examinations will be only English in respect of Post Qualification Course viz.: International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT-AT) Examination.
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