Chintan Shah (-) (534 Points)
06 March 2010Friends,
My friend has passed out PE 2 before a few years. Now he wants to take the ATC (Accounting technician cource) qualification and also wants to continue with the CA final exam. Can he do so? If so, is there any guidelines on this? Any regulation that specifies this type of situation?
Thx in advance.
Chintan
Siddharth
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Replied 06 March 2010
As per -
https://www.icai.org/post.html?post_id=3748&c_id=121
(b) Candidates who have passed the Professional Education (Examination II) in entirety under the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 and had also completed the prescribed period of articled training including excess leave, if applicable.
So, your friend is required to do the computer training (if not done already), complete articleship (if not done already), in order to obtain the Accounting Technician certificate, which can be applied for, here -
https://icai.org/post.html?post_id=3765&c_id=285
More details -
https://www.icai.org/resource_file/14288atc-ipcc_111208.pdf
In order to appear for final, he can do so in last 6 months of articleship, if not already completed, if completed, he can sit in the next exam.
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