Registration in Chartered Accountancy course

JIGYASOO RATHORE (n) (420 Points)

22 July 2011  

 

Important Announcement for Chartered Accountancy Course Students

                      Sub: Period of Validation of Registration in Chartered                                                         Accountancy Course
 
 
In order to streamline the period of validity of registration for Common Proficiency
Course (CPC), Professional Competence Course (PCC)/ Integrated Professional Competence
Course (IPCC) and Final levels of Chartered Accountancy Course, the Council at its 303rd
Meeting held on February 10-12, 2011decided as under:
 
 
CPT students:
 
 Initial registration for Common Proficiency Course (CPC) is valid for 3 years.
 Revalidation of registration shall be done for further period of 3 years before
expiry of initial registration. Students who have got their registration revalidated
with the concerned Decentralised Offices may have the registration revalidated
every 3 years after the expiry of the earlier revalidated period.
 Fee for revalidation is Rs. 300/- for each revalidation.
 Students are required to ensure before applying for admission to CPT examination
that they have valid registration.
 CPT students who have registered on or before 30
th
 November, 2008 are required
to revalidate their registration before applying for December, 2011 CPT
examination.
 
 
PCC/IPCC students:
Initial registration for Professional Competence Course (PCC)/ Integrated
Professional Competence Course (IPCC) is valid for 4 years.
 Revalidation of registration shall be done for further period of 4 years before
expiry of initial registration. Students who have got their registration revalidated
with the concerned Decentralised Offices may have the registration revalidated
every 4 years after the expiry of the earlier revalidated period.
 Fee for revalidation is Rs. 400/- for each revalidation.
 Students are required to ensure before applying for admission to PCC/ IPCC
examination that they valid registration.
 PCC students who have registered on or before 31
st
 October, 2007 are required to
revalidate their registration before applying for November, 2011 PCC examination. Students who have registered in Intermediate or Professional Education (Course-II)
are required to switchover to Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) in
order to continue their studies in chartered accountancy course.
 
 
Final students:
 

 

 Initial registration for Final Course is valid for 5 years.

 Revalidation of registration shall be done for further period of 5 years before

expiry of initial registration. Students who have got their registration revalidated

with the concerned Decentralised Offices may have the registration revalidated

every 5 years after the expiry of the earlier revalidated period.

 Fee for revalidation is Rs. 500/- for every revalidation.

 Students are required to ensure before applying for admission to Final examination

that they have valid registration.

 Final students who have registered on or before 31

st

 October, 2006 are required to

revalidate their registration before applying for November, 2011 Final

examination.

It may be noted that if a student appears in the CPT or PCC/IPCC or Final

examination without having valid registration, he shall have to pay a penal fee of

Rs. 250/- (in addition to the prescribed revalidation fee with retrospective effect)

within 30 days prior to the date of declaration of results.

Candidates, whose period of initial registration has expired, may apply for

revalidation by making an application on plain paper, together with the prescribed

fee by way of Demand Draft drawn in favour of “The Secretary, The Institute of

Chartered Accountants of India, payable at Mumbai/ Chennai/ Kolkata/ Kanpur/

Delhi” as the case may be and forward the same to the Decentralised Office

concerned at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur and Delhi.

The above decision of the Council shall be applicable from November/

December, 2011 examination onwards.

Director, Board of Studies