[1] A Chartered Accountant can work independently as a professional or they can easily get any job in Audit, Taxation, Advisory, Consulting etc.
As per the ICAI Notification,[3] the article assistant is required to work for 35 hours a week under his/her articleship.
The aspirant should enroll in the CA Foundation with ICAI, and after 4-month study period, he will be eligible for writing the exam.
The aspirant can appear for the CA Final exam after 6 months from the date of completion of Articleship and get qualified after passing both groups with the requisite percentage, The aspirant is eligible to become a member of ICAI on successful completion of all the necessary courses, required exams and mandatory training specified above.
The aspirant becomes an eligible person to be called a chartered accountant only after he registers with ICAI and obtains membership.
He will be eligible for ICAI membership after the completion of the required examination, training, and Articleship period.
A Commerce graduate can apply directly for the CA Intermediate Course in case: Clears graduation with a minimum 55 percentage marks by studying at least any 3 subjects out of Accountancy, Auditing, Direct and Indirect Taxation, Mercantile or Corporate Law, Economics, Management (including Financial Management), Costing, Business Administration, or Management Accounting, or similar to the title of these papers with different nomenclatures.
He will be eligible for ICAI membership after the completion of the required examinations, trainings, and Articleship period.
A Chartered Accountant in India performs following activities:[4] Following is the curriculum and eligibility for clearance of each of the stages:[5][6] Includes four subjects of 100 marks each.
Examination for Chartered Accountancy Intermediate Level are conducted each year in January, May and September.
Qualifying Marks- Minimum of 40 marks in each individual subjects and aggregate of 50% is must to pass the examination.
The Final exam in Chartered Accountancy has 6 papers of 100 marks each, which are divided into three subjects in two groups.
[11] Chartered Accountants are eligible for courses to do Ph.D. in universities based in India, National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by UGC and the award of Fellowship in Junior Research or Assistant Professor as the degree holders of Chartered Accountancy (CA) course are considered equivalent to Post Graduates by the UGC.