CPT

CA CPT   - Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test commonly known as CA CPT Examination is conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for admitting the aspiring students to Chartered Accountancy course. The institute conducts Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test (CA CPT) twice in a year (June and December), at all the major cities throughout India.

CA CPT Exam Eligibility

Educational Qualification
Aspiring students should have passed 10+2 examination or its equivalent, from any recognized Board.

CA CPT Exam Pattern

This 200 marks, objective type multiple choice questions, test is divided into two sessions of 2 Hr. duration each  is conducted in two modes by the institute i.e

Paper Pencil Mode: Paper Pencil Mode of Examination is conducted in the morning session and evening session with each carrying two parts.

Online Registration Mode: For Online Registration Mode of Examination, the students have to fill an examination form Online and then, this examination is held at various centers across India.

Session–I (Two Sections - Two hours - 100 Marks) (10:30 to 12:30)

Session–II (Two Sections - Two hours - 100 Marks) (02:00 to 04:00)

Imp: Common Proficiency Test will be an objective type multiple choice questions based examination. Candidates will be allowed to opt for Hindi medium Question Paper Booklet for answering the questions. Detailed information will be found given in the Information Brochure.

Common Proficiency Test will be an objective type multiple choice questions based examination.

Candidates will be allowed to opt for Hindi medium Question Paper Booklet for answering the questions.

Detailed information will be found given in the Information brochure

CA CPT Exam   Syllabus

The aspirants who want to take CA CPT Exam should have basic knowledge in fundamentals of Accounting, mercantile law, general economics, and quantitative aptitude. Topics in each subject are given below.

CA CPT Syllabus of Accounting
Theoretical Framework, Bank Reconciliation Statement, Accounting Process, Introduction to Company Accounts, Partnership Accounts, Accounting for Special Transactions, Preparation of Final Accounts for Sole Proprietors, Depreciation Accounting, Inventories.

CA CPT Syllabus of Mercantile Law
The Indian Contract Act 1872, The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 and the India Partnership Act, 1932.

CA CPT Syllabus of General Economics
Economic Reforms in India, Select aspects of Indian Economy, Indian Economy – A Profile, Price Determination in Different Markets, Theory of Production and Cost, Theory of Demand and Supply, Micro Economics.

CA CPT Syllabus of Quantitative Aptitude
Sampling Theory, Theoretical Distributions, Probability and Expected Value by Mathematical Expectation, Correlation and Regression, Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, Statistical description of data, Basic concepts of Differential and Integral Calculus, Limits and Continuity - Intuitive Approach, Sets, Functions and Relations, Sequence and Series – Arithmetic and geometric progressions, Basic concepts of Permutations and Combinations, Simple and Compound Interest including annuity - Applications, Inequalities, Equations, Ratio and proportion, Indices, Logarithms.

How to register for CA CPT Exam ?
Interested candidates can register with the Board of Studies on submission of the prescribed filled in a form. The form can also be downloaded from the website i.e. www.icai.org.

How to apply for CA CPT Exam?
Candidates can adopt any of the ONLINE or OFFLINE mode for CPT Exam application.

For Off-Line Mode
Applications for admission to Common Proficiency Test is required to be made in the relevant prescribed form as contained in the Information Brochure, which may be obtained from: 

The Additional Secretary (Examinations)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICAI Bhawan, Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi – 110 002

on payment of Rs.1000/- (Rs.500/- towards examination fee and Rs.500/- towards the cost of an application form and Information brochure) per application form.

The fee for candidates opting for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, and Bahrain centers will be US $160 (US $150 towards examination fee and US $ 10 towards the cost of an application form and information brochure) or its equivalent Indian Currency.

The fee for the candidates opting for Kathmandu center is required to remit INR.1350/- (INR 850 towards examination fee and INR.500/- towards the cost of an application form and information brochure) or its equivalent foreign Currency.

Note: Since the cost of Information brochure containing Common Proficiency Test application form includes the examination fee, no separate fee is required to be remitted at the time of submitting the filled in application form.

Common Proficiency Test application forms duly filled in may be sent so as to reach the Additional Secretary (Examinations) at New Delhi not later than the prescribed date.  

For Online Mode
The candidates who fill up the examination application form online at http://icaiexam.icai.org and remit the fee online by using either VISA or MASTER Credit/Debit Card shall not be charged Rs.500/- (i.e. cost of application form fee) in order to popularize filling-in of application form online.

CA CPT Course and CA CPT Exam   Fees

 For CA CPT Course
The registration and tuition fee is Rs.6000/- which is to be paid at the time of submitting the fully filled in application form for registration.

For CA CPT Exam

A student has to follow the examination notification to be issued by the Examination Department of the ICAI and apply in the prescribed form along with the examination fee of Rs.1000/-. Examination Department will announce the examination centers and issue admission card.