CA career

Commerce Graduates/Post-Graduates (55%) or Other Graduates/Post-Graduates (60%):

CA Institute charges 18000 for Intermediate registration and 22000 for final registration, Exam fee is separate and to get eligibility for exams you need to undergo few courses which has to be done with the institute itself for which the Fee has to be paid separately before undergoing the courses. 

If you are opting for self study without attending for classes in coaching institute, the overall cost may be around 70k to 80k.

If you want to take coaching, The fees depends on the institute from which you are going to take coaching.

Three years of articleship training is compulsory. 

In articleship you are going to work under a chartered account in different fields like taxation, accounts, audit etc...

You have to register your articleship details like your joining date, completion date, principal under whom you are going to work as an article assistant etc., with the ICAI in prescribed forms.

For more details please go through the link given below

https://www.icai.org/new_post.H T M L?post_id=5719&c_id=313

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