CPT: Newbie needs your help

Rajendra

60 Points Posted on 20 August 2009

Hi Experts,

I am a newbie here..As all of you guys I share the same dream.

I have done a bit of research of the processes and thigns to do but still some questions struck my mind. Please answer those when you guys got some time.

My background:

BTech,MS graduate with 8 yrs of IT experience and aged 30+ living abroad.

1) With the new pattern (after I learned that there was an old pattern ) I still need to do from CPT

2) For CPT, is it recommended to attend a few classes for the commerce subjects or self study is enuf?

3) To take CPT next year , I need to register before ?

4) Coaching centers in south (BLR or CHENNAI/HYD) for CPT? a short crash course and then on with self practice with books/materials.?

I know these are quite a few but you know the starting anxiety will be there..

I am gonna start a blog with all the info later for helping people like me who come new to the club.

thanks and cheers

Raj

Replies (13)

BALASUBRAMANYA B N

CCI STUDENT....

21935 Points Posted on 20 August 2009

You have to go with CPT first, after clearing you have to register for IPCC then 3 years of articles and final exams.. coaching is not compulsory but if you feel any subjects difficult then its better to take coaching..You from B.tech so you need coaching for accounts law and economics, maths will be easy for you...Institute material its self enough for studying, you can join any private coaching enter also or icai also will conduct classes and crash course also.. I

BALASUBRAMANYA B N

CCI STUDENT....

21935 Points Posted on 20 August 2009

he next Common Proficiency Test (CPT) ( Paper-Pencil Mode) of the Institute will be held on 13th December, 2009 at the following centres : 1) Centres in India - Agra, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Ajmer, Akola, Alappuzha, Aligarh, Allahabad, Alwar, Ambala, Amravati, Amritsar, Anand, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bathinda, Beawar, Belgaum, Bellary, Bhavnagar, Bhilwara, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bhuj, Bilaspur, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi/New Delhi, Dhanbad, Durg, Ernakulam, Erode, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hisar, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalgaon, Jammu, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Karnal, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kollam, Kota, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kumbakonam, Latur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mangalore, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Mumbai, Muzaffarnagar, Mysore, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Noida, Palghat, Pali Marwar, Panipat, Panvel, Patiala, Patna, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Rourkela, Saharanpur, Salem, Sambalpur, Sangli, Satara, Shimla, Siliguri, Solapur, Sonepat, Sriganganagar, Surat, Thane, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tinsukia, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupur, Tuticorin, Udaipur, Udupi, Ujjain, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Yamunanagar.

2) Overseas Centres – Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain and Kathmandu (Nepal).

Applications for admission to Common Proficiency Test (Paper-Pencil Mode) is required to be made on 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. 600/-(Rs.500/- towards examination fee and Rs. 100/- towards cost of application form and Information brochure) per application form. The fee for candidates opting for Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Bahrain centres will be US $160 ( US $ 150 towards examination fee and US $ 10 towards cost of application form and information brochure) or its equivalent Indian Currency. The fee for the candidates opting for Kathmandu (Nepal) centre are required to remit INR.950/-(INR 850/- towards examination fee and INR 100/- towards the cost of application form and information brochure) or its equivalent foreign Currency. 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. The Information brochure containing Common Proficiency Test application form will also be available in the Regional and Branch Offices of the Institute and can be obtained there from on cash payment on or from 6th October, 2009 to 27th October, 2009.

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 27th October, 2009. Applications received after 27th October, 2009 shall not be entertained under any circumstances. Applications duly filled in will be received by hand delivery at the offices of Institute at New Delhi and at the Decentralised Offices of the Institute at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Pune upto 27th October, 2009. Candidates residing in these cities are advised to take advantage of this facility. It may be noted that there is no provision for acceptance of application forms after 27th October, 2009 with late fee.

Alternatively the candidate may fill up the examination application form online at https://icaiexam.icai.org from 6th October, 2009 ( 10:00 hrs) to 27th October, 2009 ( 17:30hrs) and remit the fee online by using credit card, either VISA or Master Card.

Candidates will be allowed to opt for Hindi question paper booklets for the said CPT(Paper-Pencil Mode). Further details will be available in the Information Brochure containing the application form.

Common Proficiency Test (Paper-Pencil Mode) is open only to those students who are already registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the said course on or before1st October, 2009 and fulfill the requisite eligibility conditions.

ONLINE CPT :

Apart from the above, it is also hereby notified that the Council of the Institute has decided to hold the Common Proficiency Test (CPT) Online for the candidates who would be willing to take the Test Online. The Online CPT will be conducted on 22nd and 23rd August, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Pune , Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam ONLY , on 26th and 27th September, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur,Pimpri-Chinchwad,Jodhpur, Pune , Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only, on 24th and 25th October, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur , Pimpri-Chinchwad, Jodhpur, Pune , Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only and on 21st and 22nd November, 2009 at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/New Delhi, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Jodhpur, Pune , Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Guntur, Indore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam Only. Candidates intending to appear in Online CPT from the above cities will be required to fill up examination form Online at https://icaiexam.icai.org and option once exercised shall be treated as final and no change to Paper-Pencil mode Test will be allowed at a later stage under any circumstances. The medium of test for Online CPT would be ENGLISH only.

The candidates intending to take the CPT Online Test shall be required to fill in the Online examination application form with requisite fees and the facility for Online filling up of examination form would be made available as indicated below:-

Date of Examination	22nd and 23rd August, 2009	26th and 27th September, 2009	24th and 25th October, 2009	21st and 22nd November, 2009
Eligibility( registered in CPT Course on or before )	1st June, 2009	1st July, 2009	1st August, 2009	1st September, 2009
Commencement of online Registration	22nd July, 2009 (From 10 :00 hrs)	24th August, 2009 (From 10 :00 hrs)	26th September, 2009 (From 10 :00 hrs)	26th October, 2009 (From 10 :00 hrs)
Last Date	5th August, 2009* ( upto 17:30 hrs)	7th September, 2009* ( upto 17:30 hrs)	8th October, 2009* ( upto 17:30 hrs)	9th November, 2009 (upto 17:30 hrs)

* or till the seats are full.

A candidate can appear in Common Proficiency Test two times in a period of six months i.e. once in Online test either in August, September, October or November, 2009 and once in Paper Pencil mode CPT in December, 2009.

The decision of the Institute to admit a candidate to either Online Test in August/ September/October/November 2009 or Paper-Pencil Mode Test in December-2009 is final and no correspondence for change of Test / Centre etc. will be entertained under any circumstances. The medium of Test for Online CPT would be ENGLISH only.

(G.Somasekhar)

Additional Secretary(Exams)

Rajendra

60 Points Posted on 20 August 2009

thanks Balasubramaniyan,

So CPT is the first step to step in to the CA route.

After CPT, one has to join the article( Why is it called article instead of apprenticeship or sth like that) and also study for the IPCC(another milestone)

and only after finishing both articleship and IPCC , one can give the final exam which will be then for the CA title.

Wt r the options for those who does articleship and IPCC and didn't clear the final exam? While they keep trying are there any companies offering small jobs etc?

meenal

article

288 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

u have to clear cpt first den u hav to register for ipcc n after clearing ipcc u hav to do 3 yrs of articleship n only after completin it u can give finals.....

BALASUBRAMANYA B N

CCI STUDENT....

21935 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

After clearing CPT you have to register for IPCC, Clearing 1st group r both the groups you can join fro articles and completing of 2.5 years of articles you can take final exam and pending articles. Total 3 years articles, if you complete IPCC it like inter from this you will get gud jobs its not worry..But if you already reached half the way then y cant go further and clear it off so that you get more options in job...

Rajendra

60 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

ahh ..so its this way..

CPT-->IPCC-->Articles-->Final

Rajendra

60 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

yaa..after reaching half the way, there is only one way to go..to the finals..

thanks bala and meenal for clearing up my mind..I am gonna concentrate on the CPT for now..gather any online resources before I buy some material on my next visit to India.

cheers from Munich

Raj

Vijetha

Student

357 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

Good Work Bala...........

Chaitanya G Kukalyekar

PCC Article Waiting for results

81 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

All the best raj.... Do well. It was nice clearance given by bala sir...

Rajendra

60 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

Can someone confirm that the material supplied by ICAI is with theory and model papers for CPT?

My doubt is if it has all the theory for the syllabus prescribed by the institute.

cheers

CA Himanshu Bansal

Risk Manager

1921 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

@ Kovi..

The sudty material suplied by ICAI comprises of Subject Text Books(4 in numbers) and two set/compilation of model test papers...

Rajendra

60 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

which is given for every applicant who registers for the CPT and gets it by post?

BALASUBRAMANYA B N

CCI STUDENT....

21935 Points Posted on 21 August 2009

If you register in institute you will get there itself immediately of 4 subjects accounts and maths r practicals subjects and economics and law theory sujects, with 2 models books and 1cd .... Its more then enough to clear it off cpt.. All the best

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