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Notification by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India announcing the dates and centres for the Chartered Accountants Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations (November/December 2023) and related post-qualification examinations.

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), under Regulation 22 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, notifies vide No. 13-CA(EXAM)/NOVEMBER-DECEMBER/2023 dated 10th July 2023 the schedule for the Chartered Accountants Foundation Examination (24th, 26th, 28th and 30th December 2023), Intermediate Examination (Group I: 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th November 2023; Group II: 10th, 13th, 15th and 17th November 2023) and Final Examination (Group I: 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th November 2023; Group II: 9th, 11th, 14th and 16th November 2023), along with the Post Qualification Course Examinations - International Taxation - Assessment Test (INTT-AT) on 9th and 11th November 2023 and Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical Examination on 9th, 11th, 14th and 16th November 2023 - with no examination on 12th November 2023 due to the Diwali holiday; examinations will be held across numerous Indian cities and eight overseas centres (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Thimpu, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Kuwait and Muscat); applications must be filed online via the Self Service Portal (eservices.icai.org) between 2nd August and 23rd August 2023 without late fee, or up to 30th August 2023 with a late fee of Rs.600/US$10; examination fees range from Rs.1,500 to Rs.4,000 for Indian centres and US$325-US$550 for most overseas centres; candidates may answer in English or Hindi except for the Post Qualification Course examinations, which are English-only; the notification is signed by CA. (Dr.) Jai Kumar Batra, Secretary, under ADVT.-III/4/Exty./312/2023-24.

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EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 530] NEW DELHI, THURS DAY, JULY 27, 202 3/SHRAVANA 5, 1945 CG-DL-E-28072023-247683 CG-DL-E-28072023-247683 https://eservices.icai.org/EForms/configuredHtml/1666/57499/Registration.html?action=existing 2023] THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA [Set u p by an Act of Parliament ] NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th July, 2023 No. 13 -CA (EXAM)/NOVEMBER - DECEMBER/2023 .—In pursuance of Regulation 22 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988, the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India i s pleased to notify that the next Chartered Accountants Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations will be held on the dates and places which are given below provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each of the below mentioned places. Similarly, Examination in Post Qualification Course under Regulation 204, viz.: International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) and Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical Examination (which is open to the members of the Ins titute) will be held on the dates and places (centres in India only) which are given below provided that sufficient number of candidates offer themselves to appear from each of the below mentioned places. FOUNDATION COURSE EXAMINATION [As per syllabus con tained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 25 F (3) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.] 24th, 26th, 28th & 30th December 2023 INTERMEDIATE COURSE EXAMINATION [As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Counc il under Regulation 28 G (4) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.] Group -I 2nd, 4th, 6th & 8th November 2023 Group -II: 10th, 13th, 15th & 17th November 2023 FINAL COURSE EXAMINATION [As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 31 (iv) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.] Group -I: 1st, 3rd, 5th & 7th November 2023 Group -II: 9th, 11th, 14th & 16th November 2023 MEMBERS’ EXAMI NATION INTERNATIONAL TAXATION – ASSESSMENT TEST (INTT – AT) 9th & 11th November 2023 INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT (IRM) TECHNICAL EXAMINATION Modules I to IV 9th, 11th, 14th & 16th November 2023 No examination is scheduled on 1 2th November 2023 (Sunday) on account of Diwali (Deepawali), being a compulsory (gazetted) Central Government holiday as per F. No. 12/5/2022 -JCA-2 dated 16.06.2022 issued by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Government of India. It may be emphasized that there would be no change in the examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination schedule being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government / Local Bodies. Paper(s) 3 & 4 of Foundation Exa mination are of 2 hours duration. Similarly, Elective Paper - 6 of Final Examination and all papers of International Taxation – Assessment Test are of 4 hours duration. However, all other examinations are of 3 hours duration, and the examination wise timin g(s) are given below: Examination Paper(s) Exam. Timings (IST) Duration Foundation Paper 1 & 2 2 PM to 5 PM 3 Hours Paper 3 & 4* 2 PM to 4 PM 2 Hours Intermediate All Papers 2 PM to 5 PM 3 Hours Final Paper 1 to 5 & Paper 7 & 8. 2 PM to 5 PM 3 Hour s Paper 6 (Elective) 2 PM to 6 PM 4 Hours Post Qualification Course Examination i.e., Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Technical Examination ALL 2 PM to 5 PM 3 Hours Post Qualification Course Examination i.e., International Taxation (INTT – AT) ALL 2 PM to 6 PM 4 Hours *In Paper 3 and 4 of Foundation Examination and all papers of Post Qualification Course Examination there will not be any advance reading time, whereas in all other papers / exams mentioned above, an advance reading time of 15 minut es will be given from 1.45 PM (IST) to 2 PM (IST). Further, in case of composite papers having both MCQs based & Descriptive Question Papers, seal of MCQs based Question Paper shall be opened at 2 PM (IST), in other words there will be no prior reading tim e for MCQs based Questi on Papers 3. PLACES OF EXAMINATION CENTRES: The Chartered Accountants Examinations, November / December 2023 will be held in the following Indian cities: Name of the State (No. of Cities) Name of the Examination City Andaman and N icobar Islands 1 Port Blair Andhra Pradesh 14 Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram Assam 5 Dibrugarh , Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar and Ti nsukia Bihar 12 Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Siwan Chattisgarh 5 Bilaspur, Durg, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon Chandigarh 1 Chandigarh Delhi / New Delhi 1 Delhi / New Delhi Goa 2 Mapusa and Margao Gujarat 20 Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara and Vapi Haryan a 18 Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar Himachal Pradesh 1 Shimla Jammu & Kashmir 2 Jammu and Srinagar Jharkhand 7 Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi Karnataka 23 Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Man dya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura Kerala 14 Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur Madhy a Pradesh 15 Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhindwara Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain Maharashtra 36 Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandr apur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri -Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal Meghalaya 1 Shillong Odisha 9 Balangir, Balasore, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur Puducherry 1 Puducherry Punjab 8 Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patial a and Sangrur Rajasthan 22 Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali - Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur Sikkim 1 Gangt ok Tamil Nadu 27 Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruva llur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram Telangana 8 Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal Tripura 1 Agartala Uttar Pradesh 18 Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Bareilly, Bulandsh ahr, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi Uttarakhand 4 Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur West Bengal 7 Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkat a, Raniganj and Siliguri PLACES OF EXAMINATION CENTRES OVERSEAS: [FOR FOUNDATION, INTERMEDIATE AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS ONLY] The November / December 2023 Examinations will also be held at 8 (Eight) oversea s examination centres, namely: Overseas Abu Dha bi, Bahrain, Thimpu (Bhutan), Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu (Nepal), Kuwait and Muscat The Examination commencement timing at Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat Centres will be 12.30 PM i.e., Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Muscat local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM. (I ST). The Examination commencement timing at Bahrain, Doha, and Kuwait Centre will be 11.30 AM i.e., Bahrain / Doha / Kuwait local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement Timing at Kathmandu (Nepal) Centre will be 2.15 PM Nepal local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Examination commencement timing at Thimpu (Bhutan) Centre will be 2.30 PM Bhutan local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The Council reserves the right to withdraw any city / cent re at any stage without assigning any reason. Online fi lling up of examination forms: As a part of automation and platform consolidation, ICAI is pleased to announce that all candidates in respect of Foundation, Intermediate & Final Examinations will be required to apply online at https://eservices.icai.org (Self Service Portal - SSP) for November / December 2023 Exam and also pay the requisite examination fee online. These forms are based on your eligibility of your course based on announcements and regulations. These forms will be available on SSP, and you are requested to login with your credentials (Username <[email protected] > and password). These Exam forms will be available in SSP effective designated dates as announced on www.icai.org. Kindly Note: If you have never registered as a user in SSP, kindly open the following URL: https://eservices.icai.org/EForms/configuredHtml/1666/57499/Registration.html?action=existing Please use forgot password option in case you have forgotten or lost your password. Students are also requested to Create Username, Register Course, Convert Course, Revalidate, Update Photo, Signature and Address on SSP only. Members desirous to apply for Post Qualification Course Examinations i.e., International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) and Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Tech nical Examination (which is open to the members of the Institute) are required to apply on -line at pqc.icaiexam.icai.org and also pay the applicable examination fee online only. Examination fee can be remitted on -line by using VISA or MASTER or MAESTRO C redit / Debit Card / Rupay Card / Net Banking / Bhim UPI . Opening and closing of online window for submission of examination application forms. The fo llowing dates(s) may be noted: Details For Main & PQC Exams [Nov ember 2023] For Foundation Exam [December 2023] Commencement of submission of online examination application forms 2nd August 2023 [Wednesday] 2nd August 2023 [Wednesday] Last date for submission of online examination application forms (without late fe es) 23rd August 2023 [Wednesday] 23rd August 2023 [Wednesday] Last date for submission of online examination application forms (with late fees of ` 600/- or US $ 10) 30th August 2023 [Wednesday] 30th August 2023 [Wednesday] Further, for students seek ing change of examination city / medium for the Chartered Accountants Examination – November / December 2023, the correction window for the examination forms already filled will be available during 1st September 2023 [Friday] to 7th September 2023 [ Thursda y]. Examination Fee The examination fee(s) for various courses are as under: -- Intermediate Course Examination For Indian Centre(s) Single Group / Unit 4A to 10 (except Unit 8A & 9A) ₹ 1500/ - Both Groups / Unit 8A / Unit 9 A ₹ 2700/ - For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre Single Group / Unit 4A to 10 (except Unit 8A & 9A) US$ 325 Both Groups / Unit 8A / Unit 9A US$ 500 For Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) Single Gro up / Unit 4A to 10 (except Unit 8A & 9A) INR ₹ 2200 Both Groups / Unit 8A / Unit 9A INR ₹ 3400 Final Course Examination For Indian Centre(s) Single Group ₹ 1800/ - Both Groups ₹ 3300/ - For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre Single Group US$ 325 Both Groups US$ 550 For Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) Single Group INR ₹ 2200 Both Groups INR ₹ 4000 INTERNATIONAL TAXATION – ASSESSMENT TEST ₹ 2000/ - INSURANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT (IRM) ₹ 2000/ - Foundation Course Examination For Indian Centre(s) ₹ 1500/ - For Overseas Centre(s) – Excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) US$ 325 For Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) INR ₹ 2200 The late fee for submission o f examination application form after the scheduled last date would be ` 600/ - (for Indian / Kathmandu / Bhutan Centres) and US $ 10 (for Abroad Centres) as decided by the Council. OPTION TO ANSWER PAPERS IN HINDI : Candidates of Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations will be allowed to opt for English / Hindi medium for answering papers. Detailed information will be found in guidance notes hosted at https://eservices.icai.org However, the medium of Examina tions will be only English in respect of Post Qualification Course viz.: International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) and Insurance and Risk Manageme nt (IRM) Technical Examination. The Candidates are advised to note the above and stay in touch wi th the website of the Institute, www.icai.org . CA. (Dr.) JAI KUMAR BATRA, Secy. [ADVT. -III/4/Exty./312/2023 -24] Uploaded by Dte . of Printin g at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054 .

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