CA - CPT : Course Registration

Use the "Application for Registering as a student for the Common Proficiency Test (CPT)", enclosing support for educational qualifications and the prescribed fee. The application may be sent to the regional council/office directly or handed over to the nearest branch of the institute.

Certificates to be Furnished

Attested photocopies (Original Certificates need not be sent) to be sent along with the application for registration:

• Proof of Minimum Educational Qualifications

  Marks sheet or pass certificate of 10^th standard or an equivalent course as a proof of minimum educational qualification.

• Proof of Age

  If the 10^th standard marks list or pass certificate does not mention the date of birth, then a separate certificate as a proof of the date of birth.

Online Application

Candidates can also register for CA CPT by filling up an online application and paying the requisite fee online through the web form provided on the institutes website.

Even in this case, a printed copy of the filled in application duly signed along with the candidates photograph, Demand Draft or Pay Order relating to fee paid, the documents in support of the requisite qualifications has to be forwarded the institute within 15 days from the date of online registration.

The institute has regional offices in all the five geographical regions (North, South, East, West, Central) of india for the purpose of handling the administrative tasks. All the aspects relating to students except conduct of main examinations are monitored and tracked by the regional councils. So for any details in relation to the student/candidate one should contact the regional council under whom he/she is initially registered.

Where to Obtain the prospectus/application for registration?

You can obtain the prospectus containing the registration application,

if you intend to register for

• Postal Coaching conducted by the Institute

  1. at the offices which work directly under the institute i.e. the Head Office or Regional Offices
  2. at the Branches of the institute which are managed by the respective professionals of a locality

• Oral Coaching imparted by the centers authorised by the institute

  1. At the coaching center itself.

     The coaching center may have an additional application (relevant to that center only), to be submitted along with the application for registration

Cost of CA CPT Registration Application/Prospectus

The cost of the prospectus (which contains the Application for Registering) for the CA CPT Common Proficiency Test course:

• By Hand - Rs. 100
• By Post or courier - Rs. 125

Downloading CA CPT Registration Application

The institute has provided CA CPT Registration Application on the Forms Download Page of the ICAI's Web site.

Candidates using a downloaded application for registration have to have to pay the cost of the application (Rs. 100) along with the registration fee.

Where to submit the registration application?

You can submit the Registration Application,

if you are registering for

• Postal Coaching conducted by the institute

  at the Regional office relevant to the location you specify as the address for communication (generally your place of residence)

• Oral Coaching imparted by the centers authorised by the institute

  at the coaching center itself.

All the applications, wherever they are submitted, would be sent to the relevant regional office/council wherein the data relating to the student is maintained.

Online Application

Candidates can also register for CA CPT by filling up an online application and paying the requisite fee online through the web form provided on the institutes website.

Even in this case, a printed copy of the filled in application duly signed along with the candidates photograph, Demand Draft or Pay Order relating to fee paid, the documents in support of the requisite qualifications has to be forwarded the institute within 15 days from the date of online registration.

The registration fee is the total fee payable to the institute and it includes the fee for registration as well as the fee for imparting coaching (generally POSTAL Coaching) to be paid at the time of registration, by whatever name it may be called and into how many ever parts it may be divided into.

• Postal Coaching: Rs. 3,500 / $200
• Oral Coaching: /-

  The fee for imparting Oral coaching is decided by the coaching center. This fee is distinct from the fee to be paid to get registered as a student for the course.

  The coaching center may provide the registration service for students in which case, the fee that the student would be paying at the center would be including the registration fee as well as the oral coaching fee.

  The fee may vary from one coaching center to another. Please verify from the respective center.

This information is for the student to get an idea of the fee particulars. Students are requested to confirm the figures before making the actual payment.

Installment Facility

There is no provision for payment of CA CPT registration fee in installments.

• Joining an oral coaching center !!

  The coaching center imparting coaching, may provide installment facilities at its own discretion.

  Please verify this from the coaching center you wish to get admitted to.

Where to pay

The registration fee may be paid in the form of a D.D. or a challan as per the details provided in the registration application/prospectus and be submitted along with the application for registration.

• Registering through an oral coaching center

  If you are registering at/through any of the centers authorised to impart ORAL coaching for the course, then the fee may be paid at that coaching center where you are getting admitted, if they provide such a facility.

Exemption/Concession

No fee exemptions/concessions are available.

Refund of Registration Fee

Once an application for registration is sent, no cancellation is possible.

Note

If the applicant does not meet the minimum requirements for being registered for the course, the institute would reject the application. Only in such cases the instrument (D.D) he/she has used to pay the fee is returned back. The applicant can cancel the instrument and get the money back.

Refund of fee paid is not possible under any other circumstances.

Registration for the CA CPT Course can be done all throughout the year. There is no such thing as a last date for registration.

A student would be able to appear at the first examination falling 2 months after the date of registration. As such, the only requirement for a student to be eligible to appear at a specified examination is that this minimum course duration should have elapsed after registration.

Taking the minimum course duration into consideration, the following dates can be considered to be cut-off dates for registration for enabling a student to appear at the noted examination.

Students registering

• On or before April 1^st can appear in the June Examination the same Year

  Register Before	To be eligible for
  1st April 2010	June 2010 exam
  1st April 2011	June 2011 exam

• On or before October 1^st can appear in the December Examination the same Year

  Register Before	To be eligible for
  1st October 2010	December 2010 exam
  1st October 2011	December 2011 exam

The registration does not expire. A candidate needs to get registered for the course only once.

Once registered, a student can appear at the CA CPT examinations any number of times by paying the requisite examination fee.

All the data relating to a student is maintained at the regional office under whose purview he/she has got registered. Once a student gets registered for CA CPT under a regional council, he/she has to stick to the same and correspond with the same for all purposes, either academic or otherwise.

Only aspects relating to examinations are centralised i.e. processing examination applications, evaluation, verification of answer papers, issue of marks sheets, hall tickets, ... etc.

Even if the new place of living the student has shifted to, falls under the purview of a regional council with which he/she has got registered earlier, the student has to consider himself/herself to be on the rolls of the regional council with which he/she has got registered. All correspondence relating to the student should be made with that regional council only.

Intimate the Change in Address

To ensure the receipt of the student news letter and other correspondence from the institute properly, the student should intimate the institute regarding the change of place of living so as to get his/her address changed in the records of the institute.

Students are also advised to intimate the post master of the earlier place of living, so that any mail received at that address would be redirected by the post master automatically.

Registering before the cut off date is the only requirement to enable a student to be eligible to appear at the first examination for which he/she is eligible.

Should submit examination application

A student who is eligible to appear at the exam, is required to submit a separate examination application within the time stipulated as last date for submission of examination application.

To be able to appear at the examination the student should submit the examination application. Registering for the course and Registration for the examination are distinct acts. There are distinct applications for registration and examination.

For any examination other than the first, making an examination application within time is the only requirement.

A student can appear at the CPT examination immediately after his/her 10+2 (intermediate/senior-secondary) exams without having to wait for the results of the 10+2 (intermediate/senior-secondary) exams. However, to be eligible for registering for the next level of the CA course i.e. IPCC or ACT, the student has to qualify/pass in both CPT as well as the 10+2 exams.

Need not re-appear in CA CPT

If a student has qualified at the CPT examination but has failed the 10+2 examination, he/she need not appear at CA CPT again. The student can register for PCC subsequently, after passing the 10+2 examination.