Getting registered, in the right order
Step-by-step guides to the Foundation route, the Direct Entry route, and registration at Intermediate and Final — with the documents, the order and the deadlines that matter.
The Foundation route: eligibility and registration after Class 12
Who can register, when you can first appear, and the sequencing that decides whether you lose an attempt at the very start.
Read guideThe Direct Entry route: registering at Intermediate as a graduate
Percentage thresholds differ for commerce and non-commerce graduates, and the sequencing of training requirements is where most direct-entry students go wrong.
Read guideRegistering for CA Intermediate and planning the first attempt
Registration validity, group strategy, ICITSS scheduling and the study-period arithmetic that decides which attempt you can actually sit.
Read guideCA Final registration, self-paced modules and exam eligibility
Registration is straightforward. Eligibility to actually sit the examination depends on training completion, AICITSS and the self-paced modules — and those need planning years ahead.
Read guideOther guide sets
Career guides
Where chartered accountants go after qualifying, how practice and industry differ in daily reality, and how to choose an articleship that widens rather than narrows your options.
Common mistakes
Most students who fall short are not short on syllabus. They lose marks to answer-writing habits, planning errors and exam-day decisions that are entirely fixable.
Amendments & budget
Tax and law change every year, and studying a superseded provision is the most expensive mistake available to a CA student. These guides are about the system for staying current.
Please note
These guides are study and planning aids prepared by Kartavvya, which is not affiliated with ICAI. Eligibility conditions, registration windows, fees, exam frequency and applicability cut-offs are set by ICAI and change between attempts — the New Scheme of Education and Training in particular has revised several of them. Always verify the current position on icai.org and in ICAI's announcements for your attempt before acting on anything here.
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