Chartered Accountancy: CPT 2012: Important Dates, How to Apply

CA CPT i.e. the Chartered Accountant Common Proficiency Test has to be cleared to enter the entry level i.e. the first level at which a student can start pursuing the Chartered Accountancy (professional accounting) course. It is conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for admitting students to the Chartered Accountancy course.

Important dates for June CPT 2012

• Last Date for registering with ICAI                         : 4th April 2012 (now extended to 9th Apr 2012) (Click here to register online)
• Information Brochure & CPT 2012 Application form available from  : 4th April 2012 
• Last Date for Receipt of completed CPT application forms at Delhi office : 25th April 2012                        
• Dates for filling CPT 2012 online application form    :4th Apr (10am) - 25th April (5.30pm)
• Date of CPT 2012                                                         : 17th June 2012 

How to Apply for the Common Proficiency Test: CPT 2012

Applications for admission to Common Proficiency Test is required to be made in 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. 1000/- (Rs.500/- towards examination fee and Rs. 500/- towards cost of application form and Information brochure) per application form.

The fee for candidates opting for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha 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 centre are required to remit INR.1350/-(INR 850/- towards examination fee and INR 500/- 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 (CPT) 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 4th April, 2012.

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 25th April, 2012. Applications received after 25th April, 2012 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 25th April, 2012. 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 25th April, 2012 with late fee.

You can also fill up the CPT Application Form online that will be made available on the ICAI website from 4th April, 2012 (10.00 hrs) to 25th April, 2012 (17.30 hrs)

Common Proficiency Test (CPT) is open only to those students who are already registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the said course on or before 4th April, 2012 and fulfill the requisite eligibility conditions.

QUESTION PAPER BOOKLET LANGUAGE:

Common Proficiency Test will be an objective type multiple choice questions based examination. Candidates will be allowed to opt for Hindi medium Question Paper Booklet for answering the questions. Detailed information will be found given in the Information brochure.

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