How to become a CA

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is the only body that awards the CA qualification. Steps to becoming a CA are: after Class X, enrol for the Common Proficiency Test (CPT). Prepare for the CPT in your Plus Two. Take the CPT after Class XII exams. Clear CPT and Class XII. Register for the Professional Competence Course (PCC), articled training and 100-hour Information Technology Training (ITT). After ITT and the specified duration of articleship, sit for the Professional Competence Exam (PCE). Take up the CA final course. You may do the general management and communication skills (GMCS) course in the last 12 months of your articleship, while pursuing the final course. Finish the 3.5-year articleship. After practical training, pass the final exam and finish the GMCS course.


Skills Needed to become a CA
 

• Highly analytical mind.
• Quantitative aptitude.
• Reading habit as you need to continually update yourself (e.g., as taxes are repealed and new regimes introduced).
• Ability of strategic  management.
• Ability to get into details without losing the larger perspective.
• Integrity and persevearance.