The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on September 20 announced the exam schedule for ICAI CA January 2025. The detailed exam timetable is available at the official ICAI website — icai.org.
As per the official schedule, the Foundation course exam will be held on January 12, 14, 16 and 18, 2025 and the Intermediate Course exam will be conducted on January 11, 13 and 15 for Group I and January 17, 19 and 21 for Group II.
The Foundation course Paper I and II will be held from 2 to 5 pm, and Paper 3 and 4 will be held from 2 to 4 pm on all days. In the Intermediate course, all papers will be held from 2 to 5 pm on all days. In Papers 3 and 4 of the Foundation Examination, there will not be any advance reading time, whereas, in all other papers/exams mentioned above, an advance reading time of 15 minutes will be given from 1:45 to 2 pm.
Commencement of submission of online examination application forms is on November 10, and the last date to apply is November 23 (without late fees).
The fees for intermediate single group / unit (all except 2) is Rs 1500, and Rs 2700 for both groups/ unit 2. Similarly, fees for foundation level students is Rs 1500.
CA January 2025 exams will also be held at eight overseas exam centres, namely Abu Dhabi, 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. (IST). 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). 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).