CA Foundation

All the students who have appeared for 12th examination are eligible for CA foundation Course. Although commerce stream students have the advantage in knowing the subject, students of science and arts stream are also eligible for CA foundation and can apply with the same enthusiasm as they have the edge over commerce students because of their analytical approach.

The commerce student should have cleared their 12th examination with 55% and students of science and arts should have cleared with 60% marks.

The student who already have registered themselves in old CPT course, but unfortunately couldn’t clear the level, can also apply for CA foundation course.

If you are graduate or postgraduate and are inclined to join this profession you are exempted from this level and can directly register at intermediate level via ICAI CA Direct Entry Scheme.

If you are eligible for CA foundation registration you need to look for the dates to register for the course.

The last date to register for foundation course May 2020 was 31st December 2019 to appear for May 2020 exams. If you missed the date you can apply for November exams in the month of June.

ICAI opens the CA Foundation registration twice a year and the exams are also held twice in a year in the month of May and November. In 2019 foundation exams are being held on 4th, 7th, and 11th, 13th of June 2019. Dates for November will be updated later.

CA Foundation 2019 aspiring candidate need to register themselves in June, 2019 to appear for exams in the month of November 2019 and register in the month of December 2018 to appear for exams in the month of May 2019.

You can only register yourself online through ICAI official website for the CA foundation course. There is no offline registration procedure. You need to be careful while filing your basic details because of any correction after updating levies cost.

• You need a passport size photograph.
• Your 12th and 10th standard mark sheet.

• CA foundation course online registration process is as follows:-
• Go on ICAI website and on students tab go to course registration colum
• Click on CA foundation course registration form.
• Click on new user
• Fill details like name age, date of birth, gender, Aadhar card number, email id, phone number and password
• You will get OTP for verification of details
• Once your basic details are verified, you are guided towards the next step
• Your profile is created and now you are asked to  fill the pending details
• After filing details you are asked to make payment, which is registration fees and online foundation brochures fees. You should also avail the optional facility of the journal for a student for having updated news related to the course and syllabus. The total amount is of around 9800 which doesn’t include examination fees.
• master/Visa/Maestro Credit/Debit/Rupay/Net Banking details Card for  required for making an online payment Once payment is made you get a PDF. file mentioning your details and registration number
• You need to take a print out  of this PDF file and paste passport size photograph and sign it, if not attached earlier online,
• Attach Documents  along with the PDF  file and send it to regional office center within 7 days of registration You get a registration certificate within a month after the procedure.

The total CA Foundation Course Fees is about ₹ 11300, where you need to pay ₹ 9800 at the time of course registration and ₹ 1500 at the time of registering for the examination.
The subscription charges for journals are optional but we suggest you register for those journals as it will keep you updated with CA Foundation course and other study materials.
The student also enrolls for CA Foundation coaching for preparing themselves for exams. The CA foundation course fees to such coaching institute are around ₹ 60,000 for a year and vary from institute to institute.