The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has notified the dates, fees and places for CA Exams May 2025 which includes Chartered Accountants Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations.
Foundation Course Examination
As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 25 F of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988. The foundation course examination shall be held on 15th, 17th, 19th & 21st May 2025.
Intermediate Course Examination
As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 28 F of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.
The date for Group -I exam shall be 3rd, 5th & 7th May 2025.
The date for Group -II exam shall be 9th, 11th & 14th May 2025.
Final Examination
As per syllabus contained in the scheme notified by the Council under Regulation 31 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988.
The date for Group-I shall be 2nd, 4th & 6th May 2025.
The date for Group-II shall be 8th, 10th & 13th May 2025.
Members’ Examination
International Taxation – Assessment Test (Intt – At)
The assessment test on international taxation shall be held on 10th & 13th May 2025.
No examination is scheduled on 12th May 2025 (Monday) on account of Budha Purnima, being a compulsory (gazetted) Central Government holiday as per F. No. 12/2/2023-JCA dated 9.07.2024 issued by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions, Government of India.
It may be emphasized that there would be no change in the examination schedule in the event of any day of the examination schedule being declared a Public Holiday by the Central Government or any State Government / Local Bodies.
In Paper 3 and 4 of Foundation Examination and all papers of Post Qualification Course 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 PM (IST) to 2 PM (IST).
In case of composite papers having both MCQs based & Descriptive Question Papers, seal of MCQs based Question Paper shall be opened at 2 PM (IST), in other words there will be no advance reading time for MCQs based Question Papers.
Places Of Examination Cities
The examination will be held at Port Blair, Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar and Tinsukia, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Siwan, Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Raigarh, Raipur and Rajnandgaon, Chandigarh, Delhi / New Delhi, Mapusaland Margao, Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Morbi, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad and Vapi, Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar, Shimla, Jammu and Srinagar.
Further, the examination shall be held at Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi
Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura
Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur
Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain
Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal, Imphal, Shillong, Aizawal, Dimapur, Balangir, Balasore, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Puri, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur, Puducherry, Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patiala and Sangrur, Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur Gangtok, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram, Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal, Agartala, Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Hapur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur, Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri.
The May 2025 Examinations will also be held at 9 (Nine) overseas examination cities, namely Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Thimpu (Bhutan), Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu (Nepal), Kuwait, Muscat and Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
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, Kuwait and Riyadh Centres will be 11.30 AM i.e., Bahrain / Doha / Kuwait / Riyadh local time corresponding / equivalent to 2 PM (IST). The 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).
The ICAI reserves the right to withdraw any city / centre at any stage without assigning any reason.
Opening and closing of online window for submission of examination application forms
The Commencement of submission of online examination application forms shall be from 1st March 2025 till 14th March 2025.
The Last date for submission of online examination application forms (with late fees of Rs. 600/- or US $ 10) shall be till 17th March 2025.
Examination Fee
Intermediate Course Examination
In case of Intermediate Course Examination for Indian Centre(s) in case of Single Group / Unit (All except 2) and Both Groups / Unit 2 will be Rs. 1500/- and 2700/- respectively.
In case of Overseas Centre(s) excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre the fee in respect of Single Group/Unit (All except 2) and Both Groups/Unit 2 would be US$ 325 and US$ 500 respectively.
The fee for Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) in case of Single Group/Unit (All except 2) and Both Groups/Unit 2 will be INR ₹ 2200 INR ₹ 3400.
Final Course Examination
In case of Final Course Examination for Indian Centre(s) in case of single group and both groups shall be Rs. 1800/- and Rs.3300/- respectively.
In case of an overseas examination centre excluding Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre the fee for in case of single group and both groups shall be US$ 325 and US$ 550 respectively.
The fee for Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre(s) in case of single group and both groups shall be INR ₹ 2200 and INR ₹ 4000 respectively.
International Taxation – Assessment Test
The examination fee for the International Taxation – Assessment Test in case of Indian Centres, overseas centre and Bhutan & Kathmandu Centre shall be ₹ 1500/-, US$ 325 and INR ₹ 2200 respectively.
The late fee for submission of examination application form after the scheduled last date would be ` 600/- (for Indian / Bhutan / Kathmandu Centres) and US $ 10 (for Abroad Centres) as decided by the Council.
Option To Answer Papers In Hindi
Candidates of Foundation, Intermediate and Final Examinations will be allowed to opt for English / Hindi medium for answering papers. Detailed information will be found in guidance notes hosted at https://eservices.icai.org However, the medium of Examinations will be only English in respect of Post Qualification Course viz.: International Taxation – Assessment Test (INTT – AT) Examination.
